Министерство внутренних дел Пакистана заявило о том, что Беназир Бхутто освобождена из-под домашнего ареста, сообщает France-Presse.

Правительство Пакистана объясняло арест необходимостью защиты Бхутто на митинге оппозиции в пятницу.

За последние дни было арестовано 5000 активистов Народной партии, возглавляемой Бхутто.

Бхутто заявила по телефону агентству France-Presse: «Я не боюсь их тактики. Моя борьба — за людей Пакистана, за их права и за конец диктатуры».

10 ноября 2007 года


Pakistan: car rams into police truck killing at least seven, injuring 22 in Quetta

On Wednesday, at least seven people were killed and 22 were injured in [[Quetta, Balochistan province, Pakistan, after a car rammed into a truck carrying policemen. Abdur Razzaq Cheema, a police chief, said five police officials died in the incident and eight were critically injured.

Speaking to Al Jazeera, police official Muhammed Akbar said the incident took place on Saryab road. Sanaullah Zehri, chief minister of Balochi province, said, "it was a sucide attacker who appeared in a car with 70 to 80kg of explosives". Reuters reported Pakistani Taliban had claimed responsibility for the attack.

Another police official was killed in a different part of the city. Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claimed responsibility for shooting and killing that official. They also claimed to have installed a bomb on the roadside. Officials said two Pakistani soldiers were killed due to that explosion.

At least five were killed in in a gunfire incident in Quetta last week. Earlier this month, more than a dozen were killed at a Sufi shrine in Balochistan in an alleged suicide attack.


Doden en gewonden bij aanslag op politievrachtwagen in Pakistan

In Quetta, de hoofdstad van de Pakistaanse provincie Beloetsjistan, zijn vanmorgen bij een aanval door een zelfmoordterrorist op een politievrachtwagen zeker zeven doden en 22 gewonden gevallen. Onder de doden zouden een of twee burgers zijn, voor de rest agenten. De vrachtwagen met de agenten was op weg naar de stad, toen een zelfmoordterrorist op hen inreed met een auto waarin vermoedelijk 70 à 80 kg explosieven zaten. De aanslag is opgeëist door de Pakistaanse tak van de Taliban.

Elders in de stad Quetta zijn enkele militairen vermoord door Lashkar-e-Jhangvi al-Almi, een soennitische militante groepering. Eerder deze maand waren er in Pakistan ook al diverse bloedige aanslagen, onder meer bij een soefischrijn nabij Jhal Magsi. Deze aanslag is opgeëist door Islamitische Staat, dat ook in Pakistan geregeld van zich laat horen.


Pakistani army storms Red Mosque; Ghazi is killed

After failed last-minute negotiations, Pakistani troops have moved in to end the nearly one-week standoff at the Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) in Islamabad. There have been reports of an initial round of explosions early Tuesday morning (4:00 a.m. local time) followed by sounds of ongoing gunfire. As many as 1,800 clerics and followers had remained in the mosque.

"The militants are using small arms and grenades," said Major-General Waheed Arshad, a Pakistani military spokesman. "They are in the basement, we have covered the rooftop." According to Major-General Arshad, five Pakistani troops had been wounded in the military incursion. He expected the operation to be wrapped up in three or four hours.

Up until the latest military procedure, as many as 21 people had been killed in violence related to the standoff, which began a week ago when Pakistani forces first moved on the mosque.

Tensions had been rising between mosque clerics and the Pakistani government for the past few months as militants at the mosque led a movement, in Islamabad, pushing for implementation of sharia law. Tensions reached a peak when students of the mosque detained seven Chinese nationals that they alleged had been working in brothels.

Several people, including former prime minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, intervened and tried to broker a deal to end the standoff. "I am returning very disappointed," said Hussain on his return from the mosque.

At least 50 militants and eight soldiers have been killed or injured as result of the military offensive. Abdul Rashid Ghazi's body has been found, according to interior ministry spokesperson, Javed Iqbal Cheema.


Fuerzas de seguridad pakistaníes asaltan la Mezquita Roja de Islamabad

10 de julio de 2007Islamabad, Pakistán —

Después del fracaso en las negociaciones entre representantes del gobierno y Abdul Rashi Ghazi, presunto jefe de los radicales islámicos, las tropas pakistaníes tomaron posesión de la Mezquita Roja en Islamabad, donde han estado atrincherados con rehenes los integristas durante varíos días. Se ha reportado una serie de explosiones durante la madrugada del jueves (4:00 a.m. hora local), seguidas de sonidos de cañón. Por lo menos 1.800 clérigos y seguidores aún permanecen en la Mezquita.

"Los militantes están utilizando armas pequeñas y granadas" aseguró el Mayor General Waheed Arshad, un vocero pakistaní. "Ellos se encuentran en el sótano, mientras que nosotros hemos cubierto el tejado". De acuerdo con el Mayor General Arshad, cinco tropas pakistaníes han participado en la incursión militar. Él espera que la operación sea concluida en tres o cuatro horas.

Tras el último procedimiento militar, más de 21 personas han fallecido por la violencia relacionada con el asalto, iniciado hace una semana cuando las fuerzas pakistaníes tomaron la Mezquita.
La tensión ha ido aumentando entre los clérigos de la Mezquita y el gobierno pakistaní durante los últimos meses, en los cuales los militantes han liderado un movimiento en la Mezquita de Islamabad, presionando por la implementación de la ley Sharia. La tensión alcanzó su punto máximo cuando los estudiantes de la mezquita detuvieron a siete ciudadanos chinos que supuestamente gestionaban un burdel, lo cual fue considerado por ellos como un "acto contra el Islám".

Muchas personas, incluido el antiguo Primer Ministro Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, intervinieron e intentaron interceder para llegar a un acuerdo que pusiera fin a la toma. "Regreso muy decepcionado", afirmó Hussain a su salida de la mezquita.

No se sabe con certeza cuántas personas han muerto o resultado heridas como resultado de la ofensiva militar.


Slachtoffers na bestorming Rode Moskee

Pakistaanse militaire commando's hebben dinsdag de Rode Moskee in Islamabad bestormd na een belegering van een week. Bij vuurgevechten tussen militairen en de gewapende bezetters van de moskee zijn zeker 50 doden gevallen, het merendeel onder de extremisten.

De bestorming volgde op een mislukte poging van onderhandelingen. De extremisten boden vanuit de kelder en vanaf de minaretten veel tegenstand en bestookten de militairen met machinegeweren, raketgranaten, handgranaten en benzinebommen.


Pakistani minister assassinated for not wearing veil

A Pakistani minister and woman’s activist was shot and killed last Tuesday because she refused to wear the veil.

Zilla Huma Usman, the minister for social welfare in Punjab province and an ally of President Pervez Musharraf, was killed as she was about to deliver a speech to dozens of party activists. Her assassin, Muhammad Sarwar, believed that she was dressed inappropriately and that women should not be involved in politics, officials said.

“I have no regrets. I killed her out of the conviction that she was leading an un-Islamic life and spreading an evil influence on other women,” Muhammad Sarwar told his interrogators, according to a police source.

Usman, 35, was wearing the shalwar kameez worn by many professional women in Pakistan, but did not cover her head.


Pakistan : assassinat d'une ministre provinciale refusant de porter le voile islamique

Zilla Huma Usman, ministre des Affaires sociales du gouvernement provincial du Panjâb et alliée politique du président pakistanais Pervez Musharraf, a été assassinée, mardi 20 février 2007 à Gujranwala.

Mme Usman, qui militait pour les droits des femmes, semble avoir été la victime d'un activiste islamiste ne supportant pas qu'elle puisse se promener tête nue ni que des femmes puissent exercer une activité politique.

L'attentat s'est produit alors que Zilla Huma Usman s'apprêtait à prendre la parole devant plusieurs dizaines de personnes réunies au siège local de la Ligue musulmane du Pakistan à Gujranwala, ville située à environ 70 km au nord de Lahore, capitale provinciale, et environ 250 km au sud-est d'Islamabad, capitale du pays.

Alors qu'elle sortait de son automobile, devant plusieurs de ses amis politiques qui lui lançaient de pétales de rose, un individu a surgi l'arme au poing et a tiré un seul coup de feu, qui a atteint Mme Usman à la tête. Aussitôt transportée dans un hôpital voisin, la victime est décédée sur la table d'opération.

L'assassin avait été aussitôt maîtrisé par le chauffeur de la victime et remis entre les mains des forces de police.

Zilla Huma Usman, qui était âgée de 36 ans, était entrée en politique en 2002, année où elle avait été élue député à l'assemblée provinciale du Panjâb.

Le 1er décembre 2006, elle avait été nommée ministre des Affaires sociales dans le gouvernement provincial du Panjâb, dirigé par Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi.

Zilla Huma Usman était mariée à un médecin et mère de deux enfants.

Selon les informations révélées par la police pakistanaise, l'assassin serait un homme nommé Mohammad Sarwar, qui tiendrait un magasin d'informatique à Gujranwala. Il serait marié et père de neuf enfants, dont quatre filles, et son épouse et ses filles seraient confinées dans la maison familiale.

Selon les autorités policières, l'homme aurait précédemment été mis en cause dans les meutres de sept autres femmes, dont au moins deux qui seraient qualifiées de « prostituées », mais aurait été relâché faute de charges suffisantes.

Outre le fait que l'assassinat de Zilla Huma Usman se soit produit devant de nombreux témoins, l'homme n'aurait semble-t-il fait aucune difficulté pour reconnaître sa culpabilité et pour expliquer son geste. Il aurait reconnu avoir agi en réaction au refus continu de la victime de porter un foulard recouvrant sa chevelure [1]. Son geste serait également motivé, selon les autorités policières, par son refus de l'engagement des femmes dans la politique et les affaires gouvernementales, l'assassin considérant qu'il serait contraire aux enseignements d'Allah qu'une femme puisse devenir ministre ou dirigeante.

Il aurait en outre témoigné de son absence de regrets, considérant que la victime aurait exercé une mauvaise influence sur les autres femmes.

La ville de Gujranwala, peuplée de plus de 3,5 millions d'habitants, avait été le théâtre d'émeutes, en avril 2005, lors de l'organisation d'un marathon réunissant des sportifs des deux sexes. Cette compétition mixte avait été encouragée par Zilla Huma Usman et la police avait dû faire usage de la force pour permettre le déroulement de la manifestation sportive, que les émeutiers avaient tenté d'empêcher.

Cet assassinat intervient quelques semaines après l'adoption par le parlement fédéral d'une loi sur la protection des femmes (censée contrebalancer les effets négatifs de la charia sur celles-ci), dans un pays musulman où les femmes représentent environ 20 % des effectifs de l'Assemblée nationale (la chambre basse du parlement pakistanais) mais où, selon certaines associations et institutions chargées de la surveillance des droits de l'homme, se multiplieraient les incidents causés par des opposants islamistes à l'émancipation des femmes.

Les réactions ont été nombreuses au Pakistan. On pourra citer notamment :

Zobaida Jalal, ministre fédérale du Bien-être social, qui voit dans cet assassinat « une perte irréparable pour la cause des droits des femmes et leur émancipation » ;

Shaukat Aziz, Premier ministre fédéral, qui qualifie la victime de « femme politique engagée et consacrée à sa cause » ;

le président Pervez Musharraf a également fait part de sa profonde tristesse après l'attentat ;

enfin, la Chambre des députés et le Sénat fédéraux ont adopté des résolutions condamnant l'asssassinat de Zilla Huma Usman.


Pakistani nuclear scientist released from house arrest

Last Friday, Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, a Pakistani nuclear scientist, was freed from detention. Khan was detained under house arrest since 2004, he made a televised confession of selling nuclear secrets to Libya, Iran and North Korea. He is widely regarded as the founder of Pakistan's nuclear program, and most famous as a national hero.

Dr. Qadeer filed a petition at the Islamabad High Court against the government, to address his detention and house arrest. He was freed and now lives as a "free citizen," but the terms upon which he and the government agreed remain secret.

He sent his regards to President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani, and the Interior Adviser, and thanked them for their stance opposing his detention.

United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she was "very much concerned" about Khan's release. One of the spokesmen, Gordon Duguid, said Khan "remains a serious proliferation risk" and releasing him would be "extremely regrettable". Gillani has rejected such remarks, saying that Dr. Qadeer's network has been dismantled and said that he has been released under Court orders.

On Monday, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi tried to calm international worries. He reiterated that Khan's network had been broken up and said that the government reserves the right to appeal the court's ruling.

Khan, who is now 72 years old and has received treatment for prostate cancer, told reporters that he was finished with nuclear work and plans to devote himself to education.


巴基斯坦解除对核科学家卡迪尔·汗的软禁

巴基斯坦一法院6日判决，解除核科学家卡迪尔·汗的软禁。

伊斯坦布尔的高等法院的判决结束了对卡迪尔·汗长达5年的监禁，允许他在国内自由行动。巴基斯坦著名核科学家阿卜杜尔·卡迪尔·汗曾在2004年2月4日下午在巴基斯坦国家电视台发表电视讲话，表示他对泄露核秘密事件负全部责任，并向巴基斯坦全国人民道歉，请求人民的原谅。

不过一名官员说，卡迪尔·汗不能出国。因为他的名字仍然在ECL（Exit Control List，出国限制名单）上。

已经72岁的卡迪尔·汗在随后的采访中表示，他不会再继续参与任何与核有关的事物，他会将时间花在教育事业上。而卡迪尔·汗的妻子对美联社说，她家的来客仍受到安全检查，卡迪尔·汗去首都的行动仍受到限制。

卡迪尔·汗去年向伊斯兰堡高等法院提起申诉，称从来就没有卷入核泄密事件，要求解除软禁。

【2009年2月6日讯】


Palau police shoot Chinese fisherman, police plane feared lost

Over the course of the weekend, Palau's police shot a Chinese fisherman believed to be illegally fishing in the economic zone of the tiny Micronesian nation. Three police staff, who were patrolling territorial waters in search of the Chinese fishing mothership, are feared missing as their plane was not heard from in over forty-eight hours.

The shooting occurred after the police tried to contact the boat and warn them to leave Palau's territorial water, and subsequent warning shots being fired to again warn the boat away from the area.

Five Chinese fishermen were arrested following the shooting, and were charged with illegal fishing and unlawful entry.  They may face up to two years in jail and be required to pay a US$50,000 fine if found guilty of entering Palau illegally.

Police officer Helenda Oimei is quoted by the Agence France-Presse in affidavit as saying, "The confrontation included an officer involved shooting and one of the six individuals on the green fishing boat later succumbed to injuries he obtained during the confrontation."

Palau President Johnson Toribiong has spoken to the press about the missing plane, confirming the police plane was believed to have crashed and that a pilot and two police officers are amongst the missing. The president is quoted by the Agence France-Presse as saying in regards to what the police plane occupants were doing, "They left on a police mission to film the area where a [Chinese] mothership involved in the raid of Kayangel State's marine resources was burned by its own crew to destroy the ship and its cargo. Officer Earl Decherong, one of the two police officers on board, using a radio telephone, called to say they were gliding to make a water landing and that they could see no light or land." An extensive search thus far failed to find the crash site.

Home to world's first and largest shark sanctuary that was created in 2009 and is 630,000 square kilometers in size, Palau actively guards this territory.


Palauští policisté zadrželi čínské rybáře, jednoho zastřelili

Jeden zastřelený čínský rybář a dva nezvěstní palauští policisté a jejich americký pilot, to je tragická bilance víkendového policejního zásahu proti člunu, který se věnoval nelegálnímu rybolovu ve vodách malého mikronéského státu Palau. Letadlo s dvěma policisty a americkým pilotem, které hledalo mateřskou loď čínských rybářů, se ztratilo beze stopy a ani po čtyřech dnech o něm nejsou žádné zprávy.[1]

Ke střelbě na čínský člun přistoupila policie až poté, kdy se ho nejprve snažila kontaktovat a odehnat z palauských vod a následně i vypálila varovné výstřely. Palau přísně dbá na ochranu ryb ve svých vodách, kde je i veliká žraločí rezervace.

Na člunu bylo celkem šest čínských rybářů, zbylých pět bylo zatčeno a obviněno z nelegálního rybaření a nezákonného vplutí. Možný trest za nelegální vplutí do palauských vod je až dva roky vězení a 50 000 amerických dolarů pokuty.

Dva policisté se vydali v letadle značky Cessna řízeném americkým pilotem najít mateřskou loď Číňanů, ale porouchaly se jim navigační přístroje a pak jim došlo palivo. Podle poslední zprávy, ve které nebyli schopni udat svou polohu, se chystali provést nouzové přistání.

Rozsáhlé pátrání na rozloze 6500 čtverečních námořních mil zatím nenašlo po letadlu žádné stopy. Zato se podařilo nalézt původně hledanou čínskou loď, a tak byly zatčeny další dvě desítky čínských rybářů.

Tato zpráva byla založena zčásti nebo zcela překladem zprávy Palau police shoot Chinese fisherman, police plane feared lost na anglických Wikizprávách.


Papua New Guinea Culture and Tourism minister charged with attempted murder

Police in Papua New Guinea have arrested the Culture and Tourism Minister, Guma Wau, and charged him with attempted murder.  The host of Radio Australia's Pacific Beat programme, Firmin Nanol, reported that the minister was charged and detained for an hour before being released on bail in connection with the shooting of a 50 year old man on June 13.

Minister Wau has said that he was driving through Kerowagi district when the road was blocked by local tribesmen who refused to let him pass, and as a result of this, he fired his pistol to break the crowd up. One of the bullets strayed and hit a local man, 50 year old John Agaundo, wounding him.

Police in Chimbu have confiscated his pistol for examination. Minister Wau is due to appear before Kundiawa District Court today.


Papuánsko-novoguinejský ministr pro kulturu a turistiku byl obviněn z pokusu o vraždu

Papuánská-novoguinejská policie zadržela ministra pro kulturu a turistiku Gumu Waua a obvinila ho z pokusu o vraždu. Podle Firmina Nanola z Radio Australia byl zadržen zhruba na hodinu, poté byl propuštěn na kauci. Je obviněný z toho, že 13. června, předtím, než se stal ministrem, vystřelil na padesátiletého muže.

Ministr Wau se přiznal, že střílel. Projížděl prý okresem Kerowagi a dojel k místu, kde místní domorodci silnici zablokovali. Nechtěli Waua pustit dál a padesátiletý John Agaundo vyšel z domu, podle svých slov proto, aby pomohl situaci vyřešit. Wau údajně vystřelil, aby rozehnal dav, a Agaunda zasáhla zbloudilá kulka.

Policie zkonfiskovala pistoli Magnum, aby ji prozkoumala, a ministr Wau by se měl v tomto týdnu dostavit k soudu. Agaundo se pro média vyjádřil o policii pochvalně, ocenil, že zatkla a obvinila ministra.

Tato zpráva byla založena zčásti nebo zcela překladem zprávy Papua New Guinea Culture and Tourism minister charged with attempted murder na anglických Wikizprávách.


Paris Hilton released from jail

Paris Hilton is out of jail, after serving three weeks in the same. She was imprisoned due to a violation of her probation, which came as a result of a Driving Under the Influence (DUI) charge.

Reuters reported that her face expressed joy at her release as she left the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood, California, where she served 23 days, at 12:15 a.m. PT. Hilton also reportedly left the jail looking a few pounds thinner than when she entered.

Ignoring the questions from the surrounding paparazzi and photographers, Hilton climbed into  a white sport utility vehicle where her parents, Kathy and Rick Hilton, were waiting. Dodging the photographers on the street, they then went to Hilton's grandparents' house located in Holmby Hills, one of the richest neighbourhoods in the state of California. The way to their destination was not clear, though; cars full of paparazzi were following them all the way.

The L.A. Sheriff's Department spokesman, Steve Whitmore, said "she fulfilled her debt. She was obviously in good spirits. She thanked people as she left."

While Paris's original sentence was 45 days long, she was released early based on "a standard credit applied for good behavior."

CNN's Larry King will be hosting an exclusive, "post-jail" interview with Paris Hilton on Wednesday, on CNN.


Paris Hilton scarcerata dopo 22 giorni di carcere

Oggi verso mezzanotte (corrispondenti alle 9 CEST) è stata scarcerata Paris Hilton dopo 22 giorni di reclusione. La ventiseienne ereditiera era stata condannata a 45 giorni di detenzione dal giudice Michael T. Sauer per essere stata fermata a bordo della sua autovettura senza patente, precedentemente sospesa per guida in stato di ebrezza.

La pena era stata dimezzata per buona condotta ed è stata anche parzialmente trascorsa nella villa di famiglia dopo essere stata messa agli arresti domiciliari, annullati il giorno dopo dal giudice Sauer.

La Hilton è sembrata sorridente ai giornalisti mentre usciva dalla prigione di Lynwood (in California), il Century Regional Detention Center, e si recava, circondata da paparazzi, verso i suoi genitori, ma non ha voluto lasciare dichiarazioni.

La bionda ereditiera in una intervista ad E! ha dichiarato che in futuro, oltre ad apprezzare le cose che riteneva scontate, sfrutterà la sua celebrità per buone cause. Paris ha inoltre riferito ai giornalisti che la sua vita è stata drasticamente cambiata da questa esperienza e li ha invitati ad occuparsi di altre notizie, ad esempio della guerra in Iraq.

Mercoledì Paris Hilton sarà al Larry King Live, un programma della CNN. La notizia è stata annunciata da Bridget Leininger, una portavoce del canale statunitense. L'intervista, stando al  sito ufficiale dello show, farà slittare l'intervista con Michael Moore, prevista per la stessa serata, a venerdì.


Paris Hilton released under house arrest

Paris Hilton has been released from prison after serving only three days of her 23-day sentence, reports TMZ.com, though she will receive credit for five days (as the authorities in Los Angeles have counted Sunday evening and Thursday morning as a part of her sentence).

Reports indicate that Hilton was overcome by the stress of incarceration (credited as "medical reasons"), and reached an agreement to serve the remaining days of her sentence under house arrest. She will have to spend 40 days in house arrest, forced to wear a tracking ankle bracelet. The 26-year-old Hilton was released from the Los Angeles Jail Thursday and was placed into house arrest.

In January, the hotel heiress pleaded guilty to charges of alcohol-related reckless driving. In February, the California highway patrol caught her violating her three year probation. Hilton on Sunday entered the Century regional detention facility in Los Angeles, almost immediately after the MTV Movie Awards.


Paris Hilton spędziła w więzieniu tylko trzy dni

Paris Hilton – dziedziczka sieci hoteli, modelka, aktorka i piosenkarka została skazana 4 maja przez sąd w Los Angeles na 45 dni więzienia za naruszenie warunków dozoru sądowego (nałożonego za jazdę pod wpływem alkoholu). Następnie wyrok skrócono jej do 23 dni, ponieważ władze stwierdziły, że zachowanie skazanej daje dobre rokowanie. Wyrok rozpoczęła odsiadywać 3 czerwca 2007 roku w zakładzie karnym w Kalifornii. Wówczas stwierdziła: "Jestem gotowa stawić czoło wyrokowi". Odbywała wyrok w specjalnej części więzienia przeznaczonej dla VIP-ów. Po odbyciu 3 dni kary została wypuszczona do domu z powodów zdrowotnych.

Steve Whitmore z biura szeryfa hrabstwa Los Angeles nie chciał podać dokładnych przyczyn zwolnienia, powiedział jedynie, że zadecydowano o tym "po konsultacjach z lekarzami".

Teraz dziedziczka fortuny Hiltonów będzie odbywała karę w domu. Będzie objęta systemem dozoru elektronicznego i kiedy oddali się poza miejsce zamieszkania będą o tym poinformowane władze.


Passenger claims to have bomb, killed by air marshals at Miami International Airport

A United States federal air marshal shot dead on Wednesday an American Airlines passenger named Rigoberto Alpizar on American Airlines Flight 924, a Boeing 757, at Miami International Airport, in Miami, Florida, USA.

The 44-year-old passenger ran out of the door of the airplane after he reboarded the plane, following a customs check in Miami.  He was intercepted by the marshals before reaching the jetway and told to get on the ground. According to Air Marshal Service spokesman Dave Adams, the passenger did so, but then reached for a bag, at which point a marshal fired two or three shots and killed the passenger. The passengers recall that they heard up to six shots.

The marshals say Alpizar claimed that he was carrying a bomb before being killed.  No other witness has publicly concurred with that account, although one passenger recalled Alpizar saying, "I've got to get off, I've got to get off."  No bomb was found when authorities searched the airplane.

The shots were fired in the boarding bridge — the corridor that connects the aircraft to the terminal.  Reports also indicate SWAT teams surrounded the plane. According to CNN, a federal official indicated that this is the first time an air marshal has fired a weapon near an airplane.

Alpizar was a Costa Rican native who became a U.S. citizen and lived in Maitland, an Orlando suburb.  The 44-year-old passenger was returning from Quito, Ecuador to Orlando, Florida.  The plane was en-route to Orlando from Medellin, Colombia.

MSNBC reports that another passenger, Mary Gardner, told a local TV station, WTVJ-TV, that the man started "running crazily through the aisle", as a woman travelling with him ran after yelling that her husband suffered from bipolar disorder and had not taken his medication.

Federal Air Marshals are deployed on flights to deal with security threats on board U.S. air carriers. Following the revamping of domestic security after the World Trade Center attacks, the service was directed to increase its deployment from about fifty to several thousand marshals. In response, the marshal training program was modified and abbreviated, from the original fourteen weeks to five weeks for candidates without prior law enforcement experience and one week for trainees with such experience.


Miami: Ein Toter nach Schüssen aus Flugzeug

Gestern Abend wurden von einem bewaffneten Flugbegleiter Schüsse auf eine Person abgegeben, die nach der Landung einer Passagiermaschine mit einer Bombe gedroht haben soll. Das Flugzeug gehört der Fluggesellschaft American Airlines und landete auf dem Internationalen Flughafen von Miami.

Der Mann, ein 44-jähriger Amerikaner, war aufgefordert worden stehen zu bleiben, hatte dies jedoch ignoriert. Daraufhin wurde er erschossen. Die Maschine kam aus Medellin in Kolumbien und sollte in Miami eine Zwischenlandung einlegen.


Matan a un pasajero con enfermedad mental en aeropuerto de Miami

Un agitado pasajero que según las autoridades decía tener una bomba fue herido de tres (o seis según testigos) disparos por un alguacil mientras trataba de escapar de manera desenfrenada de un avión de pasajeros. El avión, proveniente de Medellín, Colombia, había aterrizado para hacer escala en Miami y luego dirigirse a Orlando, Florida.

El pasajero, quien fue identificado como Rigoberto Alpizar, de 44 años, de origen costarricense, nacionalizado estadounidense y residente en Maitland, un suburbio de Orlando, murió minutos más tarde en un hospital. Alpizar ya había pasado los controles de la aduana luego de hacer escala en Miami desde Quito, Ecuador, después de hacer una misión religiosa con su esposa en ese país y estaba abordando el vuelo hacia Orlando.

Según testigos, el pasajero corría frenéticamente a través del corredor del avión mientras su esposa trataba de explicar que era mentalmente enfermo, que sufría de trastorno bipolar y que no se había tomado su medicina.
En la cadena CNN en inglés, un oficial federal comentó que esta es la primera vez que un alguacil dispara su arma tan cerca a un avión.


La police abat un suspect à l'aéroport de Miami

Un membre de la police de l'Air américaine, un federal air marshal, a abattu un passager de la compagnie American Airlines à l'aéroport International de Miami. Rigoberto Alpizar était passager sur le vol American Airlines 924.

Des témoins ont indiqué que durant le vol le passager avait déclaré avoir une bombe dans son sac. L'homme agé de 44 ans s'est rué vers la porte de débarquement des que l'avion s'est posé à Miami, mais a été stoppé par la police de l'Air qui lui a demandé de s'allonger sur le sol. Selon le porte-parole de la police, Dave Adams, il aurait obtempéré mais aurait tendu la main vers un sac, voyant cela un policier aurait tiré 2 ou 3 coups avant d'annoncer la mort du passager. Aucune bombe n'a été trouvé dans l'avion.

Le vol faisait la liaison de Medellin (Colombie) à Orlando (Floride) et a atterri à Miami.


Flygvakt sköt ihjäl passagerare i Miami

Washington – I Miami sköts en man ihjäl av en av flygplatsens civilklädda vakter. Innan de dödande skotten hade mannen påstått att hans handbagage innehöll en bomb och, trots upprepade varningar, vägrat lämna ifrån sig väskan. Uppgifterna kommer från CNN. Bagaget sprängdes senare och visade sig inte innehålla någon bomb.

Flight 924 var en flygning från Medellin i Colombia till Orlando i Florida som gjorde en mellanlandning i Miami. Enligt uppgifter från medpassagerare sprang mannen skrikande omkring i planet under flygningen.

Den 44-åriga mannen, Rigoberto Alpizar, var amerikansk medborgare. Enligt uppgifter från hans hustru var han manodepressiv och hade inte tagit sina mediciner.

Efter attackerna den 11 september 2001 ökades antalet vakter på USA:s flygplatser kraftigt. Antalet civilklädda vakter idag är hemligt, enligt DN.


Pastor Michael Guglielmucci admits his cancer was a hoax; videos being removed from YouTube

A former Christian Pastor Michael Guglielmucci has admitted that his cancer is a hoax. Wikinews has also learned that one of the churches he preached at has had videos showing his claims of cancer removed from YouTube, claiming copyright infringement. He has also admitted to being addicted to pornography for over 16 years.

For at least two years, Gugliemucci claimed to have leukaemia. Reports say that he received an unknown amount of money through donations for his treatments and even released an compact disc album single titled 'Healer'.

YouTube began removing the videos after the Hillsong Church in Sydney, one of the churches Gugliemucci preached at, began to claim they were in violation of copyright laws. Those videos reportedly had shown Gugliemucci speaking about his cancer and also included a video from his hit single album Healer. Some videos even showed him wearing an oxygen mask while he was performing his sermon. According to reports, several attempts to re-upload his videos to YouTube was quickly met with the site removing the videos under claims that they violate copyright laws.

Wikinews has contacted the church, its publishing company, and YouTube for a statement regarding the removal of the videos, but has yet to receive a response.

After the announcement of Gugliemucci's hoax, his father Danny released a statement saying that his son will undergo professional treatment for his "sins."

"Michael is struggling with a different kind of illness and is receiving professional help and will do so as long as is needed. On the counsel and advice of our executive and board, after our up and coming Edge conference, we will take time to be with Mike and get him all the professional and spiritual help he needs to come to full recovery," said Danny Gugliemucci in a statement to the press.

"In September in 2006, Mike had an accident and went to hospital. It was at this time, because of his torment of living a double life, Mike thought he could escape the pain by creating a diversion from his addiction to adult pornography, so he created the cancer scenario," added Danny.

Michael Guglielmucci was the former youth pastor at Planetshakers City Church, but was released from the church almost 19 months ago before moving back to Adelaide then to Hillsong Church in Sydney Australia.


Pastor Michael Guglielmucci que admite ter câncer é falsa; vídeos estão sendo removido do YouTube

Sydney, Austrália • 26 de agosto de 2008

Um antigo pastor cristão, Michael Guglielmucci, que admitiu ter cancro é falsa. A Wikinews (versão da língua inglesa para Wikinotícias) também descobriu que uma das igrejas onde ele pregou, aparece em vídeos mostrando suas pretensões de câncer, sendo removido do YouTube, alegando violação direitos autorais. Ele também admitiu ser viciados em pornografia há mais de 16 anos.

Por pelo menos dois anos, Gugliemucci alegou ter leucemia. Reportagens diziam que ele recebeu uma quantidade desconhecida de dinheiro através de donativos para o seu tratamento e até mesmo álbum lançado um disco compacto único intitulado 'Healer'.

YouTube começou remover os vídeos depois que a Igreja Hillsong, em Sydney, uma das igrejas pregados por Gugliemucci, começaram a reclamar que estavam violando os direitos de autor. Esses vídeos alegadamente tinha demonstrado Gugliemucci falou sobre o câncer e incluiu também um vídeo do seu único álbum atingiu Healer. Alguns vídeos sequer lhe mostraram vestindo uma máscara de oxigênio enquanto ele estava realizando seu sermão. De acordo com relatos, várias tentativas para fazer upload dos vídeos YouTube se reuniram o vídeo foi rapidamente removidas no site, sob alegações de que violem leis de direito autoral.

Wikinotícias em inglês dirigiu-se a igreja, publicando sua empresa, e YouTube para fazer declaração sobre o levantamento dos vídeos, mas ainda tem de receber uma resposta.

Após o falso anúncio de Gugliemucci, seu pai Danny relatou uma declaração dizendo que seu filho vai sofrer profissionais de tratamento por seus "pecados".

"Michael está lutando com um diferente tipo de doença e está recebendo ajuda profissional e irá fazê-lo enquanto for necessário. Conseguinte, ao conselho e avisos de nossos executivos e de bordo, depois para cima e nossas próximas conferência Edge, vamos ter tempo para ser Mike com ele e obter todos os profissionais e espirituais ajuda de que necessita para vir a plena recuperação", disse Danny Gugliemucci numa declaração à imprensa.

"Em setembro de 2006, Mike teve um acidente e foi para o hospital. Foi nesse momento, por causa de seu tormento de viver uma vida dupla, Mike pensou que ele poderia escapar à dor através da criação de um desvio a partir da sua dependência de pornografia adulta, de forma ele criou o cenário câncer", acrescentou o Danny.

Michael Guglielmucci foi o ex-pastor da juventude na Igreja da Cidade de Planetshakers, mas saiu da igreja, quase 19 meses antes da passagem de volta para Adelaide então a Igreja Hillsong  em Sydney na Austrália.


Pastor of Florida church cancels plans to burn Qur'an, later reconsiders

Dove World Outreach Center Quran-burning controversy

The leader of a Gainesville, Florida church announced yesterday that the church had canceled its plan to burn copies of the Qur'an tomorrow but later stated that he had reconsidered his decision. Earlier yesterday, Pastor Terry Jones said that the Dove World Outreach Center would cancel the burning of the Islamic holy book, stating that Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, had agreed to relocate Park51, a mosque and community center to be located a few hundred meters away from the site of the September 11, 2001 attacks.

In a press conference on Thursday, Jones announced that "we have agreed to cancel our event on Saturday and on Saturday I have agreed to meet with the Imam." However, Rauf has denied that he struck a deal with the pastor, saying that he was surprised by the announcement of a deal.

On Thursday night, Jones insisted that he had struck a deal with Rauf, saying that he had been "clearly, clearly lied to". Jones also said that he is having second thoughts of his earlier statement on Thursday afternoon.

"I am glad that Pastor Jones has decided not to burn any Qur'ans. However, I have not spoken to Pastor Jones," Rauf said on Thursday. He followed up, stating that "We are not going to toy with our religion or any other. Nor are we here to barter. We are here to extend our hand to build peace and harmony."

The developer of the New York City mosque in question also denied that a deal had been reached with Jones, stating that "The Muslim community center called Park51 in lower Manhattan is not being moved. The project will proceed as planned."

On Wednesday, Jones had announced his intention to go ahead with the September 11 Qur'an burning. He also said that he has support from churches around the United States, and  that people from around the country have been mailing him Qur'ans to burn. The pastor also said that he has received over 100 death threats and has taken to carrying a gun on his hip for self-defense. In the past, the Dove World Outreach Center has declared that "Islam is of the devil" and that the religion is "evil" as it does not teach that Jesus was the son of God. Even though the church announced that it would continue with the plan, Jones could run into trouble as the Gainesville fire department has denied the church a permit to burn the Qur'ans.

Many prominent figures have condemned the Qur'an burning. Yesterday morning, US president Barack Obama responded, "... what he's proposing to do is completely contrary to our values as Americans," and warned, "This is a recruitment bonanza for Al Qaeda." In his interview recorded on Wednesday for Good Morning America, Obama stated that "this stunt that he is talking about pulling could greatly endanger our young men and women in uniform who are in Iraq, who are in Afghanistan", adding, "This could increase the recruitment of individuals who'd be willing to blow themselves up in American cities, or European cities."

General David Petraeus, NATO commander in Afghanistan, said on Wednesday that the plan would endanger US troops worldwide. In response to the general's comments, Jones had told the press that "we understand the general's concerns, we are taking those into consideration. We feel it's maybe the right time for America to stand up. How long are we going to bow down? How long are we going to be controlled by the terrorists, by radical Islam? ... As of right now, we are not convinced that backing down is the right thing."

Other prominent people from around the globe condemned the plan earlier this week, including the head of the US State Department, Hillary Clinton. She called it a "disrespectful, disgraceful act," while US Attorney General Eric Holder pitched in, calling the book burning "idiotic and dangerous."

Republican Tea Party activist and former Alaska governor Sarah Palin also chimed in, saying that burning the Qur'an would be an "insensitive and an unnecessary provocation — much like building a mosque at ground zero." She also said that people have the constitutional right to burn the book, and that "I would hope that Pastor Terry Jones and his supporters will consider the ramifications of their planned book-burning event. It will feed the fire of caustic rhetoric and appear as nothing more than mean-spirited religious intolerance. Don't feed that fire."

Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper condemned the plan, saying that his God was a tolerant God, and suggesting that freedom of religion comes from a tolerant spirit.

A coalition of religious leaders from different religions including Islam, Christianity and Judaism met in Washington to condemn "International Burn a Koran Day". People took to the streets in the Muslim-majority countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan in protest. In Indonesia, the country with the world's largest Muslim population, thousands of protesters gathered around the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta on Monday.

Due to the increase in tension caused by this activity, INTERPOL released an alert warning of attacks and asking member nations to contact the international police agency if they receive information on public safety hazards.

Despite the criticism, legal commentators say that Jones and his church have the constitutional right to burn the book, which is considered by Muslims to be the word of God. "The First Amendment, as it's been interpreted, would probably not win if it were put up to a vote. It is very hard to explain to people why this sort of conduct should be permitted," said Stephen Gillers, a law professor at New York University.


Rahip Kuran yakma eyleminden vazgeçtiğini söyledi

Rahip Terry Jones, 11 Eylül saldırılarının yapıldığı alana cami inşa etmeyi planlayan imamla bir uzlaşmaya vardıklarını açıkladı

11 Eylül günü Florida eyaletinde Kuran’ın kopyalarını yakmayı planlayan rahip eyleminden vazgeçtiğini söyledi.

Rahip Terry Jones, New York’ta 11 Eylül terör saldırılarının yapıldığı alana cami inşa etmeyi planlayan imamla bir uzlaşmaya vardıklarını, caminin bu alana yapılmaması karşılığında kendinsin Kuran yakma eyleminden vazgeçtiğini açıkladı.
Jones, Cumartesi günü New York’a gideceğini ve imam Faysal Abdül Rauf’la görüşeceğini söyledi. Ancak New York'taki cami planını yapan yetkililer böyle bir uzlaşmaya varılmadığını söyledi.

Yaklaşık 50 kişilik bir cemaati olan rahip Terry Jones, bu eylemle radikal İslam’ı protesto etmeyi amaçladığını söylüyordu. Amerikalı yetkililer Jones’un eyleminin İslam dünyasında büyük tepki göreceği için kaygılıydı.

Başkan Barack Obama, Kuran yakma planına karşı çıkarak bunun el Kaide’ye yarayacağını söyledi. Obama, Kuran yakmanın, El Kaide’ye yeni militanları kendi saflarına katmak için fırsat sunacağını vurguladı.

Obama, Amerikan ABC Televizyonuna verdiği demeçte Florida’da rahibin Afganistan gibi ülkelerde görev yapan Amerikan askerlerinin hayatını tehlikeye attığını da belirtti. Bu tür eylemleri ‘yıkıcı’ olarak tanımlayan Obama, bununla birlikte, Amerikan anayasasının, her türlü ifade özgürlüğünü güvence altına aldığını hatırlattı.

Dünyanın en büyük Müslüman ülkesi Endonezya da Kuran’ın yakılmaması için Başkan Barack Obama’nın kişisel müdahalede bulunmasını istedi. Endonezya Devlet Başkanı Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono bu konudaki isteğini bir mektupla Başkan Barack Obama’ya iletti.

Dünyanın dört bir yanında dini ve siyasi liderler Florida’da radikal bir Hristiyan grubun, 11 Eylül saldırılarının yıldönümünde Kur’an yakma planını kınadı.

Almanya Başbakanı Angela Merkel, hoşgörü ve özgürlüğün son derece önemli değerler olduğunu, ancak kökten dinci bir rahibin Kur’an’ı yakmak istemesinin saygısızlık olduğunu söyledi. Merkel, planı ‚mide bulandırıcı ve yanlış’ buluyorum şeklinde konuştu.

Fransa ve İngiltere de Kuran yakma eylemine karşı çıktı.


Paul Schäfer, founder of Colonia Dignidad, dies at 88

Paul Schäfer died at 88 from cardiac-respiratory arrest on early Saturday morning in a Chilean prison hospital. Schäfer was the founder and former leader of Colonia Dignidad, an enclave used for torturing and exterminating political prisoners during Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship. Hr was convicted for sexually abusing 26 children for years, and retained thousands of people under his own tyrannical regime, that worked as an aside territory in the country, where people spoke the German language.

Jorge Zepeda, magistrate who investigated the crimes made in Colonia Dignidad, reported that Schäfer was unconscious when he died. He was to stay in prison for 33 years. Hernán Fernández, one of the lawyers against Colonia Dignidad, said that Schäfer's death should help to accelerate the judiciary processes. Chilean President Sebastián Piñera said, "Paul Schäfer will be judged by the divine justice."

Schäfer was born in 1921, in Siegburg, Germany. He was a non-commissioned Nazi officer, who moved to Chile after the Second World War, evading accusations of sexual abuse of minors. He established an organization in a rural area of Chile, in favour of the poor people, located 400 kilometers south of Santiago, to the border of Argentina. He named this place Villa Babiera.

He began his rule of this area in 1961; he established a private tyrannical regime, where almost 300 Germans worked for decades without pay. Men and women were segregated, and people who tried to escape were killed. Adults and children considered it an "honour" for Schäfer to chose to have sex with them.

When Pinochet's regime ended, Schäfer escaped from Chile in 1996 to avoid being imprisoned, after he came under investigation for human rights violations and abuse to minors. He was detained in Argentina, and then extradited back to Chile in 2005. Since then he was imprisoned. Colonia Dignidad still exists, though without the power they had before, less secluded and with new leaders.


Muere en Chile el nazi Paul Schaefer

El cabo nazi Paul Schaefer falleció hoy a los 88 años en la ciudad de Santiago de Chile. El alemán, que sufría una enfermedad cardíaca, estaba condenado por abusos sexuales y tortura. En aquel país, fue el fundador de la Colonia Dignidad, que funcionó como un campo de concentración en la dictadura de Augusto Pinochet.

La muerte se produjo a las 7.00 (11.00 GMT) del sábado, según afirmaron fuentes del servicio penitenciario.

En 1996, el militar había escapado del país y fue el prófugo más buscado de Chile. Nueve años después, Schaefer fue detenido en la Argentina y fue llevado de vuelta a Chile para ser juzgado por pedofilia y otros delitos.

Schaefer fue condenado a siete años por homicidio; a tres por infringir la ley de control de armas; a tres años y un día por torturas y a 20 años por abusos sexuales contra menores de edad. No obstante, estuvo poco tiempo en la cárcel, ya que fue trasladado al hospital penitenciario por sus problemas de salud.

El nazi había cometido los ilícitos en la Colonia Dignidad, un centro fundado por Schaefer y otros inmigrantes alemanes en la VII Región del Maule, a 380 kilómetros de Santiago. El lugar ahora es conocido como Villa Baviera.

El centro fue calificado por el ex presidente Patricio Aylwin –el primero tras la caída de Pinochet– como "un Estado dentro del Estado" chileno, ya que allí se ignoraban las leyes de Chile, como un enclave alemán en el país.


Pelé cries as his son admits to marijuana addiction

São Paulo, Brazil — Edson Cholbi Nascimento, also known as Edinho, son of the Brazilian former soccer player Pelé was arrested by Brazilian police. He is accused of involvement with drug traffic. He and another 17 persons according to local newspapers and O Estado de São Paulo were arrested on Monday during a operation of Denarc, the anti-drugs police department.

Pelé contacted the son at the police station. Very sad, with tears in his eyes Pele said that he got surprised when he received the news that his son was arrested because of drugs. During a press conference on Tuesday he said that he doesn't understand why some people use drugs. "This must not be used as an excuse but you who accompanied my life since the beginning know of my fight against drugs, and you know my effort in making clear that this thing [drug] is not good for no human being", he said.

Edinho admitted that he is addicted to marijuana, but denied any involvement in drug traffic or other criminal activities.

Edinho wrote a note and released it through his lawyer today. In the note Edinho said that he "had no disposition or control of his thoughts, everything in search of satisfaction in drug, marijuana".

The note ends saying: "I realize how wrong and harmful is the way to drugs and I humbly recognize my situation as addicted and I ask help to everyone who loves me, my family, fans and forgive me because at some moment I became a not good example. Thank you, Edinho."

According to the authorities Edinho is being indicted by association to drug traffic.

The police operation conducted by Denarc arrested until now 52 persons in São Paulo and Santos. The main suspect is Ronaldo Duarte Barsotti de Freitas, known as Naldinho. He is accused of drug traffic and according to police is involved in a dispute with another two criminal organizations: the Comando Vermelho (Red Command) from Rio de Janeiro and the PCC (Fist Command from Capital) from São Paulo. Nadinho and the enterpriser Clóvis Ribeiro who was also arrested are considered by Denarc director the biggest drug dealers from the state. Clovis is suspected of being involved with the FARC.


Con tristeza, Pelé llora mientras su hijo admite que consume marihuana

9 de junio de 2005São Paulo, Brasil — Edson Cholbi Nascimento, también conocido como Edinho, hijo del ex jugador de fútbol Pelé, fue capturado por la policía brasileña, acusado de estar involucrado en tráfico de drogas. Junto con él, otras 17 personas fueron arrestadas el lunes durante una operación del Denarc, el departamento de policía anti-drogas, según los periódicos locales y O Estado de São Paulo. El martes, Pelé concedió una entrevista con la prensa, visiblemente impactado con la prisión de su hijo.

Pelé se encontró con el hijo en la comisaría. Muy triste, con lágrimas en los ojos, Pelé dijo que quedó sorprendido cuando recibió la noticia de que su hijo había sido arrestado por drogas. Durante una sesión de entrevistas con la prensa, el ex ídolo del fútbol dijo que no comprende por qué las personas usan drogas.

Edinho admitió que es adicto a la marihuana pero negó cualquier implicación con el tráfico de drogas u otras actividades criminales. Edinho escribió una nota que fue leída por su abogado el martes. La nota decía:

Según las autoridades, Edinho debe ser acusado por asociación al tráfico de drogas.

La redada conducida por el Denarc ha arrestado hasta ahora a 52 personas en São Paulo y en Santos. El principal sospechoso es Ronaldo Duarte Barsotti de Freitas, conocido como Naldinho, quien está acusado de tráfico de drogas y, según la policía, estaría involucrado en una disputa con otras dos organizaciones criminales: el Comando Rojo (CV) de Río de Janeiro y el Primer Comando de la Capital (PCC) de São Paulo.

Nadinho y el empresario Clóvis Ribeiro, que también fue arrestado, son considerados por el director del Denarc los mayores traficantes de drogas del estado de São Paulo. Clóvis es sospechoso de mantener relaciones criminales con las FARC.

Edinho es un de los seis hijos reconocidos por Pelé. El ex jugador tiene una hija surgida de una relación probablemente antes de casarse, cuando aún jugaba en el Santos Fútbol Club. A pesar de los exámenes médicos de paternidad, a través del ADN probaron que ella es hija biológica del ex jugador, Pelé no la ha considerado hasta el momento como parte de su familia.

Edinho fue portero del Santos Fútbol Club. Actuó como titular en varios partidos y fue subcampeón brasileño en 1995.


Muito triste, Pelé chora e seu filho admite ser viciado em maconha

Edson Cholbi Nascimento, também conhecido como Edinho, filho do ex-jogador de futebol Pelé, foi preso pela polícia brasileira. Ele é acusado de estar envolvido com o tráfico de drogas. Ele e outras 17 pessoas, segundo jornais locais e o Estado de São Paulo, foram presas em flagrante segunda-feira durante uma operação do Denarc, o departamento de polícia anti-drogas. Pelé, concedeu uma entrevista para a imprensa terça-feira, visivelmente abalado com a prisão do filho.

Pelé encontrou-se com o filho na delegacia. Muito triste, com lágrimas em seus olhos, Pelé disse que ficou surpreso quando recebeu a notícia de que seu filho tinha sido preso por causa de drogas. Durante uma sessão de entrevistas para a imprensa nesta terça-feira, ele disse que não compreende porque as pessoas usam drogas.  , ele disse.

Edinho admitiu que ele é viciado em maconha e negou qualquer envolvimento com o tráfico de drogas ou outras atividades criminosas.

Edinho escreveu uma nota que foi lida por seu advogado terça-feira. A nota dizia:

Não tinha disposição ou controle de meus pensamentos, tudo na busca da satisfação na droga, maconha. Nem mesmo meus familiares, pai, mãe, esposa e dois filhos pequenos foram suficientes para que meu vício pudesse ser abandonado.

Assim nesse convívio, acabei conhecendo pessoas que chegavam a me oferecer droga, as vezes gratuitamente, em troca simplesmente da minha companhia e amizade. Outras vezes, para impressionar meus novos amigos, contava vantagens irreais. Tudo isso motivado pelo consumo da droga.

Hoje, no fundo do poço em que me encontro, percebo o quanto errado e danoso é o caminho das drogas e humildemente reconheço minha situação de viciado e peço ajuda de todos que me amem, meus familiares, fãs, me perdoem por ter em algum momento deixado de ser um bom exemplo. Obrigado, Edinho.

Segundo as autoridades, Edinho deve ser indiciado por associação ao tráfico de drogas.

A operação policial conduzida pelo Denarc prendeu até agora 52 pessoas, em São Paulo e em Santos. O principal suspeito é Ronaldo Duarte Barsotti de Freitas, conhecido como Naldinho. Ele é acusado de tráfico de drogas e segundo a polícia está envolvido numa disputa com outras duas organizações criminosas: o Comando Vermelho (CV) do Rio de janeiro e o Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) de São Paulo.

Nadinho e o empreśario Clóvis Ribeiro, que também foi preso, são considerados pelo diretor do Denarc os maiores traficantes de drogas do estado de São Paulo. Clóvis é suspeito de manter relações criminosas com as FARC.

Edinho é um dos seis filhos reconhecidos por Pelé. O ex-jogador tem uma filha surgida de um relacionamento provavelmente antes de casar-se, do tempo em que ainda jogava no Santos Futebol Clube. Apesar de a exames médicos de paternidade através de ADN terem já provado que ela é filha biológica do ex-jogador, Pelé não considerou-a até o momento como parte de sua família.

Edinho foi goleiro do Santos Futebol Clube. Atuou como titular em várias partidas e foi vice-campeão brasileiro em 1995.


Perpetrator of Finnish school shooting dies in hospital

Pekka-Eric Auvinen, the gunman who killed eight people in the Jokela school shooting in Finland yesterday, has died in hospital from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

"He died at 22h14 of a one-bullet injury in the head," said traumatology physician Eero Hirvensalo, chief of the Helsinki University Hospital.

Auvinen, 18, murdered his headmistress, school nurse and six students, as well as wounding one other victim, before turning his gun on himself.

When police special units arrived on-scene and entered the school they were initially shot at, but when they reached Auvinen he was already unconscious, and no rounds were fired by the police.

Auvinen had no previous criminal convictions, and had received his gun license several weeks previously. He purchased his gun on October 19.

In a text describing himself on the video sharing site YouTube, where he had posted a total of 89 videos, including some showing him firing his gun and others directly referring to the killing, he said that he was "a cynical existentialist, anti-human humanist, anti-social social-Darwinist, realistic idealist and god-like atheist."

"I am prepared to fight and die for my cause," he continued. "I, as a natural selector, will eliminate all who I see unfit, disgraces of human race and failures of natural selection."


Jokelan ammuskelija kuollut

Jokelan koulukeskuksessa kahdeksan ihmistä tappanut Pekka-Eric Auvinen (s. 4. kesäkuuta 1989) on kuollut tänään noin kello 22.15. Hän oli tekojensa jälkeen ampunut itseään päähän ja saanut vakavan päävamman.[1]

Auvinen kuoli Töölön sairaalassa saatuaan vakavan päävamman ammuttuaan itseään päähän epäonnistuneessa itsemurhayrityksessä. Tätä ennen hän oli ampunut koulun tiloissa useita laukauksia, joissa sai surmansa yhteensä kahdeksan ihmistä, joiden joukossa oli mm. koulun rehtori ja kouluterveydenhoitaja.

Tapahtumat saivat alkunsa keskiviikkona puoliltapäivin, jolloin Auvinen oli aloittanut ammuskelun .22-kaliiperin käsiaseella Jokelan koulukeskuksessa Tuusulassa. Ensimmäiset poliisipartiot olivat saapuneet paikalle hieman ennen kahtatoista. Poliisi sai yhteyden ammuskelijaan ja yritti käskemällä saada tätä luopumaan aseestaan. Tässä yhteydessä hän ampui laukauksen kohti poliisia. Poliisi ei ampunut tapauksen aikana kertaakaan. Poliisi kuuli viimeisen laukauksen koululta kello 12.04, jolloin tekijä ampui itseään. Auvinen löydettiin myöhemmin koulun WC-tiloista tajuttomana ja ylilääkäri Eero Hirvensalon mukaan hänet tuotiin sairaalaan kello 14.45 [2]. Potilaan tilaa kuvattiin kriittiseksi ja hänen ennustettaan sanalla toivoton. Hän kuoli myöhemmin illalla tajuihinsa tulematta.


Peruvian rebels kill thirteen soldiers

According to the defence minister of Peru, Flores Araoz, Shining Path rebels have killed thirteen soldiers in two ambushes in the southeast region of the country. The attacks were the deadliest by guerrillas in the past ten years.

The minister stated that rebels attacked a military patrol with explosives, killing eleven soldiers and a captain. Both attacks occurred 340 miles (547 km) from Peru's capital of Lima, in the Ayacucho region. Two other soldiers have been injured, and one is missing.

"The attack with dynamite and grenades took place Thursday, and victims included a captain, a junior officer and 11 soldiers," Araoz said, adding that "most of the soldiers plunged over a cliff." The minister said the attacks had happened on Thursday, but news was delayed for some time due to poor communications in the region.

Yehude Simon, the prime minister of Peru, denounced the rebels' attacks. "These actions are desperate responses by the Shining Path in the face of advances by the armed forces. I have no doubt that in the next years this zone will be free of leftover terrorists," he said.

The Shining Path tried to oust the Peruvian government and replace it with communist rule in the 1980s and 90s. They have been accused by authorities of being involved in the cocaine trade, and using money obtained from the profits to fund themselves.

The group returned again in 2008, starting a series of attacks and killing 25 police officers and soldiers in ambushes. The Peruvian army launched an "Operation Excellence" last year to remove three hundred of the guerrillas from the valleys around the Ene and Apurimac rivers, but have not had much success.


Peru: partyzanci ze Świetlistego Szlaku zabili 13 żołnierzy

Partyzanci z ugrupowania Świetlisty Szlak zorganizowali w czwartek (9 IV) zasadzkę na żołnierzy peruwiańskich w dolinie rzeki Apurímac w regionie Ayacucho, zabijając 13 wojskowych.

Rebelianci w ataku użyli granatników. W zasadzce jeszcze dwie osoby odniosły rany, a jedną uznaje się za zaginioną.

Od początku roku bojownicy z tego ugrupowania przeprowadzili już 11 ataków, lecz ten od października zeszłego roku, kiedy to zginęło 12 żołnierzy i 7 cywilów, był największy.

Świetlisty szlak swoją największą aktywność wykazywał w latach 80. XX w. Po schwytaniu w 1992 r. jej przywódcy, Abimaela Guzmana, organizacja zredukowała swą aktywność. Wspomniany zeszłoroczny atak był pierwszym od kilku lat.


Philippines seeks United Nations arbitration on South China Sea claims

The Philippines said yesterday it will take China to an arbitration tribunal under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) on a series of territorial disputes involving the South China Sea.

According to Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario, Manila chose this move after exhausting "almost all political and diplomatic avenues." He also says he has already informed the Chinese ambassador in Manila.

Disputes such as those involving the Scarborough Shoal and China's Nine-dotted line map are likely to be tackled. The Philippines has stated the map issued by China is unlawful under UNCLOS, which includes both countries as signatories.

The Philippines and China are involved in a variety of disputes in the South China Sea along with Taiwan and ASEAN members Brunei, Malaysia, and Vietnam. The current chair of ASEAN, Brunei, has stated it seeks a legally-binding "code of conduct" for the disputes.


Filipíny chtějí řešit spory o Jihočínské moře mezinárodní arbitráží

Filipínský ministr zahraničí Albert del Rosario oznámil, že Filipíny budou řešit své územní spory s Čínskou lidovou republikou ohledně Jihočínského moře mezinárodní arbitráží v souladu s 287. článkem Úmluvy Organizace spojených národů o mořském právu a její sedmou přílohou. Ministr v prohlášení dále uvedl, že se Filipíny k tomuto kroku odhodlaly až po vyčerpání skoro všech diplomatických i politických možností, kterými se již od roku 1995 snaží dosáhnout smírného řešení, a že již oficiálně o žádosti o arbitráž informoval čínskou velvyslankyni v Manile, kterou je Ma Kche-čching.

Filipíny i Čínská lidová republika patří mezi signatáře zmíněné úmluvy a podle filipínského názoru jsou v jejím rámci čínské územní požadavky nelegální. Jejich oprávněnost zpochybňují i některé další státy Sdružení národů jihovýchodní Asie, Brunej, Malajsie, Vietnam, které si také dělají nároky na různé části Jihočínského moře.

Zúčastněné strany arbitráže jsou podle Úmluvy o mořských právech povinny respektovat výsledek – pokud se ovšem nejedná o věc národní suverenity.

Tato zpráva byla založena zčásti nebo zcela překladem zprávy Philippines seeks United Nations arbitration on South China Sea claims na anglických Wikizprávách.


Pilots in 16-death crash jailed for praying instead of flying

The pilot and co-pilot of Tuninter Flight 1153, which crashed into the Mediterranean Sea in 2005, killing sixteen people, have each received ten-year jail sentences for the ditching of the flight. They were found to have prayed instead of trying to direct the plane to safety when the engines failed. Tuninter Flight 1153, from Bari, Italy, to Djerba, Tunisia, crashed into Italian waters on August 6, 2005.

The flight ran into trouble because the ATR 72 twin-engined turboprop had mistakenly been fitted with the fuel gauge for an ATR 42, which has a lower fuel capacity. The incorrect reading on the gauge was relied upon, and led to the aircraft suffering fuel starvation and eventually running out of fuel. The right engine failed at 23,000 feet, and the left at 7,000 feet.

Captain Shafik Al Gharbi and co-pilot Ali Kebaier Lassoued were described as having panicked and started praying aloud, rather than following emergency procedures to bring the plane safely to a runway. After gliding for sixteen minutes, the pilots decided to attempt a crash-landing in the Mediterranean, and the aircraft crashed into the sea about 23 nautical miles to the Northwest of Palermo.

The court in Palermo also sentenced five other employees of Tuninter to sentences of between eight and nine years' imprisonment. None of the accused were in court to hear the verdict, and none will serve time in jail before the appeals process is completed.


Tragedia ATR: dieci anni al pilota e al copilota che pregarono durante l'avaria

Il pilota e il copilota del volo Tuninter 1153 sono stati condannati ognuno a dieci anni di carcere per l'ammaraggio di fortuna dell'aereo che causò la morte di sedici persone. I due non avrebbero adottato le manovre di sicurezza appropriate quando i motori andarono in avaria, mettendosi invece a pregare. Il velivolo partito da Bari (Italia) e diretto a Gerba, si schiantò nelle acque italiane il 6 agosto 2005.

L'incidente era avvenuto poiché sull'aereo, un ATR 72, era stato montato un indicatore del livello di carburante tarato su un altro tipo di velivolo, l'ATR 42. L'erronea lettura dell'indicatore, che segnalava la presenza di carburante quando questo era terminato, aveva causato lo spegnimento dei motori.

Il capitano Shafik Al Gharbi e il copilota Ali Kebaier Lassoued si sarebbero fatti prendere dal panico e si sarebbero messi a pregare ad alta voce invece di seguire le procedure di emergenza per portare l'aereo su una pista di atterraggio. Dopo aver planato per sedici minuti, l'aereo si è schiantato in mare a 23 miglia nautiche a nordovest di Palermo, dopo che i piloti avevano tentato un ammaraggio.

Il tribunale di Palermo ha anche condannato cinque fra dirigenti e impiegati della Tuninter a pene fra otto e nove anni di carcere. Nessuno dei sette imputati era presente in aula alla lettura della sentenza.


Pirates capture Saudi oil tanker

Pirates have seized control of the Sirius Star, a Saudi-owned oil tanker off the coast of Kenya and are steering her towards Somalia, reports the US Navy. The ship was captured roughly 830 kilometers south-east of Mombasa and is reportedly heading towards the Somali port of Eyl.

The oil tanker was carrying over 2 million barrels of oil at the time of her capture, and was on her way to the United States via Cape Town. Reuters claimed that news of the attack raised crude oil prices around the world.

Vela International Marine, the ship's owner, has said the Sirius Star is fully loaded. The oil could be worth up to US$100 million. The US Navy reports that all 25 crew from the United Kingdom, Croatia, the Philippines, Poland, and Saudi Arabia are 'safe'.

The area off the East coast of Africa has seen a significant amount of piracy. In 2007, one-third of the world's piracy incidents occurred in this region.

Hijacking off the coast of Somalia has become increasingly common over the last decade.  Over the last year multiple countries have expressed concern or committed their navies to dealing with Somali pirates. Most recently, South Korea has announced intentions to send one of its destroyers after five South Koreans were kidnapped in a Japanese cargo ship hijacking.

The Sirius Star is the largest ship captured by pirates in the area to date. This also sets a record for the farthest from the shore that pirates have struck.


Somalia: Piraten kapern Supertanker

Mogadischu (Somalia), 20.11.2008 – Die spektakuläre Kaperung des Supertankers Sirius Star, der einer Tochterunternehmung des Ölkonzerns Saudi Aramco gehört, ist der Höhepunkt zahlreicher Schiffsentführungen vor der somalischen Küste.

Der rund 330 Meter lange Öltanker hat Rohöl im Wert von etwa 80 Millionen Euro geladen und war auf dem Weg von Doha in die Vereinigten Staaten. Piraten hatten das Schiff am 15. November um 7:28 Uhr Weltzeit rund 850 Kilometer östlich von Mombasa gekapert. Die Besatzung des Öltankers besteht aus zwei Briten, zwei Polen, einem Kroaten, einem Saudi-Araber und 19 philippinischen Seeleuten. Der gekaperte Öltanker ankert nun vor der nordsomalischen Stadt Harardhere.

Jane Campbell, eine Sprecherin der in Bahnrein stationierten 5. US-Flotte, teilte auf Anfrage zu einer militärischen Aktion zur Befreiung des Schiffes und seiner Besatzung mit, dass eine solche Operation die Situation zu einer Geiselnahme machen würde und die Sicherheit der 25 Besatzungsmitglieder berücksichtigt werden müsse.

Bis zur Kaperung der Sirius Star wurden allein im Jahr 2008 vor der somalischen Küste 92 Schiffe von Piraten angegriffen. Für 36 aufgebrachte Schiffe wurde Lösegeld bezahlt, und 16 gekaperte Schiffe mit etwa 250 Besatzungsmitgliedern an Bord sind derzeit unter Kontrolle der Piraten. Die Piraten halten Schiffe und Crews solange fest, bis ein Lösegeld bezahlt wird. Durch das International Maritime Bureau wird die Summe des 2008 bislang erpressten Lösegeldes auf 50 Millionen US-Dollar geschätzt, wobei die Rate pro Schiff sich derzeit zwischen 500.000 und zwei Millionen US-Dollar bewege.

In dem durch den seit dem Sturz von Siad Barre im Jahr 1991 währenden Bürgerkrieg gebeutelten Staat blüht die Piraterie. Das Lösegeld ermöglicht den Kauf neuerer besserer Waffen, wodurch die Piraten immer dreistere Aktionen durchführen können. Nebenbei kurbelt es die lokale Wirtschaft an, weil die Piraten das Geld unter die Leute bringen; Händler, Restaurantbesitzer und Bauunternehmer sind die Nutznießer. „Alles, was man braucht, sind drei Jungs und ein kleines Boot, und am nächsten Tag bist du ein Millionär“, äußerte sich ein früherer Kapitän.

Somalia gehört zu den gescheiterten Staaten. Der fast zwei Jahrzehnte andauernde Bürgerkrieg hat alle administrativen und sozialen Strukturen zerstört. Es gibt keine Polizei und keine funktionierende Justiz, Warlords und Milizen beherrschen große Teile des Staatsgebietes, auf denen sich mehrere De-facto-Regime gebildet haben. Während sich in Somaliland halbwegs geordnete Verhältnisse entwickelten, blüht das Piratentum vor allem in Puntland im Nordosten Somalias.

Aufsehen hatte bereits die Kaperung des Frachters Faina am 25. September verursacht, für den zunächst 22 Millionen US-Dollar Lösegeld gefordert wurden. Der unter der Flagge Belizes fahrende Frachter hat Berichten zufolge mindestens 30 T-72-Panzer für Kenia geladen. Am 18. November wurde der unter der Flagge Hongkongs fahrende Frachter „Delight“ von Piraten entführt. Auch ein türkisches Schiff und ein thailändischer Fischtrawler gelangten in den letzten Tagen in die Gewalt von Piraten.

Der Vorsitzende der Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, äußerte auf einer Pressekonferenz seine Überraschung. Die Stelle, an der die Piraten die Sirius Star unter Kontrolle gebracht haben, liegt weit außerhalb ihres bisher üblichen Operationsgebietes. Mullen bezeichnete die Vorgehensweise der Piraten als „taktisch wirklich sehr gut“. Der saudi-arabische Außenminister Saud al-Faisal bezeichnete den Vorfall als „abscheuliche Tat“.

Offenbar setzen die Piraten inzwischen sogenannte „Mutterschiffe“ ein, die als Operationsbasis für die schnellen Motorboote dienen, mit denen die Piraten angreifen. Üblicherweise gelangen die Piraten mit Wurfankern und Strickleitern an Bord der Schiffe, deren Deck oft nur acht oder zehn Meter über der Wasseroberfläche liegt. Die Angriffe erfolgen meist nachts.

Die von den Vereinten Nationen beschlossene militärische Aktion kommt jedoch nicht so recht in die Gänge. Vor allem innerhalb der EU-Staaten bestanden Meinungsverschiedenheiten. Zypern wehrte sich gegen eine Zusammenarbeit mit der NATO, weil es befürchtete, dass die Türkei so sicherheitsrelevante Informationen über Zypern erhalten könnte. Derweil stritten sich die in die geplante Operation Atalanta involvierten Bundesministerien wochenlang über die Begleitung der Schiffe der Bundesmarine durch Bundespolizisten – die Bundeswehr könne keine Polizeiaufgaben wahrnehmen. Der Somalia-Einsatz soll nun vom Kabinett Anfang Dezember beschlossen werden.

Andere Staaten diskutieren nicht, sondern handeln. Als am 19. November das indische Kriegsschiff INS Tabar in ein Feuergefecht mit mehreren Piratenschnellbooten geriet, schossen die Inder zurück und haben das mutmaßliche Mutterschiff kurzerhand versenkt.


Capturado por piratas somalíes un superpetrolero saudí


Somalia: i pirati sequestrano la superpetroliera saudita Sirius Star

L'ultima nave sequestrata dai pirati somali è stata una superpetroliera  assaltata al largo delle coste kenyane.

La "Sirius Star", questo è il nome della nave sequestrata lo scorso sabato, armata da una società di navigazione saudita, è la più grande nave sequestrata e dirottata fino ad ora dai corsari somali e inoltre il primo gigante del mare sequestrato nella storia della pirateria: 330 metri di lunghezza, 318 mila tonnellate, circa 2 milioni di barili per 100 milioni di dollari (diretti negli USA), oltre ai 150 milioni del costo della stessa petroliera.

Attualmente la nave, col suo carico di petrolio e i 25 marittimi imbarcati, sta dirigendosi verso il porto somalo di Eyl dove i pirati hanno la loro base.

La "Sirius Star" è stata attaccata a circa 450 miglia nautiche dalla costa (l'arrembaggio è avvenuto a 800 km ad Est di Mombasa, Kenya), cosa che, secondo l'IMB (Ufficio Marittimo Internazionale), porterebbe a supporre un'azione altamente organizzata, che ha evitato i controlli della flotta di circa 20 navi in pattugliamento nella zona. Al momento restano 12 navi nelle mani dei pirati, tra cui quella con i 33 carri armati ucraini sequestrata settimane fa, e ora anche una grossa nave da trasporto con 36.000 di tonnellate di farina di Hong Kong.


Porwano saudyjski tankowiec z Polakami wśród załogi

W sobotę (15 XI), u wybrzeży Kenii doszło do porwania saudyjskiego tankowca Sirius Star. Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych potwierdziło doniesienia medialne mówiące o tym, że kapitanem porwanego statku jest Polak. Jest on jednym z dwóch polskich członków załogi – drugi jest oficerem technicznym. Na pokładzie znajduje się 25-osobowa załoga statku.

Amerykańska marynarka wojenna poinformowała, że do porwania jednostki płynącej pod liberyjską banderą[1] doszło 450 mil morskich na południowy-wschód od portu w Mombasie. Amerykanie poinformowali także, że piraci-porywacze pochodzą z Somalii. Skierowali oni porwaną jednostkę do swej bazy wypadowej u somalijskich wybrzeży.

Tymczasem operator statku – firma Vela International Marine Ltd. z Dubaju w Zjednoczonych Emiratach Arabskich twierdzi, że supertankowiec zakotwiczył we wtorek u wybrzeży Somalii. Podobną informację podaje Reuters. Nie są potwierdzone informacje na temat tego, gdzie dokładnie znajduje się porwany statek. Dyrektor Programu Pomocy Wschodnioafrykańskim Żeglarzom Andrew Mwangura przypuszcza, że jednostka znajduje się w pobliżu miasta Eyl (Puntland). Tymczasem według przedstawicieli Puntlandu oraz rzecznika amerykańskiej 5. Floty – por. Nathana Christensena tankowiec zakotwiczył w pobliżu portu Harardhere, na południe od Eyl.

Wśród załogi znajdują się obywatele: Polski (dwóch), Wielkiej Brytanii (dwóch), Chorwacji, Filipin oraz Arabii Saudyjskiej[2]. Jak donosi brytyjska sieć BBC, Vela International Marine Ltd. twierdzi, że nikomu z członków załogi nic się nie stało. Brytyjskie media informują także, że MSZ Wielkiej Brytanii twierdzi, iż wśród załogi było dwóch obywateli wysp.

We wtorek (18 XI) odbyła się konferencja prasowa szefa polskiego MSZ Radosława Sikorskiego. Poinformował on, że znana jest tożsamość dwóch polskich członków załogi. Nie ujawniono jednak ich nazwisk. Rzecznik resortu Piotr Paszkowski potwierdził nieoficjalne informacje TVN24, że jeden z porwanych Polaków to kapitan supertankowca.

Rzecznik 5. Floty United States Navy, która odpowiada za obszar, na terenie którego doszło do porwania, stwierdził, że jest to sytuacja bez precedensu. Zaznaczył, że nigdy wcześniej nie byli świadkami porwania większego statku.

Wcześniej telewizja Al-Arabija podała informację, że porwany tankowiec został odbity z rąk porywaczy – informacja ta nie została jednak potwierdzona przez Amerykanów i właścicieli statku.

Supertankowiec Sirius Star należący do saudyjskiej firmy Aramco został zwodowany 2 kwietnia 2008 r. w południowokoreańskiej stoczni. Ma 330 m długości i może przewozić do 2 milionów baryłek ropy naftowej – jak podaje portal tvn24.pl, ilość ta stanowi więcej niż 25% dziennego wydobycia tego surowca w Arabii Saudyjskiej. Nośność supertankowca to ok. 318 tys. ton.

Wody w obrębie Półwyspu Somalijskiego i Kenii są jednymi z najniebezpieczniejszych na świecie. Wielokrotnie powtarzają się tu porwania statków handlowych przez współczesnych piratów. O znacznym stopniu niebezpieczeństwa, jakie czyha na statki na tym obszarze świadczy fakt, że marynarki wojenne kilku krajów, w tym USA, Wielkiej Brytanii i Rosji wysłały w ten rejon okręty wojenne.

Dodatkowym potwierdzeniem skali niebezpieczeństwa są wydarzenia w ostatnim tygodniu. W niedzielę przestępcy próbowali uprowadzić arabski statek Ribah – zostało to udaremnione przez rosyjską marynarkę wojenną. Z kolei w sobotę porwano statek japoński wraz z 23-osobową załogą na pokładzie.

Jak informuje portal tvn24.pl, obecnie w rękach piratów-porywaczy z tego rejonu znajduje się co najmniej jedenaście jednostek o różnej wielkości.


Pirates kill four American hostages

According to CBS 3, the four Americans taken hostage after their yacht was hijacked by pirates off the coast of Oman in the Indian Ocean have been killed. Pirates hijacked their yacht, named The Quest, on February 18.

The U.S. Naval ship that was following the yacht, which was traveling off the coast of Somalia, heard gunshots and attempted a rescue operation. Naval personnel had been negotiating with pirates when the incident occurred. After boarding the vessel, soldiers killed 2 pirates and detained at least 13 others. During the process they discovered that the pirates had shot and killed all four hostages.

"The forces discovered all four hostages had been shot by their captors. Despite immediate steps to provide life-saving care, all four hostages ultimately died of their wounds," said a statement issued by the U.S. Central Command.

The hostages were identified as Scott and Jean Adam, husband and wife who owned the yacht, from Marina Del Rey, California. Their two friends were Phyllis Macay and Bob Riggle from Seattle, Washington. Two other bodies were found on the yacht, believed to be pirates. The party was taking place in a race with other boats, which started in Thailand, when they decided to leave it after scheduled stop in Mumbai, India. Reports say they spent some of their time distributing bibles around the world. They changed course and were hijacked by the pirates off the coast of Oman.


Πειρατές σκότωσαν 4 όμηρους Αμερικανούς

Σύμφωνα με το CBS 3, οι 4 Αμερικανοί που έγιναν όμηροι μετά από επίθεση πειρατών στο Ομάν (Ινδικός Ωκεανός) σκοτώθηκαν. Οι πειρατές επιτέθηκαν στο γιότ τους, ονόματι The Quest, στις 18 Φεβρουαρίου.

Τα πλοία του Ναυτικού των ΗΠΑ που ακολούθησαν αυτό το γιότ, το οποίο ταξίδευε έξω από τις ακτές της Σομαλίας, άκουσαν πυροβολισμούς και προσπάθησαν να επιχειρήσουν διάσωση. Το ναυτικό προσωπικό διαπραγματευόταν με τους πειρατές όταν διεξήχθη το περιστατικό. Αφού επιβιβάστηκαν στο σκάφος, οι στρατιώτες σκότωσαν 2 πειρατές και τραυμάτισαν τουλάχιστον 13 άλλους. Κατά τη διάρκεια του περιστατικού, ανακάλυψαν ότι οι πειρατές πυροβόλησαν και σκότωσαν όλους, ήτοι και  τους 4 ομήρους.

"Οι δυνάμεις μας ανακάλυψαν ότι και  οι 4 όμηροι έχουν πυροβοληθεί από τους πειρατές. Παρά τις προσπάθειες για παροχή σωτήριας περίθαλψης, όλοι τους  σκοτώθηκαν, λόγω των τραυματισμών τους," αναφέρει μια ανακοίνωση από τη Κεντρική Διοίκηση των ΗΠΑ.

Οι όμηροι έχουν αναγνωριστεί ως Σκόττ και Τζέν Άνταμ, οι σύζυγοι που αγόρασαν το γιότ, από το Μαρίνα Ντέλ Ρέϊ στην Καλιφόρνια. Οι 2 φίλοι τους ήταν ο Φύλλις Μάκαϊ και ο Μπόμ Ρίγγκλ από το Σεάττλ, Ουάσινγκτον. Δύο άλλα πτώματα βρέθηκαν στο γιότ, θεωρείται ότι είναι πειρατές. Το πάρτι έλαβε χώρα σε έναν αγώνα με άλλα σκάφη, ο οποίος άρχισε στη Ταϊλάνδη, όταν αποφάσισαν να φύγουν και να σταματήσουν στο Μουμπάι, Ινδία. Οι αναφορές λένε ότι ξόδεψαν λίγο χρόνο διανέμοντας Βίβλους σε όλο τον κόσμο. Άλλαξαν προορισμό και δέχθηκαν επίθεση από τους πειρατές έξω από τις ακτές του Ομάν.

25 Φεβρουαρίου 2011


Plane crashes into office block in Austin, Texas

A small plane crashed into a building, which was one of the Echelon office complex, in north Austin, Texas this morning at 09:56 local time (1456 UTC).

Federal officials say the plane owner was Joseph Andrew Stack III; presumed to be the pilot who set his house on fire on the 1800 block of Dapplegrey Lane in north Austin an hour earlier. He then drove to Georgetown Municipal Airport, approximately 20 miles away, took off and then crashed his private plane into the Echelon complex.

The Federal Aviation Authority indicated the light aircraft was a Piper Cherokee PA-28, as did news reports and eye witnesses. The FAA said the plane had no flight plan and was under Visual Flight Rules.

Mr. Stack committed suicide, and a suicide note has been located. Mr. Stack's suicide note mentions anti-government and anti-corporate ideals, as well as problems with the Internal Revenue Service and that he lost money in the Enron scandal. Although the incident was intentional, a Department of Homeland Security official said that terrorism is not suspected. The online host of the note, T35 Hosting, later removed it in its entirety after the FBI requested its censorship. However, Wikinews has preserved the full text of the letter.

Austin Fire Department reported around 1100 local time (1600 UTC) that two people were transported to local hospitals and one was unaccounted for. One man was admitted at a local hospital under serious condition for smoke inhalation. The other man suffered from second-degree burns on 25% of his back and has been transported by helicopter to Brooke Medical Center in San Antonio and is said to be in stable condition.

The seven-story Echelon Building One is located on 9430 Research Boulevard and contains Internal Revenue Service offices. The Echelon building complex houses a number of federal offices, including Central Intelligence Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation. Research Boulevard is the service road of U.S. Route 183. The incident has caused severe backups on both Research Boulevard and Route 183.

A witness told The Austin Statesman that he saw the plane flying lower than usual, then it made a sharp turn and hit the building.

An Austin County EMS official, James Shamard, said that smoke is visible from at least a mile from the crash site. Another official for the Austin Fire Department said that two persons who were working in the building are still unaccounted for.

MSNBC reports that there was some form of domestic dispute between Mr. Stack and his wife before the incident. He then reportedly used gasoline to light his house on fire. When the fire department arrived, they rescued his wife and teenage daughter.

According to Jerry Cullen, a pilot and former flight instructor who witnessed the crash, the plane was traveling at high speed at time of impact.


美國小型飛機疑蓄意撞毀建築物

美國德克薩斯奧斯汀北部，小型飛機疑蓄意撞毀建築物。事發在當地時間2月18日上午 09:56 （1456 UTC）。建築物乃稅務辦公大廈，近兩百人在此處工作。辦公大廈陷於火海，黑煙幾乎籠罩整座建築物。

聯邦官員說，士德卡（Joseph Andrew Stack）擁有此小型飛機 ，疑是當時機師。事發前，士德卡的家園已焚燬。事後在網上的士德卡遺書，語調絮絮叨叨，投訴稅局，提出反政府構想。據報道，士德卡，53歲，曾任電腦軟體工程師。

一如目擊者所言和媒體報道，美國聯邦航空局指出，小型飛機型號是Piper Cherokee PA-28。小型飛機事發時高速撞向辦公大廈。目擊者形容大廈搖晃，似快倒下，火球爆發。

美軍派出兩架F16戰鬥機在空中視察，慎防恐怖襲擊。事後證實並非恐怖襲擊。

最少一名聯邦僱員身亡，肇事機師同告不治。另有兩人重傷。


Plane flying from Cyprus to Istanbul, Turkey hijacked

A Bombardier CRJ-900 operated by Atlastjet Airlines and traveling from Lefkosa (Nicosia), Cyprus to Istanbul, has been hijacked by two men claiming to be al-Qaeda terrorists with bombs.

According to reports, the plane landed at an airport in Antalya, Turkey. At least 136 passengers and six crew members were on the plane, but most reportedly escaped. The hijackers were releasing women from the front of the plane, when most of the passengers and crew escaped through the back. Two crewmembers and four passengers remain on the plane, Tuncay Doganer, president of Atlasjet, said.  Doganer said that the hijackers spoke Arabic among themselves, and the AP is reporting that the they are university students from Iran.

The hijackers requested the plane land in Tehran, Iran or Syria. Pilots landed the plane for refueling, but reports say that the pilots were among those who have been released or escaped.


Secuestan un avión que iba de Chipre a Turquía; secuestradores se rinden

18 de agosto de 2007Antalya, Turquía —

Un Bombardier CRJ-900 operado por Atlastjet Airlines y que viajaba de Lefkosa (Nicosia), Chipre a Estambul, Turquía, fue secuestrado por dos hombres que aseguraban tener bombas y ser parte de Al Qaeda.

"Los terroristas han sido capturados, el secuestro terminó", dijo el gobernador adjunto de Antalya.

Los dos secuestradores fueron reconocidos como el turco Mehmet Özlü y el palestino Muhammed Asis.

La nave quería ser desviada a Irán, pero el piloto hizo un aterrizaje de emergencia en Antalya diciendo que necesitaba un recambio de combustible.

Los secuestradores se rindieron luego de que todos los 136 pasajeros y la tripulación de seis miembros escapara sin daños.

Las autoridades turcas habían hecho un arreglo por el cual las mujeres y niños saldrían del avión por la puerta delantera, pero el resto de los pasajeros logró salir por la puerta trasera mientras sucedía esto. Entre estos, los dos pilotos lograron huir por lo que el dúo se vio obligado a demandar a otro piloto.

Eventualmente el dúo se rindió.

"Los persuadimos de que se rindieran", dijo Osman Gunes, Ministro del Interior, a la prensa. "Están siendo interrogados por la policía".


Turchia: dirottato aereo, i sequestratori si sono arresi

Un aereo Md-80 dell'Atlasjet partito da Ercan, Cipro e diretto a Istanbul è stato dirottato nel sud della Turchia, atterrando a Antalya. I dirottatori, che hanno affermato di appartenere ad Al-Qaida, hanno detto di volersi dirigere a Teheran, in Iran. La maggior parte dei passeggeri è libera, anche se non è chiara la dinamica della liberazione: alcuni sarebbero stati lasciati andare dai terroristi, mentre altri sarebbero fuggiti da uno dei portelloni di emergenza approfittando della distrazione dei dirottatori. I piloti sono fuggiti calandosi dalla cabina di pilotaggio.

I terroristi, apparentemente due uomini arabi fra i 25 e i 30, hanno detto di avere coltelli ed esplosivo, e non escludono di voler dirigersi in Siria. Dei 142 passeggeri, ancora quattro sono nelle mani dei terroristi, insieme ad almeno due hostess.

L'aereo è atterrato ad Antalya per rifornirsi di carburante. I dirottamenti aerei sono frequenti in Turchia, dove operano diverse formazioni terroristiche. Tutti i dirottamenti, tuttavia, si sono sempre conclusi senza vittime.

I due dirottatori dopo aver liberato gli ultimi ostaggi sono scesi dall'aereo con le mani sulla testa e si sono arresi.


Poland accuses Belarus of human rights violations

Poland has called for the EU to assist curtailing what it has called human rights abuses in Belarus. Belarusian papers describe this as a 'dirty political game', and part of a 'cold war' waged on president Alexander Lukashenko.

The Belarusian Riot police with guns and dogs seized the headquarters of the Union of Poles in Belarus, an association representing the 400 thousand ethnic minority Polish people living in western areas of Belarus that were part of Poland until World War II.

Earlier this year, Amnesty International reported a "pattern of deliberate obstruction, harassment and intimidation of human rights defenders" in Belarus. Reporters Without Borders recently accused the Belarusian authorities of hounding and arresting journalists from the country's Polish minority. Lukashenko has recently closed the country's main Polish newspaper, printing a bogus paper instead with the same name that praised his regime. Lukashenko accused Poland of an attempt to overthrow his regime by stirring up a peaceful revolution in Belarus like the "orange revolution" in [[Ukraine last year.

The dispute between Poland and Belarus escalated further as Poland responded by recalling its ambassador from Belarus for indefinite consultations and called on the European Union to impose sanctions on the Belarusian leadership.

Polish Foreign Minister Adam Rotfeld said a clampdown is under way, aimed at destroying "all elements of political pluralism and independence" in Belarus. France expressed her solidarity with Poland on the issue of human rights in Belarus a day after the EU said it was worried about the situation in the country.

The European Union will finance radio and TV programs to be broadcasted to Belarus.


Kategoria:Spór o Związek Polaków na Białorusi

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Polaroid goes bankrupt

Camera company Polaroid has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States. The firm, famed for the introduction of instant photography, says alleged fraud by the founder of their parent group is to blame.

Owned since 2005 by Petters Group Worldwide, Polaroid says that the group's founder Tom Petters is "under investigation for alleged acts of fraud that have compromised the financial condition of Polaroid." Authorities believe Petter, currently in police custody, was running fraud worth £3 billion, something he denies.

Petters Group, itself, filed for bankruptcy in October.  Both firms now face restructuring, which Polaroid is confident won't affect daily operations — in fact, the company is "planning for new product launches in 2009," and claims to have "entered bankruptcy with ample cash reserves sufficient to finance the company's reorganization under Chapter 11."

Polaroid has further said that employees will be paid without interruption, and that while members of Petters Group are under investigation for fraud, Polaroid's management is not. The company, based in Minnesota, also has subsidiaries which will enter bankruptcy with it.


Polaroid se declaró en bancarrota

La fabricante de cámaras fotográficas Polaroid acudió a la protección del Capítulo 11 de la ley de quiebras de los Estados Unidos. La compañía, conocida por la fotografía instantánea, culpó al fundador del grupo propietario de la empresa, acusado de estafa.

Adquirida en 2005 por Petters Group Worldwide, Polaroid dijo que el fundador de grupo, Tom Petters, está "bajo investigación por supuestos actos de fraude que comprometió la situación financiera de Polaroid". Los directivos sostienen que Petters, actualmente bajo custodia policial, fue el responsable de una estafa de 3.000 millones de libras esterlinas (5.200 millones de dólares), lo que fue desmentido por el empresario.

Petters Group ya había quebrado en octubre. Ambas compañías están en la fase de reorganización, en la que Polaroid confía que no va a afectar las operaciones diarias. De hecho, la empresa está "planeando lanzar nuevos productos en 2009" y reclama haber "entrado a la bancarrota con las reservas en efectivos necesarios para financiar la reorganización de la empresa bajo el Capítulo 11".

La empresa afirmó, luego, que los empleados seguirán cobrando sin interrupciones. Asimismo, manifestó que los miembros del Petters Group están bajo investigación por fraude, pero no la junta directiva de Polaroid. La compañía, con sede en Minnesota también posee subsidiarias que entrarán en bancarrota con él.


Police announce rescue of three women held captive in London home for 30 years

London's Metropolitan Police announced yesterday they conducted an operation last month to rescue three women held as slaves for thirty years in a house in Lambeth, south London. They were freed on October 25 after one of the women reported her situation to a non-profit dealing with forced marriage cases.

Police said: "Police were contacted in October by Freedom Charity after they had received a call from a woman stating she had been held against her will in a house in London for more than 30 years. Further inquiries by police revealed the location of the house and with the help of sensitive negotiations conducted by the charity the three women, a 69-year-old Malaysian woman, a 57-year-old Irish woman and a 30-year-old British woman, were all rescued."

The three women were allegedly held in captivity by two 67-year-olds, a man and a woman, who were both arrested and released on bail until January. The 30-year-old woman has had "no contact with the outside world", police said.

Police called it the worst case of slavery in modern-day Britain.

Freedom Charity, the non-profit which reported the case to the police, was contacted by the Irish woman who had seen a documentary on ITV about forced marriages. A week after the call was made, and after further investigations by the police, the women were freed.

Detective Inspector Kevin Hyland, from the human trafficking unit at the Metropolitan Police, said they had "never seen anything of this magnitude before" and said the women were "highly traumatised".


Policía anuncia el rescate de tres mujeres cautivas en Londres durante 30 años

La Policía Metropolitana de Londres anunció ayer que condujeron una operación el mes pasado para rescatar a tres mujeres que estuvieron en estado de esclavitud durante treinta años en una casa en Lambeth, en el sur de Londres. Fueron liberadas el pasado 25 de octubre después de que una de las mujeres reportó su situación a una organización sin fines de lucro que trataba con casos de matrimonio forzado.

La policía declaró: "La policía fue contactada en octubre por Freedom Charity después de que recibieron una llamada de una mujer que declaraba haber sido mantenida contra su voluntad en una casa en Londres durante más de 30 años. Investigaciones posteriores de la policía revelaron la ubicación de la casa y con la ayuda de negociaciones sensibles conducidas por la organización de caridad las tres mujeres, una malaya de 69 años, una irlandesa de 57 años, y una británica de 30 años, fueron rescatadas."

Las tres mujeres declararon haber sido mantenidas en cautiverio por dos personas de 67 años, un hombre y una mujer, que fueron arrestados y liberados bajo fianza hasta enero. La mujer de 30 años "no ha tenido contacto con el mundo exterior", dijo la policía.

La policía llamó a este el caso más grave de esclavitud en la historia moderna de Gran Bretaña.

Freedom Charity, la organización sin fines de lucro que reportó el caso a la policía, fue contactada por la mujer irlandesa, que había visto un documental en el canal ITV que trataba sobre los matrimonios forzados. Una semana después realizó la llamada, y luego de posteriores investigaciones por parte de la policía, las mujeres fueron liberadas.

El Detective Inspector Kevin Hyland, de la unidad de trata de personas de la Policía Metropolitana, dijo que nunca habían "visto algo de esta magnitud antes" y dijo que las mujeres estaban "altamente traumadas".


영국 런던에서 30년간 노예 생활을 하던 여성 세 명 구출

런던 경찰국은 어제 런던 남부에서 30년간 감금 상태에서 노예 생활을 하던 여성 세명을 구출했다고 밝혔다. 그들은 여자 중 한명이 그들의 상황을 인권 단체에 알리면서 알려져 지난 10월 25일 구조되었다.

경찰 대변인은 "경찰은 자유 구호(Freedome Charity)에서 자신이 30년 이상 노예 생활을 해 왔다고 주장하는 여성의 전화를 받았다는 것을 전달받았다. 추가적인 질문 후에, 경찰은 그 집의 위치를 알아냈고, 자유 구호의 세심한 접촉으로, 69세의 말레이시아 여성, 57세의 아일랜드 여성, 30세의 영국 여성 세명이 모두 구출되었다"고 말했다.

세 여성은 두명의 67세 남녀가 자신들을 감금하고 있었다고 주장한다. 두 남녀는 체포되었으나, 보석으로 출감했다. 30세의 영국 여성은 "외부와의 접촉이 일절 없었다". 가해자와 피해자는 모두 국적이 다른 관계로 혈연 관계는 아닌 것으로 알려졌다.

영국 경찰은 이 사건을 현대 영국 사상 최악의 노예 사건 중 하나라고 설명했다. 이 사건을 경찰에 신고한 자유 구호는, 아일랜드 여성이 ITV에서 강요된 결혼 피해에 관한 다큐멘터리를 보고 연락하면서 알려졌다고 말했다. 전화 1주일 후, 추가적인 수사 후에 여성들은 자유를 되찾았다.

케빈 해럴드 경감은 경찰이 이러한 규모의 사건을 본 적이 없으며, 여성들이 외상성 정신 장애를 앓고 있다고 말했다. 경찰은 피해자의 상태가 좋지 않아 가해자의 재 체포까지 4주 이상 걸릴 것으로 예상하고 있다.


Police discover five bodies in Victoria, Canada home

Police in Oak Bay, British Columbia, a suburb of the provincial capital Victoria, report that five bodies were found in a home after having been summoned there on a 911 emergency call.

The 911 call came in at approximately 3 a.m. local time, but police were not able to enter the home until 9 a.m. as they believed "there was a barricaded suspect in the home and information possibly that there may be a firearm associated [with] the home." Police later revealed that no gunshots were involved in the crime.

Five bodies have been discovered: a six-year-old child and four adults. Saanich Police stated that one of the dead may have been responsible for the deaths. “At this stage we’re not looking for anyone outside the home,” said Sgt. John Price, Saanich Police. In a press release Tuesday, Saanich Police stated they believe that the crime "was not a random attack and that the suspect and the victims were known to each other."

Rose Stanton, Regional Coroner for the Vancouver Island area, indicated that other crime scene investigators, including blood spatter experts, had been summoned. Stanton also said that the bodies would not be removed from the house until sometime on Wednesday. Commenting on the question of why blood spatter experts have been called in, Stanton told reporters, "Use your imagination...it's bad, for 30 years of doing this, it's bad."

There was some indication that an accelerant was found at the crime scene. "There may have been an attempt to set fire to the residence," said Regional Coroner Stanton. "There was some flammable material involved."

Neighbours in Oak Bay say that the family that lived in the home consisted of a couple in their thirties, two young children, and a mother-in-law who recently arrived from Korea.


La policía descubre hasta cinco cuerpos en un hogar de Victoria, Canadá

La policía de Oak Bay, British Columbia, han reportado que se han hallado varios cuerpos en una casa luego de que se hubiese llamado al 911 en una llamada de emergencia.

La llamada ocurrió a aproximadamente las 3 a.m. (hora local), pero la policía no entró al lugar hasta las 9 a.m. ya que creían que "había un sospechoso atrincherado en el hogar e información posible de que había armas de fuego asociadas al hogar".

Se han descubierto hasta cinco cuerpos y los reportes indican que han sido disparados. El Departamento de Policía de Saanich ha declarado que uno de los muertos puede ser responsable por el resto de las muertes. "A este punto no estamos buscando a nadie afuera de la casa", dijo el Sargento John Price.

Los vecinos del suburbio de Victoria han dicho que la familia que vivía en la casa se formaba de una pareja en sus treintas, dos hijos menores, y una suegra que había llegado recientemente de Corea.

Hasta ahora, la policía no ha dado detalles oficiales del número de víctimas o de cómo murieron.