Referendo à independência de Escócia é rejeitado por 55% dos eleitores

Agência Brasil

Escócia • 19 de setembro de 2014

Em referendo histórico, 55% dos escoceses votaram contra a independência do país em relação ao Reino Unido. Mais de 3,6 milhões, dos 4,3 milhões de eleitores registrados, compareceram às urnas, um recorde em relação a todas as eleições já realizadas no Reino Unido desde o sufrágio universal, em 1918.

A campanha "Sim, Escócia" (a favor da independência) ganhou em cidades importantes como Glasglow (53%), Dunbartonshire (54%), Dundee (57%) e North Lanarkshire (51%). A campanha "Melhor Juntos" (que defendeu a continuidade da união) venceu em 26 regiões, incluindo a capital, Edimburgo (61%).

A votação foi concluída às 22h (18h no Brasil) dessa quinta-feira (18), e a apuração avançou pela madrugada. Por volta das 5h (1h no Brasil), com a maioria dos votos contabilizados, já era possível prever o resultado. Militantes pró-independência, que fizeram nos últimos quatro meses uma das mais apaixonadas campanhas já vistas no Reino Unido, demonstraram sua frustração em diversas partes da Escócia. Muitos pareciam não acreditar nos números. Alguns choraram.

O primeiro-ministro escocês, Alex Salmond, principal líder da campanha separatista, foi o primeiro a se manifestar. Em discurso emocionado, agradeceu a 1,6 milhão de pessoas que votaram a favor da independência e pediu que eles aceitem o veredito democrático. Salmond disse esperar que o governo britânico cumpra rapidamente suas promessas de garantir mais poderes ao povo escocês.

Logo que os resultados foram oficialmente declarados, o primeiro-ministro britânico, David Cameron, fez um discurso aos cidadãos. Ele destacou que, com o referendo, a questão da independência foi decidida por uma geração. Cameron reforçou as promessas de mais autonomia ao Parlamento escocês sobre impostos, gastos e serviços públicos. “Os três principais partidos a favor da união assumiram o compromisso de garantir mais poderes ao Parlamento. Vamos garantir que esses compromissos sejam honrados em sua totalidade”, declarou. O primeiro-ministro planeja encaminhar um projeto de lei sobre o tema até janeiro do ano que vem.

O líder nacionalista Alex Salmond renunciou ao cargo de primeiro-ministro horas depois da divulgação dos resultados hoje da derrota da campanha pela independência da Escócia, em referendo ocorrido ontem (18). Salmond também pretende deixar a liderança do Partido Nacional Escocês.

O premiê disse que a Escócia precisa de uma nova liderança para conduzir o processo de negociação com o governo britânico por mais autonomia. E concluiu: “para a Escócia a campanha continua e o sonho nunca deve morrer”.

A decisão foi recebida com espanto por apoiadores da campanha “Sim, Escócia”. Em Edimburgo, o eleitor Patsy James parecia chocado. “Estou muito triste. Eu acho que ele fez um trabalho fantástico”, declarou.

Líderes políticos também lamentaram a renúncia de Salmond. O primeiro-ministro britânico, David Cameron, disse que, apesar das diferenças políticas, o líder nacionalista tem sido um premiê eficaz, que sempre defendeu os interesses da Escócia.

A rainha da Inglaterra, Elizabeth II, divulgou uma declaração sobre o resultado do referendo escocês. Ela disse que esse é um resultado que todos devem respeitar e que, independentemente das opiniões e sentimentos expressados ao longo da campanha, há em comum entre os britânicos um grande amor pela Escócia, que contribui para que a união continue. A rainha enfatizou não ter dúvidas de que os escoceses se unirão novamente num espírito de respeito mútuo e apoio, para trabalhar de forma construtiva pelo futuro da Escócia.

A União Europeia também comemorou a vitória do movimento contra a independência. O presidente da Comissão Europeia, José Durão Barroso, por meio da porta-voz Pia Ahrenkilde Hansen, disse que a decisão da Escócia de manter a união é boa para a Europa. “A Comissão Europeia continuará a promover uma diálogo construtivo com o governo escocês em áreas sob sua responsabilidade que são importantes para o futuro da Escócia, incluindo a geração de empregos, crescimento, mudanças climáticas e regulação”, disse a porta-voz.

Na cidade escocesa de Glasgow, militantes a favor e contra a independência se enfrentaram na Praça de São Jorge. A polícia conseguiu conter os manifestantes.


Шотландцы сказали «Нет» независимости от Великобритании

Шотландия остаётся в составе Соединённого Королевства.
После подсчёта голосов во всех 32 округах на референдуме по вопросу о независимости Шотландии стало известно о победе противников независимости от Великобритании.
Против независимости проголосовало 2 001 926 человек (55,3 %), за — 1 617 989 человек (44,7 %).
Сторонники независимости победили в четырех округах из 32-х.

Референдум по вопросу о независимости Шотландии прошёл 18 сентября 2014 года. Гражданам Великобритании и Европейского Союза, постоянно проживающим в Шотландии, было предложено ответить «да» или «нет» на вопрос:

В референдуме имели право принять участие 4,12 млн граждан старше 18 лет, а также 100 тысяч подростков в возрасте 16 и 17 лет.

В случае положительного ответа большей части избирателей Шотландия могла быть объявлена независимой страной 24 марта 2016 года.

В настоящее время Шотландия имеет собственный парламент и имеет широкие автономные права в самоуправлении. Одновременно шотландцы заседают в Палате Общин Британского парламента и участвуют в обсуждении и управлении проблем относящихся непосредственно к Англии. Согласно опросу, 68 % англичан высказываются за создание своего собственного — английского парламента.

Объединение Англии и Шотландии произошло в 1707 году в соответствии с законом об объединении (англ. Act of Union).

19 сентября 2014 года


Scott Brown wins special election for Massachusetts's Senate seat in upset victory

Republican State Senator Scott Brown has won the Massachusetts United States Senate seat formerly held by the late Ted Kennedy in a major upset victory, becoming the first Republican that state has elected in 38 years.  The state senator from Wrentham beat Massachusetts's Attorney General, Martha Coakley, in a closely watched race that many believe may have a nationwide impact.

With higher than expected turnout — despite snow and rain blanketing much of the state — Brown won with 51.9% of the vote, as Coakley lagged behind closely with 47.1% of the vote in a state generally considered to be heavily Democratic.  The race garnered national attention when Brown came from behind in opinion polls to take a last-minute lead, leaving Democrats scrambling.  Meanwhile, Independent Libertarian Joseph L. Kennedy, who has no relation to the late Senator Kennedy, ran under the Liberty ticket on the ballot and only garnered one percent of the vote with 22,237 votes.

Secretary of the Commonwealth William F. Galvin predicted earlier in the day that turnout would be 40 to 55 percent. Galvin was quote as saying, “We’ve been in touch with many of our city and town clerks to monitor turnout. They uniformly tell us that turnout is brisk, that interest is strong.”

Galvin added, “We’re particularly seeing a high level of interest in some of the suburban communities. Traditionally cities tend to vote somewhat later. But we have seen a number of communities (with) lines, and people standing in lines, very patiently, in the snow.” His office sent out 105,000 absentee ballots.

Brown's strongest vote came from the suburbs of Boston where independent voters, which make up a majority in Massachusetts, generally live.

Coakley's strongest vote came from the cities, including the capital, Boston, where she won by a large margin, along with Massachusetts' second and third largest cities, Worcester and Springfield.  Other large cities that went for Coakley included New Bedford, Fall River, Brockton, Lynn, Salem, and Lawrence.

Wikinews reporter Patrick Mannion noted the turnout at his polling place in Lynn was small to moderate.

Brown has promised to be the 41st Republican senator that will end the Democrats' filibuster proof supermajority and in a ironic twist of fate possibly end health-care reform of which his predecessor Ted Kennedy called "the cause of my life."

Coakley called Brown shortly before the election was called for him to concede to him. She then went in front of supporters at Boston's Sheraton Hotel saying, "Although our campaign ends tonight, we know that our mission continues and our work goes on." Coakley continued, "I am heartbroken at the result and I know that you are also, but I know that you will get up together and continue this fight even with this result tonight."

Coakley finished her speech with a slight crack in her voice by quoting Ted Kennedy's famous line from the 1980 Democratic National Convention, "The work begins anew, the hope rises again, and the dream lives on."

Meanwhile, at Boston's Park Plaza Hotel, Brown gave his victory speech to supporters saying, "I’ll bet they can hear all this cheering down in Washington, D.C." Brown continued, saying, "And I hope they’re paying close attention, because tonight the independent voice of Massachusetts has spoken."

Brown added, "This Senate seat belongs to no one person and no political party — and as I have said before, and you said loud and clear today, it is the people’s seat."  He continued, "The people, by their votes, have now filled the office themselves, and I am ready to go to Washington without delay."

Brown was joined on stage by his wife, Gail Huff, a reporter for local television station WCVB-TV, and his two daughters Arianna and Ayla Brown.  Ayla was previously a contestant on the reality singing show American Idol.  Brown said, "I rely as always, on Gail's love and support and that of our beautiful daughters."

Brown jokingly added, "And just in case anyone who's watching throughout the country they're both available. No, no. No. Only kidding, only kidding. Only kidding, only kidding. Arianna... Arianna's, definitely not available. But Ayla is. This is Arianna. This is Ayla. I can see I'm going to get in trouble when I get home."

Brown closed by saying, "I’m Scott Brown. I'm from Wrentham. I drive a truck, and I am nobody’s senator but yours."

President Barack Obama phoned both candidates Tuesday night, congratulating Brown on a well-run campaign and saying he is eager to work with him on the urgent problems facing Massachusetts voters and all Americans.

Coakley noted the President's call in her concession speech saying, “He actually just called me before I came onstage to say that we can’t win them all, and he knows that better than any, as he told me. But he appreciates what I did and what you did, and he said to extend his heartfelt thanks to everyone who worked on the campaign.”

Brown's response to the President's call was, "Would you like me to drive the truck down to Washington so you can see it?"  Brown was referring to his 2005 GMC Canyon pickup truck which became an icon of his campaign, which featured in commericals portraying him as an everyday, regular joe Massachusetts citizen.  The pickup truck was mocked by President Obama when he made a campaign stop on Sunday to drum up support for the lagging Coakley.

This led Brown to quip, "I didn't mind when President Obama came here and criticized me — that happens in campaigns.  But when he criticized my truck, that's where I draw the line."

Senator-elect Brown will fill the remaining two years of Ted Kennedy's term. Brown will replace Senator Paul Kirk, a longtime friend of Ted Kennedy who was holding the seat in the interim until the special election was concluded.

The last time Massachusetts elected a Republican was in 1972 when they re-elected Edward Brooke, the state's first African-American senator, to a second term.  Brooke first ran in 1966 and was elected then.

However, the seat that Ted Kennedy held, which is the Class 1 seat, was held by a Republican until 1952 when Henry Cabot Lodge lost his re-election bid to Ted's older brother, John F. Kennedy, who would later become the 35th President of the United States.  Ted Kennedy won the seat in a special election in 1962 against Lodge's son, George C. Lodge.  Kennedy held the seat for 46 years until dying of brain cancer in August 2009.

Many local politicans spoke about the victory, Mayor of Boston Tom Menino who recently began his fifth term earlier this month said, “I never thought I’d see the day when a Republican replaces Ted Kennedy. I think Scott Brown caught the wave of anger that’s out there, and the wave of anti-Obama."

Representative Ed Markey, the Democrat who represents Massachusetts's 7th congressional district, plans to pass the health care bill despite the victory.  Markey said, "As Sen. Kennedy would say, the cause endures, and the dream will never die.”

Representative Barney Frank, the Democrat who represents Massachusetts's 4th congressional district, was blunt on Coakley's loss.  "Martha Coakley was a lousy candidate.  She let herself get involved in a personality debate."

Coakley was blamed by some Democratic officials for running a bad campaign and not campaigning enough for the seat, especially with taking a vacation right before the new year to the Caribbean.

Massachusetts Senate President Therese Murray said, "Money was the issue after the primary. We just couldn't get people's attention."

Former Republican Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, who back in 1994 took on the late Senator Kennedy for this same seat in a heated election, was quoted as saying, "When it comes to the liberal arrogance in Washington, D.C. Scott Brown's victory is the shot heard around the world."

Romney added, "He’s run a good campaign and he’s made it clear that the ignorance in Washington has been rejected." Romney was also quoted saying, "This is really a referendum, if you will, on the Barack Obama agenda...I think the people here in Massachusetts, in the bluest of blue states, are saying they don’t like this kind of arrogance."

Politicians from around the country also chimed in such as Howard Dean, the former Governor of Vermont, a candidate in the 2004 presidential election and the former head of the Democratic National Committee, who was responsible for the "50 States" strategy which focused on winning Democratic seats in all 50 states.

Dean speaking on MSNBC said, "We’ve got to be tougher. I’ve said Democrats haven’t been tough enough." He added, "I don’t think this was a backlash on health care reform, I think it was a backlash on Washington."

Senator Robert Menendez, Democrat from New Jersey, who is the chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, said, "I have no interest in sugar coating what happened in Massachusetts.  There is a lot of anxiety in the country right now.  Americans are understandably impatient.  The truth is Democrats understand the economic anger voters feel, that’s in large part why we did well in 2006 and 2008.”

Senate Minority Leader, Mitch McConnell, Republican from Kentucky, said "There’s a reason the nation was focused on this race.  The voters in Massachusetts, like Americans everywhere, have made it abundantly clear where they stand on health care.  They don’t want this bill and want Washington to listen to them."


Boston: Demokraten verlieren Mehrheit im US-Senat

Boston (Vereinigte Staaten), 20.01.2010 – Die Demokratische Partei, die parlamentarische Machtbasis des US-Präsidenten Barack Obama, verlor am Dienstag die wichtige Nachwahl für den Senatssitz in Massachusetts, die durch den Tod des demokratischen Senators Edward Kennedy im August 2009 notwendig geworden war. Damit steht das zentrale innenpolitische Reformhaben der Obama-Administration, die Gesundheitsreform, erneut zur Disposition. Die Demokraten besitzen nun nicht mehr die wichtige 60-Stimmen-Mehrheit um eigene Gesetzesvorhaben durchzusetzen. Die Republikaner können nun mit einer sogenannten Sperrminorität von 41 Sitzen jede von den Demokraten eingebrachte Gesetzesinitiative blockieren.

Das Senatsmandat für Massachusetts gewann ein politischer „Noname“, der Republikaner Scott Brown, der zuvor im Senat des Bundesstaates Massachusetts saß. Brown hatte während des Wahlkampfes erklärt, er werde sein Mandat nutzen, um gegen die angestrebte Gesundheitsreform zu stimmen. In der Today Show des US-Fernsehsenders NBC hatte Scott seine politischen Prioritäten so beschrieben: Er werde die Themen Steuern, Regierungsausgaben, Terrorismus und Gesundheit zu seinen Prioritäten machen. Außerdem hat sich Brown für die Beibehaltung der Methode des Waterboarding bei Gefangenenverhören ausgesprochen. Edward Kennedy hatte das wichtige Senatsamt seit mehreren Jahrzehnten ausgeübt. Kennedy hatte die Gesundheitsreform zu seinem zentralen persönlichen Anliegen gemacht.

Brown erreichte nach Auszählung fast aller Stimmen 52 Prozent, während die demokratische Kandidatin Martha Coakley nur 47 Prozent der Stimmen erhielt.


El republicano Scott Brown gana un escaño al Senado por Massachusetts

Scott Brown, candidato del Partido Repúblicano de los Estados Unidos, ganó el escaño del Senado por Massachusetts que por 38 años ocupó Ted Kennedy, alcanzando la mayoría para dicho partido político al derrotar a la candidata demócrata Martha Coakley. El resultado, preveén especialistas, tiene repercusiones para la administración del demócrata Barack Obama.

Brown triunfó con el 51,9 % de los votos frente a Coakley que registró 47,1, en una jornada electoral con buena participación, a pesar de los pronósticos de mayor abstención por las condiciones climáticas de lluvia y nieve registradas en todo el estado. El ascenso en las preferencias de voto para Scott Brown se registró en la recta final de la jornada, cuando pasó de 40 a 55 por ciento.


Second in command of al-Qaeda in Iraq in custody

United States and Iraqi forces have captured the al-Qaeda in Iraq's second in command, Hamad Jama al-Saedi. He is also known as Al-Suaidi, Abu Rana and Abu Humam. Officials say that the arrest "dealt a severe blow" to al-Qaeda in Iraq. According to officials, Saedi masterminded the al-Askari shrine bombing which occurred in February.

"We announce today the arrest of the most important al-Qaeda leader after the criminal Abu Ayyub al-Masri [the current leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq]. He's the second man in the organisation. He wanted to use children and women as human shields as our forces attempted to capture him. We continued to track him down [in the Salaheddin province] and then he moved to north of Baquba in mid-June," said Mowaffak al-Rubaie, the National Security Adviser of Iraq.

"This is a very important development. It comes in the wake of [the] killing of Zarqawi and also a number of Zarqawi associates. Deliberate intelligence work both by Iraqi forces and as well as multinational forces have dealt a very severe blow to al Qaeda organization in Iraq," said Barham Salih, the Planning Minister for Iraq.

The arrest was made north of Baquba when forces found Rana hiding inside a building. According to Rubaie, the building was currently in use by some families. No injuries were reported during the arrest.

Forces found information on the location of Saedi when a U.S. airstrike in June killed former leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.


Hochrangiges Al-Kaida Mitglied im Irak festgenommen

Bagdad (Irak), 03.09.2006 – Hamed Dschumaa Farid Al Saidi (auch bekannt als Abu Humam oder Abu Rana) war die Nummer zwei des Terrornetzwerks Al-Qaida im Irak. Wie der irakische Sicherheitsberater Muwaffak al Rubaie heute mitteilte, ist der Topterrorist schon vor einigen Tagen festgenommen worden.

Al Saidi wird für den Anschlag auf ein Heiligtum der Schiiten in der Stadt Samarra im Februar 2006 verantwortlich gemacht. Nach dem Anschlag war die Situation zwischen Sunniten und Schiiten im Irak eskaliert. Durch die Festnahme Al Saidis waren weitere Verhaftungen von elf weiteren führenden Al-Qaida-Kadern möglich geworden. Muwaffak al Rubaie sprach von einer „schweren Führungskrise“ des Terrornetzwerks im Irak. Abu Mussab al-Sarkawi, der Führer der Al-Qaida im Irak, war bereits im Juni durch einen Raketenangriff getötet worden.

Die Festnahme gilt auch als Erfolg für die US-Regierung, die angesichts der täglichen Gewalt im Irak unter Druck steht. Das US-Verteidigungsministerium hatte in der letzten Woche einen Bericht vorgelegt, demzufolge im Irak die Bedingungen für einen Bürgerkrieg vorhanden seien. Die Zahl der Terroranschläge sei in den letzten drei Monaten stark angestiegen. Gegenwärtig würden knapp 800 Anschläge pro Woche registriert. Zurzeit sterben im Irak ungefähr 120 Menschen täglich durch Terror. Allerdings habe sich der Schwerpunkt der gewalttätigen Auseinandersetzungen im Irak verschoben. Während die Sicherheitslage früher vor allem durch Angriffe auf die US-geführten Koalitionstruppen geprägt gewesen sei, bestimmten jetzt vor allem gegenseitige Angriffe zwischen Schiiten und Sunniten das Bild.


Second weekend of protests begins in China

Defying government warnings against further demonstrations, as many as twenty-thousand Chinese protesters turned out for a second weekend of anti-Japan demonstrations in Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Tianjin.

In Shanghai, a crowd broke many windows at the Japanese consulate, according to Kyodo News. The crowd also busted up a Japanese restaurant and set its sign on fire. The protesters then attacked a convenience store, according to the Los Angeles Times.

At the Japanese consulate, the crowd chanted "jia ru, jia ru" asking the police to "join us". The police did not arrest the protesters, and stood by watching as the demonstration proceeded. The police permitted the protesters to throw eggs and rocks. Although the police provided at one point a sign which read "March route this way," state-controlled media denied that the protesters had been given permission for their demonstration.

Southwest of Shanghai, in the city of Hangzhou, an estimated ten thousand protesters demonstrated against Japan, repeating recent demands for a boycott of Japanese products.

"Chinese people are angry," student protester Michael Teng told Associated Press. "We will play along with Japan and smile nicely at them, but they have to know they have a large, angry neighbor," Teng said.

In Beijing, Tiananmen Square was largely quiet as security tightened in anticipation of tomorrow's visit by Japan's foreign minister, Nobutaka Machimura. Hundreds of police are guarding both Tiananmen Square and the Japanese embassy.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Friday seeking to reassure Japanese citizens and businesses operating in China.

"The Chinese government has attached great importance to the situation and has kept on urging the public to express their appeals in a calm, sane, law-abiding and orderly manner and to avoid extreme activities," Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan said in a press release issued on Friday.

As the protests continued in China, Japan lodged a "strong protest" against China.

"We cannot but say that the security system in Shanghai is insufficient," Machimura told reporters.

Despite the protests, Machimura announced that he is not cancelling plans to meet with China's foreign minister Li Zhaoxing on Sunday to discuss Sino-Japanese relations.

"China has been increasing its regional economic and political influence," Robert Broadfoot, managing director of Political & Economic Risk Consultancy Ltd. told Bloomberg from Hong Kong. "Japan doesn't want to have its position in the region dictated by China. Japan is adopting a more assertive policy, and China is trying to block it," Broadfoot said.

On Friday, the Japanese government warned its citizens in China to keep a low profile during the protests.


Chiny: Trwają antyjapońskie protesty

Drugi tydzień trwają antyjapońskie protesty w Chinach. Pomimo ostrzeżeń rządu ponad 20 tysięcy Chińczyków zebrało się w Szanghaju, Hangzhou i Tianjin.

Według agencji prasowej Kydo News w Szanghaju protestujący wybijali szyby w japońskim konsulacie. Los Angeles Times donosi, że demonstranci zniszczyli japońską restaurację i podpalili jej szyld.

Pod japońskim konsulatem tłum wykrzykiwał "jia ru, jia ru", prosząc policję, by dołączyła się do protestujących. Policjanci nikogo nie aresztowali, nie interweniowali też w żaden inny sposób. Służby pilnującego porządku przed konsulatem zezwoliły na użycie jajek i kamieni. Media rządowe twierdzą, że demonstranci nie mieli pozwolenia na protest, chociaż jak donoszą zagraniczne agencje, wszystko wskazuje na to, że władze dały ciche przyzwolenie na demonstrację.

Na południowy-zachód od Szanghaju, w Hangzhou, protestowało 10 tysięcy osób. Podczas demonstracji jeszcze raz powtórzoną żądanie bojkotu japońskich produktów.

W Pekinie było spokojnie. Na Plac Tian'anmen nie wpuszczono demonstrantów. Ma to związek z jutrzejszą wizytą ministra spraw zagranicznych Japonii, Nobutaki Machimury. Dziesiątki oddziałów policyjnych ochrania Plac Tian'anmen i ambasadę Japonii.

Minister spraw zagranicznych Chin wydał w piątek oświadczenie, w którym stara się przywrócić zaufanie do japońskich obywateli i przedsiębiorstw działających w ChRL.

Japonia obarczyła władze chińskie odpowiedzialnością za wydarzenia w Szanghaju. Zdaniem Tokio przyczyną eskalacji przemocą była bierność policji.

Jak zapowiedział Machimura, nie zmienia to faktu, że spotka się on w niedzielę z chińskim ministrem spraw zagranicznych, Li Zhaoxingiem, by przedyskutować stosunku chińsko-japońskie.


Al doilea weekend de proteste în China

Nerespectând avertismentele guvernului împotriva unor noi demonstrații, peste două zeci și cinci de mii de chinezi au protestat pentru al doilea weekend împotriva Japoniei în Shanghai, Hangzhou, și Tianjin.

În Shanghai, o mulțime a spart multe geamuri ale consulatului japonez. Mulțimea a atacat de asemenea un restaurant japonez incendiind-i însemnele.

În orașul din sud-vestul Shanghai-ului, Hangzhou, o mulțime estimată la zece mii de protestatari au demonstrat împotriva Japoniei repetând cererile pentru un boicot asupra produselor japoneze.

Datorită protestelor din China, Japonia a pornit un „mare protest” împotriva Choina. Ministrul afacerilor externe, Machimura, a declarat: „Nu putem altceva decât spune că sistemul de securitate din Shangai este insuficient”.

În ciuda protestelor, acesta a mai declarat că își urmează agenda spre a se întâlni cu ministrul de externe chinez, Li Zhaoxing, duminică pentru a discuta problema relațiilor sino-japoneze.


Secretly filmed talks prompt corruption allegations against Polish government

A secretly filmed footage aired by Polish TV prompted accusations of "political corruption" on the part of the ruling party and calls for the government to step down and the parliament to be dissolved.

The scandal burst out when Polish TV channel, TVN, aired footage secretly filmed by opposition MP Renata Beger. The footage presents Adam Lipiński, a government minister and top aide of Prime Minister Jarosław Kaczyński offering Beger a government post, legal and financial aid in return for defecting from her party and joining the ruling coalition.

The conversation between the two politicians comes amidst a larger-scale effort on the part of the ruling Prawo i Sprawiedliwość ("Law and Justice") party to woo members of former coalition partner Samoobrona to leave their party and support  the governing coalition. The efforts follow the deposing of Samoobrona's leader Andrzej Lepper from his position as deputy prime minister, after he refused to support the budget proposal accepted by the Council of Ministers.

The broadcast of the footage has led to calls for the immediate dismissal of the government and for new elections to be held. Prawo i Sprawiedliwość has called the revealed conversation "normal practice", and ruled out the possibility of the government stepping down. The scandal, however, severely complicates the party's attempt to rebuild parliamentary majority and undermines their public support, as its popularity was built on declarations of fighting corruption in politics.

The day after the footage was aired, protesters started gathering before the buildings of the parliament, and some pitching tents to spend the night there.


Ujawnienie 3 nagrań afery taśmowej

26 września 2006 w programie Teraz My ujawniono nagrania z ukrytej kamery: Renacie Beger wstępnie zaproponowano stanowisko sekretarza stanu w Ministerstwie Rolnictwa, a w kolejnej rozmowie odmówino przejścia do PIS. Ponadto zasugerowano, że może istnieć prawna możliwość pozbycia się groźby spłacenia weksli, także poprzez pokrycie ich z pieniędzy Sejmu w razie gdyby doszło do egzekucji. Nagrane zostały trzy rozmowy Renaty Beger: dwie z Adamem Lipińskim, a jedna - z Wojciechem Mojzesowiczem. Lipiński przyznał, że o prawnym konsekwencjach weksli rozmawiał z ministrem sprawiedliwości Zbigniewem Ziobro, a o całej sprawie (a co najmniej o stanowisku dla Beger po przejściu) wiedział premier Jarosław Kaczyński. W rozmowie (z Mojzesowiczem) padło także nazwisko Andrzeja Sośnierza, który jakoby był niepotrzebnie... (nieczytelne - może korumpowany?), i który nie był jego grupą, co sugeruje, że podobne rozmowy mogły już być prowadzone dużo wcześniej przez innych posłów.

Przedstawiciele Prawa i Sprawiedliwości uważają, że jest to zorganizowana nagonka na rząd. Premier Jarosław Kaczyński wypowie się w tej sprawie dziś o godzinie 20:00. Prezydent Lech Kaczyński, zabierze głos dopiero jutro.

Andrzej Lepper zapewnił, że sprawa zostanie skierowana do prokuratury, Lepper powiedział też, że jak najszybciej powinny odbyć się przyspieszone wybory. Nad projektem ustawy o przyspieszonych wyborach od jakiegoś czasu pracuje także Platforma Obywatelska.

Waldemar Pawlak w swoim blogu zapowiedział, że rozmowy polityczne pomiędzy PSL i PIS zostaną zawieszone do oficjalnego oświadczenia premiera. Potem będziemy podejmować dalsze działania - pisze Pawlak.

Pod sejmem zebrali się ludzie, który tworzą miasteczko namiotowe. Deklarują, że odejdą dopiero wtedy gdy Kaczyński poda rząd do dymisji.

Marek Jurek powiedział, że nie widzi potrzeby zwoływania nadzwyczajnego posiedzenia sejmu, ponieważ nie ma potrzebnej większości do przegłosowania wniosku o samorozwiązanie  parlamentu. Marszałek Sejmu uznał, że takie posiedzenie byłoby tylko "wiecem".

Materiały nagrane przez Renatę Beger można zobaczyć na stronie terazmy.onet.pl


Security Council backs ceasefire in Israel-Lebanon conflict

The United Nations Security Council has unanimously approved Resolution 1701 calling for a "full cessation of hostilities" in the Israeli-Lebanon war and for international and Lebanese troops to replace Israeli troops in south Lebanon.

The UN decree comes on the heels of an Israeli government decision to expand its offensive in Lebanon. Sources say that Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert will bring the UN resolution to cabinet for discussion on Sunday. Daniel Ayalon, Israel's ambassador to the United States, said that his government was likely to agree to the resolution.

"I do not want to preempt the Cabinet decision, but the language as I see it now — and I'm being careful — if the language of the resolution doesn't change, I view this resolution very positively and, of course, the crux is implementation," Ayalon said. "If this resolution will be enforced, then we solve the problem of Lebanon," said the Israeli envoy.

Hezbollah officials have not responded to the UN action. The Lebanese cabinet meets Saturday to discuss the resolution.

Lebanese leaders have cautiously welcomed the resolution which had been delayed for almost a week due to negotiations over its wording. U.N. Ambassador Nouhad Mahmoud of Lebanon said; "The Lebanese are not comfortable with the Israeli distinctions of what is defensive and what is offensive."

The resolution calls for Hezbollah to end its attacks on Israel and for Israel to end "offensive military operations" in Lebanon. It also raises the strength of the UN peacekeepers in Lebanon, the United Nations Interim Force (Unifil), from 2,000 to a maximum of 15,000, and gives it an expanded mandate to enforce the ceasefire. A portion of the UN language expanding that force's Chapter 6 mandate reads: "Acting in support of a request from the government of Lebanon to deploy an international force to assist it to exercise its authority throughout the territory, authorizes Unifil to take all necessary action in areas of deployment of its forces and as it deems within its capabilities, to ensure that its area of operations is not utilized for hostile activities of any kind... "

The U.S. Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, responding on Friday during an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer to the difference between a UN Chapter 7 mandate, and the current mandate for Unifil in Lebanon said:

Israel is to withdraw its troops from southern Lebanon as UN and Lebanese troops are deployed. The resolution outlines plans for the disarmament of Hezbollah and for a settlement of the Israeli-Lebanese border.

The UN also called for the unconditional release by Hezbollah of two Israeli soldiers it captured on July 12th, precipitating the conflict.

123 Israelis, including 40 civilians, and 861 Lebanese, mostly civilians, have been killed in the 31-day old war.


UN-Sicherheitsrat befürwortet Waffenstillstand im Israel-Libanon-Konflikt

New York (Vereinigte Staaten), 13.08.2006 – Der UN-Sicherheitsrat hat einstimmig die Resolution 1701 beschlossen, die eine „volle Einstellung der Feindseligkeiten“ im Israel-Libanon-Krieg fordert und, dass internationale und libanesische Truppen die israelischen Truppen im Südlibanon ersetzen.

Das UN-Dekret folgt auf eine Entscheidung der israelischen Regierung, ihre Offensive im Libanon auszudehnen. Nicht näher genannte Quellen sagen, dass der israelische Premierminister Ehud Olmert die UN-Resolution am Sonntag zur Diskussion ins Kabinett einbringen wird. Daniel Ayalon, Israels Botschafter in den USA, sagte, dass die Regierung sehr wahrscheinlich der Resolution zustimmen werde.

„Ich möchte nicht die Entscheidung des Kabinetts vorwegnehmen, aber so wie ich es jetzt sehe – und ich bin dabei vorsichtig – halte ich die Resolution für sehr positiv, wenn der Text der Resolution nicht verändert wird, und natürlich ist die Krux dabei die Umsetzung“, sagte Ayalon. „Wenn sich diese Resolution durchsetzt, werden wir das Libanonproblem lösen“, sagte der UN-Gesandte.

Hisbollah-Offizielle haben sich noch nicht zu den Maßnahmen der UN geäußert. Das libanesische Kabinett trifft sich am Samstag, um über die Resolution zu diskutieren.

Libanesische Führer haben die Resolution, die sich fast eine Woche lang aufgrund Verhandlungen über die Formulierung verzögert hatte, vorsichtig begrüßt.

Die Resolution fordert die Hisbollah auf, ihre Angriffe auf Israel zu beenden, und Israel, „offensive Militäroperationen“ im Libanon zu beenden. Sie erhöht auch die Stärke der UN-Friedenshelfer im Libanon, der UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon), von 2.000 auf maximal 15.000 und liefert ein erweitertes Mandat, den Waffenstillstand durchzusetzen. In einem Teil der UN-Resolution, die das Kapitel-6-Mandat der Kräfte erweitert, heißt es: „Das Gesuch der Regierung Libanons, internationale Kräfte aufmarschieren zu lassen, um ihr zu helfen, ihre Autorität in dem Gebiet auszuüben, autorisiert die UNIFIL, in ihren Einsatzgebieten alle notwendigen Maßnahmen durchzuführen, soweit es in ihren Möglichkeiten als notwendig erachtet wird, um sicherzustellen, dass ihr Einsatzgebiet nicht zu feindlichen Aktivitäten, egal welcher Art, genutzt wird...“

Die US-Außenministerin, Condoleezza Rice, antwortete am Freitag während eines CNN-Interviews mit Wolf Blitzer auf die Frage nach dem Unterschied zu einem UN-Kapitel-7-Mandat und dem gegenwärtigen Mandat für die Unifil im Libanon:

„Dadurch haben die Kräfte ein großes Mandat, ein robustes Mandat, sie haben ein Mandat, das es ihnen erlaubt, sich selbst zu verteidigen und das Mandat zu verteidigen. Aber es war niemals die Erwartung, dass diese Kräfte die Hisbollah entwaffnen. Das wird von den Libanesen zu tun sein. [...] Kapitel 7 wird sehr oft genutzt, wenn eine Regierung nicht vorbereitet ist, Kräfte zu akzeptieren. Der Libanon ist vorbereitet, diese Kräfte zu akzeptieren, aber dieses ist ein absolut robustes Mandat. Nachdem wir über dieses erweiterte Mandat in der revidierten Resolution gesprochen haben, denke ich, dass die Regierung Israels gesehen hat, dass es ihren Bedürfnissen entspricht.“

Israel wird seine Truppen aus dem Südlibanon zurückziehen, sobald UN- und libanesische Truppen einmarschiert sind. Die Resolution umreißt Pläne zur Entwaffnung der Hisbollah und zur Festlegung einer israelisch-libanesischen Grenze.

Die UN forderte auch die bedingungslose Freilassung zweier israelischer Soldaten durch die Hisbollah, die sie am 12. Juli gefangengenommen hatte, was den Konflikt verursachte.

123 Israelis, darunter 40 Zivilisten, und 861 Libanesen, hauptsächlich Zivilisten, wurden in dem bislang 31 Tage andauernden Krieg getötet.


El Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU emite resolución para buscar el cese al fuego en el Líbano

Las tropas israelíes intensifican la ofensiva terrestre en el Líbano a pesar de que la resolución del Consejo de Seguridad de las Naciones Unidas para buscar el cese al fuego fue votada por unanimidad por los 15 miembros este viernes (11) y aceptada por Israel.

Las Fuerzas de Defensa Israelíes han matado a cerca de 20 personas desde el momento en que la resolución fue aprobada. Los bombardeos continuaron en el norte de Líbano, Beirut y las ciudades de Sidón y Tiro.

Además, las fuerzas israelíes continuaron disparando misiles sobre caminos y carreteras que comunican con Siria y sobre carreteras de la costa mediterránea, afectando la distribución de ayuda humanitaria.

Por su parte, Hezbolá afirma que acepta la resolución de la ONU pero que continuará combatiendo la fuerzas israelíes mientras dure la ocupación. El líder de esa organización, Hasan Nasralá, dijo que Hezbolá está dispuesta a colaborar con el ejército del Líbano y con los cascos azules de la ONU que fueran enviados al lugar.

La resolución de la ONU exige el “inmediato cese de hostilidades”, lo cual incluye el cese de los ataques de Hezbolá hacia territorio israelí y el cese de la ofensiva militar de Tel Aviv. A Hezbolá se le exige la liberación inmediata de los dos soldados israelíes en su poder. La resolución no hace referencia alguna a los cerca de 10.000 libaneses presos en Israel los cuales Hezbolá esperaba intercambiar por los soldados.

Tropas de la ONU conformadas por 15.000 soldados se destacarán en el sur del Líbano para garantizar y reinformar el cese al fuego. Éstas se internará gradualmente en el territorio libanés a medida que las fuerzas israelíes se retiren. No se estableció un cronograma para la retirada de las tropas israelíes y el despliegue de las fuerzas de la ONU.

El secretario general de la ONU, Kofi Annan, declaró estar "profundamente decepcionado" por no haber alcanzado una acuerdo antes.


Le Conseil de sécurité approuve le cessez-le-feu au Liban

Le Conseil de sécurité des Nations unies a approuvé à l'unaminité la Résolution 1701 qui appelle à un arrêt total des hostilités dans le conflit israélo-libanais et le remplacement des troupes israéliennes du Sud-Liban par une force internationale et libanaise.

La résolution intervient au moment où le gouvernement israélien avait décidé l'élargissement imminent de son offensive terrestre. La résolution appelle le Hezbollah à cesser ses attaques sur Israël et à la fin de l'offensive militaire des Israéliens. Le texte augmente la force de la FINUL, passant de 2 000 à un maximum de 15 000 hommes, et lui donne la mandat de maintenir le cessez-le-feu.

L'ONU a également appelé à la libération inconditionnelle des deux soldats enlevés par le Hezbollah.

123 Israéliens, dont 40 civils, et 861 Libanais, principalement civils, ont péri durant les 31 jours du conflit.


Rezolucja w sprawie konfliktu izraelsko-libańskiego

Rada Bezpieczeństwa ONZ przyjęła rezolucję nr 1701 wzywającą Izrael i Liban (w tym Hezbollah) do natychmiastowego zaprzestania walk. Dokument zapowiada również wprowadzenie do południowego Libanu 15 tys. żołnierzy sił międzynarodowych.

Dekret Organizacji Narodów Zjednoczonych został przyjęty z powodu decyzji rządu Izraela o zwiększeniu obszaru działań w Libanie. Źródła mówią, że izraelski premier Ehud Olmert rozpocznie dyskusję nad rezolucją w sobotę. Daniel Ayalon, ambasador Izraela w Stanach Zjednoczonych, powiedział, że rząd izraelski prawdopodobnie przyjmie rezolucję.

Hezbollah nie odpowiedział jeszcze na pismo ONZ. Libańska Rada Ministrów zbierze się w niedzielę w celu omówienia rezolucji.

Liderzy Libanu z radością powitali uchwałę ONZ, której przyjęcie opóźnione zostało o prawie tydzień ze względu na złe sformułowania zawarte w tekście.

Rezolucja wzywa Hezbollah do zakończenia ataków na Izrael, natomiast sam Izrael ma zakończyć operacje wojskowe w Libanie. Zwiększy się również ilość żołnierzy sił międzynarodowych, United Nations Interim Force (UNIFIL), z 2 000 do maksymalnie 15 000. Tekst rezolucji w rozdziale 6 mówi: "Działanie pomocnicze lub na żądanie rządu Libanu mające na celu odzyskanie niepodległości terenów, upoważnia jednostki formacji UNIFIL do wykonania wszelkich niezbędnych czynności i zwalnia je z odpowiedzialności po to, aby upewnić się, czy obszar działań nie jest wykorzystany przez cywilów"

Amerykańska Sekretarz Stanu, Condoleezza Rice, odpowiadając na piątkowy wywiad CNN z Wolfem Blitzerem na temat różnic pomiędzy rezolucją a aktualnym mandatem UNIFIL-u w Libanie, powiedziała:

Izrael ma wycofać swoje wojska z południowego Libanu do czasu przybycia wojsk międzynarodowych. Rezolucja nie mówi nic o planach rozbrojenia Hezbollahu i ustaleniu granicy izraelsko-libańskiej.

ONZ wezwało również Hezbollah do niezwłocznego wydania dwóch izraelskich żołnierzy porwanych 12 lipca, przyspieszając tym samym wybuch konfliktu.

123 Izraelczyków, w tym 40 cywilów, i 861 Libańczyków, w większości cywilów zostało zabitych w ciągu trzydziestojednodniowej wojny.


Security Council recommends Ban Ki-moon for UN Secretary-General

The United Nations Security Council has recommended the South Korean foreign minister Ban Ki-moon for appointment as the next Secretary-General of the United Nations. The UN General Assembly now has to decide on the appointment. Ban Ki-moon placed ahead of India's Shashi Tharoor, currently UN Under-Secretary-General, in informal voting by the Security Council members.

Ban Ki-moon's recommendation will be presented to the UN General Assembly.

The current Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, said, in a statement, that he has the "highest respect for Mr. Ban, having had the pleasure of working with him both in his present capacity and when he was Chef de Cabinet to the President of the General Assembly".

Kenzo Oshima, Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations expressed a hope that the Assembly presidency will act rapidly to elect him.


Ban Ki-moon désigné comme huitième secrétaire général de l'ONU


Ban Ki Mun nowym sekretarzem generalnym ONZ

Ban Ki Mun, minister spraw zagranicznych Korei Południowej, został oficjalnie nominowany przez Radę Bezpieczeństwa na stanowisko nowego sekretarza generalnego ONZ.


Security Council sets deadline over Iran nuclear program

The United Nations Security Council passed a resolution today demanding Iran halt all "enrichment-related and reprocessing activities, including research and development" before August 31. The resolution was passed under Article 40, Chapter VII of the UN Charter, which sets the stage for possible economic sanctions if Iran does not comply with the resolution, but does not authorise military action. Iran's envoy to the UN has rejected the move.

The resolution, number 1696, was drafted by the permanent five members of the council and was passed by a 14-1 vote, with Qatar, the only Arab member of the council voting against.

The resolution expressed "serious concern" at Iran's non-compliance with the IAEA's demand to halt enrichment and other activities and asked the IAEA director to report on Iran's compliance by the end of August. This is the first legally binding demand on Iran to halt enrichment work, and the first to suggest possible sanctions. The resolution says that "appropriate measures" will be taken if Iran does not comply, but does not explicitly state any threat of sancions.

Iran's ambassador to the UN, Javad Zarif told the Reuters news agency, "Iran's peaceful nuclear programme poses no threat to international peace and security and therefore dealing with this issue in the Security Council is unwarranted and void of any legal basis or practical utility,"

Valery Churkin, Russia's ambassador to the UN said the deadline was meant to meet Iran's request to allow it to consider an offer made in June by the permanent five and Germany, offering Iran a "package" of sops in return for giving up enrichment activities.


UN-Sicherheitsrat: Vier-Wochen-Frist für den Iran

New York (Vereinigte Staaten), 01.08.2006 – Nach wochenlangen Verhandlungen hat der UN-Sicherheitsrat am Montag, den 31. Juli in New York eine Resolution verabschiedet, die den Iran auffordert, bis zum 31. August die Urananreicherung und die -wiederaufbereitung einzustellen. Der Beschluss, der auf einen gemeinsamen Entwurf Großbritanniens, Frankreichs und Deutschlands zurückgeht und von den USA unterstützt wurde, trägt die Nummer 1696 und fordert den Staat Iran auf, alle Auflagen der Internationalen Atomenergiebehörde (IAEO) zu erfüllen. Das gelte auch bezüglich der Forschung und Entwicklung auf dem Gebiet. Das Land solle vor allen Dingen den Verdacht ausräumen, dass es eine Atombombe bauen wolle. Der Sicherheitsrat sei „ernsthaft besorgt“, dass eine Zusammenarbeit mit der IAEO nicht erfolge. Weiterhin erfolgte die Aufforderung an alle Sicherheitsratsmitglieder, auf Lieferungen an den Iran zu verzichten, die dem Staat bei der Urananreicherung helfen könnte.

14 der insgesamt 15 Mitglieder des Sicherheitsrates stimmten für den Entwurf, nur Katar stimmte dagegen. Hinter der Resolution stehen auch die drei Vetomächte USA, Russland und China sowie Deutschland, das gemeinsam mit den beiden weiteren Vetomächten Frankreich und Großbritannien die Verhandlungen der EU mit dem Iran führte. Die Vetostaaten und Deutschland hatten dem Iran im Juni ein Angebot unterbreitet, auf das nach Meinung der Anbieter keine angemessene Reaktion erfolgte, woraufhin nun der Sicherheitsrat wieder eingeschaltet wurde.

Zum ersten Mal wurde eine Resolution beschlossen, die dem Iran in dem Atomstreit eine Frist setzt, um die Forderungen des Sicherheitsrates zu erfüllen. Diese Frist läuft Ende August aus. Dann soll der Chef der IAEA, Mohammed el-Baradei, einen Bericht über die iranische Reaktion vorlegen. Danach könnte der Sicherheitsrat Sanktionen zur Durchsetzung der Resolution beschließen. Die Resolution bezieht sich ausdrücklich auf Artikel 41, Kapitel 7, der UN-Charta. Darin ist von einer vollständigen oder teilweisen „Unterbrechung der Wirtschaftsbeziehungen, des Eisenbahn-, See- und Luftverkehrs, der Post-, Telegraphen- und Funkverbindungen sowie sonstiger Verkehrsmöglichkeiten“ und dem „Abbruch der diplomatischen Beziehungen“ die Rede.

In einer ersten Reaktion lehnte der iranische UN-Botschafter Javad Zarif die Forderungen der Resolution ab. Die Nachrichtenagentur Reuters zitiert in einem Artikel aus Javad Zarifs Rede vor dem UN-Sicherheitsrat. Dort sagte der iranische UN-Botschafter, dass das zivile Nuklearprogramm des Irans keine Bedrohung für den internationalen Frieden und die internationale Sicherheit darstelle. Daher sei der Weltsicherheitsrat laut Javad Zarif nicht befugt, sich mit diesem Thema zu befassen. Weiter sagte der iranische UN-Botschafter, dass die Resolution keine rechtliche Grundlage und keinen praktischen Nutzen habe. In seinem Kommentar nach der Abstimmung, die mit 14:1 für die eingebrachte Resolution ausging, bekräftigte Javad Zarif, dass die Iraner entschlossen seien, ihr unveräußerliches Recht auf die zivile Nutzung der Nuklearenergie in Anspruch zu nehmen. Mit Bezugnahme auf den Gebrauch chemischer Waffen durch die irakische Armee im Krieg gegen den Iran bezeichnete der iranische UN-Botschafter Iran als das einzige Opfer von Massenvernichtungswaffen in der jüngsten Vergangenheit. Die Iraner sind laut Javad Zarif nicht an der Entwicklung nuklearer Waffen interessiert.

In einem Artikel der staatlichen iranischen Nachrichtenagentur IRNA wird Javad Zarif mit den Worten zitiert, die Resolution erschwere weitere Verhandlungen. Im Artikel der staatlichen iranischen Nachrichtenagentur heißt es weiter, Iran habe angekündigt, bis zum 22. August auf das Verhandlungsangebot des Westens zu reagieren. Der Sicherheitsrat habe eine Anwort Irans nicht abgewartet.

Katar stimmte als einziges Sicherheitsratsmitglied gegen die UN-Resolution. Nassir Al-Nasser, UN-Botschafter Katars, begründete sein Abstimmungsverhalten damit, dass die Resolution zu einer Zunahme der Spannungen führen werde und Iran Zeit gegeben werden sollte, auf das Angebot des Westens zu reagieren. Die Forderungen der sechs Staaten, die dem Iran das Verhandlungsangebot unterbreitet haben, bezeichnete Nassir Al-Nasser als legitim.

In einer von Sean McCormack, einem Sprecher des US-Außenministeriums, verfassten Pressemitteilung zeigt sich dieser stellvertretend für die US-Regierung erfreut, dass der Weltsicherheitsrat durch die Annahme der Resolution eine seiner Meinung nach deutliche und starke Maßnahme ergriffen hat. Die Resolution sende ein eindeutiges und verbindliches Signal in Richtung Teheran, heißt es in der Pressemitteilung des US-Außenministeriums weiter. Das Verhandlungsangebot der sechs Staaten bleibt nach Aussagen des US-Außenministeriums trotz der Resolution gültig. Die US-Regierung hoffe darauf, dass Iran sich nun auf Verhandlungen und Kooperation einlasse. Sollte dies nicht der Fall sein, werde die US-Regierung auf eine härtere Resolution hinarbeiten, die dann auch Sanktionen gegen Iran vorsehen soll.

Der russische UN-Botschafter Vitaly I. Churkin bezeichnete die Resolution als einen Zwischenschritt, dem weitere Maßnahmen folgen würden, wenn Iran nicht kooperiere. Emyr Jones Parry, der britische UN-Botschafter, kommentierte die Verabschiedung der Resolution ähnlich. Seiner Meinung nach ist das dem Iran angebotene Verhandlungspaket hinsichtlich der Angebote und Forderungen eindeutig. Wenn Iran darauf eingehe und den Forderungen nachkomme, könne man konstruktiv fortfahren. Der deutsche Außenminister Frank-Walter Steinmeier nannte die Verabschiedung der Resolution ein nachdrückliches Zeichen der Geschlossenheit der internationalen Gemeinschaft. China und Russland hatten sich im Vorfeld dagegen ausgesprochen, Iran in der Resolution mit Sanktionen zu drohen. Der stellvertretende Botschafter Chinas bei der UN, Liu Zhenming, betonte: „Dialog und Vermittlungen sind der einzige Ausweg aus der Krise. Die IAEO sollte immer das Gremium sein, welches diese Aufgabe erfüllt. Eine Lösung erfordert vielseitige diplomatische Bemühungen.“


Senegal threatens withdrawal of troops from Darfur

Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade pushed for an immediate investigation into the deaths of 12 African Union(AU) troops who were killed in a raid on a peacekeeping base in the Darfur region of Sudan.  He stated that he would remove Senegalese troops from the AU force if the investigation found the pacificators were unequipped to defend themselves.

In what was called "...the heaviest loss of life and biggest attack on the African Mission," by AU spokesperson Noureddine Mezni, 30 vehicles and a force of 1,000 armed rebels raided the AU base in the town of Haskanita just after sunset on Saturday. The base was completely destroyed.  One of the soldiers killed in the attack was Senegalese, while the majority were Nigerian.  One Malian soldier, and one soldier from Botswana were also killed in the raid, according to AU spokesman Assane Ba.

"If they died because they didn't have the arms to defend themselves, I will withdraw all the Senegalese ... I am not going to send people to be slaughtered," said President Wade.  This would strike a heavy blow to the AU mission in Darfur, as Senegalese troops make up one of the largest sections of the peacekeeping force.

The United Nations also spoke out vehemently against the attack on Monday.   UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned the rebels in the "...strongest possible terms,", while simultaneously urging a renewed commitment to peace in preparation for the scheduled October peace talks in Libya.

The AU has been bemoaning their lack of sufficient funds in Darfur for years, citing a lack of military helicopters, rapid response vehicles, and an inadequate number of troops which hinder the force in their mission to improve the stability of the region.

"People did deployment on the premise that there was an (peace) agreement and they were coming to inspect and act as observers -- there was no planning for people to be able to defend themselves," AU force commander Martin Agwai said.  In addition, he said that while the AU was in the process of creating new emergency security plans, not much more could be done without an increase to the funds and troop levels of the bases in Darfur.  This will hopefully come with the deployment of the hybrid United Nations African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) force by the end of the year, which will raise the troop levels from 7,000 to 26,000 soldiers.

As for the interim time period, Agwai added that, "We peacekeepers are determined to continue,".


Senegal amenaza con retirar tropas de Darfur

1 de octubre de 2007Dakar, Senegal —

El Presidente de Senegal, Abdoulaye Wade, pidió una investigación inmediata por la muerte de 12 tropas de la Unión Africa (UA) que fueron asesinadas en una base en Darfur, Sudán. El presidente declaró que removería tropas senegalesas de la fuerza de la UA si la investigación resultaba en que los pacificadores no se encontraban equipados para defenderse.

En lo que se llamó "... la mayor pérdida de vida y mayor ataque a la Misión Africana" por un portavoz de la UA, Noureddine Mezni, 30 vehículos y una fuerza de 1.000 rebeldes armados asaltaron la base de la UA en el poblado de Haskanita, poco después de la puesta de sol el sábado. La base fue completamente destruida. Un soldado asesinado en el ataque era senegalés, mientras que la mayoría eran de Nigeria. Un soldado maliense y otro de Botsuana también resultaron muertos en el asalto, de acuerdo al portavoz de la UA Assane Ba.

"Si murieron porque no tenían armas para defenserse, retiraré a todos los senegaleses ... no voy a enviar personas para ser masacrados", declaró el Presidente Wade. Esto podría afectar severamente a la misión de la UA en Darfur ya que los senegaleses conforman una de las mayores secciones de la fuerza de paz.

Naciones Unidas también hablaron vehentemente contra el ataque el lunes. El Secretario General de la ONU, Ban Ki-moon, condenó a los rebeldes en los "términos más fuertes posibles", mientras que simultáneamente exhortó un compromiso renovado para la paz en preparación para las charlas de paz agendadas para octubre en Libia.

La UA se ha lamentado su falta de fondos para Darfur por años, citando la falta de helicóptero militares, la respuesta rápida de vehículos, y por un número inadecuado de tropas que dificulta el progreso de la estabilidad de la región.

"La gente hizo un despliegue con la premisa que había un tratado [de paz] y que volverían para inspeccionar y actuar como observadores – no había planes para que la gente se pudiera defender", dijo el comandante de las fuerzas de la UA, Martin Agwai. Adicionalmente, dijo que mientras la UA estaba en proceso de crear nuevos planes de seguridad, no se podría hacer mucho sin el incremento de los fondos y un incremento de tropas en las bases en Darfur. Esto se cumpliría teóricamente con el despliegue de la fuerza híbrida de la Misión de la ONU y de la UA en Darfur (UNAMID) para fines de año, que aumentarán las tropas de 7.000 a 26.000 soldados.

Entre tanto, un oficial de la UA, Martin Luther Agwai, declaró: "Somos [una fuerza] para la paz y estamos determinados a continuar".


Separatists fail to stop re-opening of Kashmir bus service

A bus service successfully crossed the disputed region of Kashmir today despite coming under attack early on in its journey. It is believed Islamic separatists launched grenades at the Indian run bus minutes after it left a station in Srinagar, although the coach continued on to Muzaffarabad after it survived without damage. Whilst its passengers escaped unhurt, the attack is understood to have injured four other people, including a policeman. Indian authorities also located and defused at least one explosive device placed along the bus route.

The service, the first of its kind in almost 60 years, transported Pakistani and Indian Kashmiris across the conflict torn region, passing the cease fire line between India and Pakistan, dubbed the 'Line of Control'. The bus trips, which run to and from Srinagar and Muzaffarabad, are seen as a major step forward in the growing peaceful relations between India and Pakistan. The two nuclear powers both seek to control the Kashmir region, which has been a flashpoint for conflict for over 50 years. [1]

"A door has opened," said Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today as the bus set off from Srinagar. "Pakistan and especially President General Pervez Musharraf have helped us open this door and without their support, the door would not have opened. This is the beginning of a new phase. Violence is not going to solve any problems."

Anti-Indian separatist Kashmiri militants have branded the return of bus service as a "betrayal of peace", according to reports.

Earlier this week, guerrillas attacked a Government safe house where the bus' passengers were said to be staying.


Separatistas não conseguem impedir ônibus de cruzar a Cachemira

Dia 7 de abril um ônibus conseguiu cruzar a região em disputa da Cachemira, entre a Índia e o Paquistão,  apesar de ter sido  atacado  no início da  viagem. Supostamente separatistas islâmicos lançaram granadas na direção do  ônibus depois que ele partiu da estação em Srinagar. Contudo,  o veículo resistiu ao ataque e pôde  continuar a viagem.

Apesar de os  passageiros do ônibus terem escapados ilesos, o ataque feriu quatro outras pessoas, inclusive um policial. As autoridades indianas também localizaram e neutralizaram pelo menos um dispositivo explosivo colocado ao longo do itinerário do ônibus.

O serviço de transporte oferecido pelo ônibus, é o primeiro  da sua espécie em quase 60 anos. Ele transportou caxemiros paquistaneses e indianos  através da região em  conflito, e passou  pela linha de cessar fogo  entre a Índia e  Paquistão, chamada Linha de Controle. As viagens de ônibus, que ocorrem entre  Srinagar e Muzaffarabad, são vistas como um passo importante para fomentar as relações pacíficas crescentes entre a Índia e o Paquistão.

Os dois países contém armas nucleares e disputam a região da Cachemira há mais de 50 anos.


Serbia to apply to join the EU

Serbia is to file a formal application today to join the European Union according to officials. President Boris Tadić is to fly to Stockholm to submit the application to Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt.

"President Boris Tadic will go to Stockholm on Tuesday to submit the application for EU membership," announced Serbian presidency spokeswoman Jasmina Stojanov.

Reinfeldt called the announcement "a historic step". In a statement he welcomed the bid, saying "I look forward to receiving President Boris Tadic in Stockholm on Tuesday, December 22, when he officially hands over the application."

Along with Montenegro and Macedonia, visa-free entry to the 27-country bloc came into affect for Serbia's citizens on Saturday, and a free trade agreement, frozen in April, was also reinstated this month, after the United Nations chief prosecutor accepted that the country was making serious attempts to arrest the two remaining people indicted for war crimes by The Hague's International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).

According to diplomats, the bid for membership has some support, with Italy and Greece favourable, but the Netherlands and the United Kingdom more cautious.


Serbien will in die EU

Belgrad (Serbien), 23.12.2009 – Der Präsident Serbiens, Boris Tadić, überreichte dem amtierenden schwedischen Ratsvorsitzenden der Europäischen Union (EU), Fredrik Reinfeldt, gestern das Beitrittsgesuch. Als Termin peilt Serbien das Jahr 2014 an. EU-Erweiterungskommissar Olli Rehn nannte etwas unverbindlicher als Zeitpunkt für die Beitrittsperspektive Serbiens „das kommende Jahrzehnt“. Als Hindernis für den Beitritt Serbiens gelten unterschiedliche Standpunkte in Bezug auf den Status des Kosovo. Auch die Suche nach mutmaßlichen Kriegsverbrechern, die sich – wie EU-Behörden vermuten – immer noch in Serbien verstecken, belasten die Beziehungen zur EU. Seit 1995 werden der ehemalige Militärchef der bosnischen Serben, General Ratko Mladić, sowie der Ex-Führer der kroatischen Serben, Goran Hadžić, wegen Kriegsverbrechen im Bosnienkrieg gesucht. In den vergangenen Jahren hatten insbesondere die Niederlande Serbien mangelnde Zusammenarbeit mit dem Internationalen Strafgerichtshof für das ehemalige Jugoslawien in Den Haag vorgeworfen. Das Nachbarland Kroatien hatte bereits am 21. Februar 2003 den Antrag auf Vollmitgliedschaft gestellt und gilt neben der Türkei als aussichtsreichster Kandidat, um in die EU aufgenommen zu werden.


Candidature de la Serbie à l'Union européenne

La Serbie va déposer aujourd'hui une demande formelle en vue de rejoindre l'Union européenne, rapportent plusieurs sources officielles. Le président Boris Tadić est en effet attendu à Stockholm pour soumettre la candidature au Premier ministre suédois Fredrik Reinfeldt, président en exercice du Conseil européen.

« Le président Boris Tadić vient à Stockholm ce mardi pour soumettre une demande d'adhésion à l'Union européenne », a annoncé la porte-parole de la présidence serbe, Jasmina Stojanov.

M. Reinfeldt estime que cette annonce constitue une « étape historique ». Dans un communiqué, il a accueilli l'offre serbe en ces termes : « Je suis impatient de recevoir le président Boris Tadić à Stockholm ce mardi 22 décembre, pour qu'il me présente officiellement cette candidature ».

À l'instar des Monténégrins et des Macédoniens, des visas d'entrée sont accordés aux citoyens serbes depuis samedi dernier. Un accord de libre-échange, gelé depuis avril, a été rétabli ce mois-ci. En contre-partie, les autorités serbes ont promis au procureur en chef de la Cour pénale internationale (CPI) de coopérer avec le TPIY[1]. Deux serbes sont activement recherchés pour répondre de crimes de guerre.

Selon des sources diplomatiques, la candidature serbe à l'UE recueille de nombreux soutiens, comme ceux de l'Italie et de la Grèce. Les Pays-Bas et le Royaume-Uni sont, quant à eux, plutôt réservés.


Sergei Sidorsky replaced as Belarusian prime minister

Belarusian Prime Minister Sergei Sidorsky has been sacked by President Alexander Lukashenko after a cabinet reshuffle following last week's disputed Presidential election.
His successor is Mikhail Myasnikovich, a former Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus back in the 1990s.

Sidorsky was the Prime Minister of Belarus since July of 2003 when he was appointed by President Lukashenko. He is Belarus' longest serving Prime Minister, having served over seven years. Before that he was Deputy Prime Minister from 2001 to 2002.

This comes a week after the Presidential election which saw the re-election of the incumbent Alexander Lukashenko who has ruled Belarus since the establishment of the office in 1994. Foreign observers called the election, "fraudulent" and "unfair". Following the elections, an estimated 600 people were detained by the government, including 11 Russian nationals.


Ο Σιαρέι Σιντόρσκι αντικαταστάθηκε ως Πρωθυπουργός της Λευκορωσίας

Ο Πρωθυπουργός της Λευκορωσίας Σιαρέι Σιντόρσκι απολύθηκε από τον Πρόεδρο της Λευκορωσίας, Αλεξάντερ Λουκασένκο, μετά από ανασχηματισμό της κυβέρνησης που ακολούθησε τις προεδρικές εκλογές. Ο διάδοχός του είναι ο Μιχαήλ Μιασνικόβιτς, ο οποίος ήταν αναπληρωτής Πρωθυπουργός της Λευκορωσίας τη δεκαετία του 1990.

Ο Σιντρόσκι ήταν Πρωθυπουργός της Λευκορωσίας από τον Ιούλιο του 2003, οπότε διορίστηκε από τον Πρόεδρο Λουκασένκο. Είναι ο μακροβιότερος Πρωθυπουργός της Λευκορωσίας, καθώς ήταν Πρωθυπουργός για εφτά (7) χρόνια. Πριν από αυτό ήταν αναπληρωτής Πρωθυπουργός από το 2001 μέχρι το 2002.

Αυτό έγινε μια (1) εβδομάδα μετά τις προεδρικές εκλογές, τις οποίες κέρδισε ο Λουκασένκο, ο οποίος είναι Πρόεδρος της χώρας από το 1994. Οι ξένοι παρατηρητές χαρακτήρισαν  τις εκλογές "στημένες" και "άδικες". Μετά τις εκλογές, 600 άτομα συνελήφθησαν από την κυβέρνηση, συμπεριλαμβανομένων 11 ρωσικής εθνικότητας.

30 Δεκεμβρίου 2010


User:Setting a democratic precedent/sandbox/One of Taiwan's PBS directors resigned amid political pressures

During the Finance committee on January 18, 2022, Fai Hong-Tai, who is serving as the general coordinator for the KMT party's caucus in Taiwan's legislative parliament, suddenly called a halt to the process of deciding on the Ministry of Culture's presenting annual budgetary plan for the reason that one of the Public Broadcasting System's directors "threatened" to hold a press conference in order to appeal to the public the KMT's private demand for dropping the contract with the specific fact-check institution it found having double standards in covering KMT's affairs.

The Public Broadcasting System (PBS) is a public service of broadcasting in Taiwan, similar to Public Broadcasting Service in the United States and BBC in the United Kingdom.

"I have served as the lawmaker for 18 years and this is the first time I have heard about someone ordering us. Wow! He (the director) scared us out of our wits! If this director has guts, then don't take a penny from the government! If this blatant threat is not properly handled as soon as possible and DPP is not going to replace this director, KMT will leave the committee because KMT refuses to be treated like a nobody. ", said Fai Hong-Tai. "This director's belonging television system has been operating at a deficit for years and reliant on the government's subsidy. That's why we ordered it to suspend the contract and focus on its main business.", KMT's secretary added.

Fai Hong-Tai's DPP counterpart expressed his shock and disapproval of the director's behavior. "I am also extremely dissatisfied with this director's work because I was so dismayed for being widely criticized in the media for my proposed amendment to the laws that would make it possible for Hsinchu to be promoted as Taiwan's new special administrative region.", said DPP's general coordinator. "This director deserved it. If this journalist has no idea about how politics works and cannot accommodate himself, then whom should be replaced shall be replaced.", DPP's general coordinator added.

The minister of culture was soon summoned and arrived at the scene in 30 minutes and responded "I am ordering PBS's board to address this incident in one month."

Afterward, the parliament's speaker, who is of DPP, announced the suspension of the committee's task and will resume in the next day, while called on the director to take a long and hard look at his behavior.

In response, the director released a statement explaining that the contract with the fact-check institution already ended in March 2021, and political parties' interference in media should be a matter of considerable concern for the entire society. "When facing KMT's threat to cut PBS's budget planned for the normal operation of Taiwanese Minnan TV, I vowed to appeal to the public for the sake of media's dignity. Is it democratic to label a press conference aiming to clarify the matter as a threat?", said the director.

After a day, KMT still insisted on calling on its members to boycott the financial committee until the director left his job while the director insisted on defending the integrity of the media. "My belief of defending media's freedom of coverage doesn't change. I have rallied in favor of this principle and will keep the determination. The retention of my job is not worth discussing. What is concerning is society's cool response to the political meddling in the case.", the director said.

When asked about KMT's responsibility to ensure the task of deliberating on the government's budget finishes on time, Fai Hong-Tai replied "KMT certainly wants to keep deliberating and DPP also feels about our sincerity. But we will just wait for DPP's handling of the director, given that the budget review can be, in fact, 'finished as soon as in just two days' so long as political parties enter into the phase of legislative negotiation. "

As the parliament was idling the time away, the board of PBS announced that it was having a monthly meeting to discuss corporate policy and the ripple from the parliament. And then, the Managing Director of the board decided to hand over the case to its affiliated executive board for further discussion, which, she said, would be held in a month. However, one day later, the director pronounced that he would resign from serving PBS during this moment that he had no regret for himself and society and that PBS had reached its golden age. "This is the dream ending I have wished for and is best for the public.", the director wrote. His decision was later ratified by the aforementioned executive board on the same day.

In interviews, the minister of culture responded "I respect the decision made by all sides.", emphasizing that "it is as important as PBS being subject to scrutiny by parliament as defending media freedom. Both are elements that make up a better country. "

When the correspondent asked the minister whether he felt political meddling in the case, the minister responded that he acknowledged the presence of a number of external influences. "Pan-green, pan-blue and voices from other oppositional parties. But they are part of the diversity of society. PBS's board members always make decisions based on their profession and would not have been affected by these influences.", the minister said.


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Seven killed in Kenyan protest for radical Islamic cleric

At least seven people were killed and more than ten injured in Nairobi, Kenya on Friday when a deadly confrontation ensued between police, demonstrators, and the general public at a protest to petition the arrest of Jamaican-born radical Muslim cleric Abdullah el-Faisal.  El-Faisal was recently released from a British prison where he spent the last four years of his life for his role in various terrorist plots, including the July 2005 London Bombings.

After being refused entry to his native Jamaica in addition to several East African nations, el-Faisal entered Kenya on December 24, 2009 after having gone via Nigeria, Angola, Mozambique, Swaziland, Malawi, and Tanzania.  Kenyan authorities arrested him after he was red-flagged in an immigration database.

What was at first a peaceful protest by youth members of a local group known as the Muslim Human Rights Forum soon turned violent as the demonstrators started to pelt riot police with stones and other objects.  In turn, officers retaliated at first with tear gas and water cannons, but as matters further deteriorated and some protesters attempted to stab them, the officers began to employ live ammunition, firing it into the crowd.

Later in the day as the situation continued to deteriorate, scores of uninvolved civilians—for reasons still unknown by the media—got into the scuffle on the side of the police.

Furthermore, shops adjacent to where the protest was taking place were looted and vehicles that were parked on the streets were totalled in the midst of all that was transpiring.

At a news conference blocks away, government spokesperson Alfred Mutua declined to comment both on the details and the police department's handling of the demonstration.  However he did say that "[t]he government of Kenya is aware Mr. Abdullah el-Faisal has been deported from several countries for alleged recruitment, inspiration and advocating of suicide bombers.  Mr. el-Faisal is a threat to this country, because of his alleged tendencies to recruit suicide bombers."

More than 300 miles away in Mombasa, Muslims held a similar demonstration on el-Faisal's behalf that ended peacefully.

Mutua reiterated the Immigration Ministry's prior statement that el-Faisal will remain imprisoned in Kenya until they are able to send him back to Jamaica, whose government already made clear that they would not receive him.

"This man is so dangerous," said Mutua. "No country wants to touch him."


கென்யாவில் மதகுருவின் ஆதரவாளர்கள் மீது காவல்துறையினர் துப்பாக்கிச் சூடு

கென்யாவில் இனவன்முறையைத் தூண்டிவிட்டதாகக் குற்றம் சாட்டப்பட்டுக் கைதான ஜமெய்க்காவில் பிறந்த முஸ்லிம் மதகுருவின் ஆதரவாளர்கள் மீது காவல்துறையினர் துப்பாக்கிச் சூடு நடத்தியதில் ஐந்து பேர் கொல்லப்பட்டனர்.

அப்துல்லா அல்-பைசல் என்ற மதகுருவை விடுதலை செய்யக்கோரி அவரின் நூற்றுக்கணக்கான ஆதரவாளர்கள் நடத்திய ஆர்ப்பாட்டத்தின் போதே காவல்துறையினர் துப்பாக்கிச் சூடு நடத்தினர். காவல்துறையினரின் கண்ணீர்ப் புகைக் குண்டுகளினால் நூற்றுக்கும் அதிகமானோர் காயமடைந்தனர்.

இம்மதகுருவின் "தீவிரவாத வரலாறு" காரணமாக கென்யா இவரை நாடு கடத்த முடிவு செய்திருந்தது. இவர் ஐக்கிய இராச்சியத்தில் யூதர்கள் மற்றும் இந்துக்கள் பலரைக் கொலை செய்வதற்குத் தூண்டினார் என்ற குற்றச்சாட்டின் பேரில் அங்கு அவரை நான்காண்டுகள் சிறையில் அடைத்து வைத்திருந்தார்கள்.

கென்யாவில் நடந்த ஆர்ப்பாட்டத்தின் போது 5 பேர் இறந்ததாக சிரேஷ்ட காவல்துறை அதிகாரி ஒருவர் தெரிவித்தார். ஆனாலும் 7 பேர் வரையில் இறந்துள்ளதாக ஆர்ப்பாட்டக்காரர்கள் தெரிவித்ததாக அசோசியேட்டட் பிரஸ் செய்தியாளர் தெரிவித்தார்.

முஸ்லிம் இளைஞர்கள் ஜமீயா மசூதியில் வெள்ளிக்கிழமை தொழுகை முடித்தவுடன் தமது தலைநகர் நைரோபியின் மையப் பகுதியில் தமது ஆர்ப்பாட்டத்தை ஆரம்பித்திருந்தனர். அவர்களில் சிலர் அல்-சபாப் என்ற சோமாலிய இஸ்லாமியக் குழுவின் கொடிகளைத் தாங்கியிருந்ததாக சில பத்திரிகையாளர்கள் கூறினர்.

ஜமெய்க்காவில் பிறந்த பைசல் 26 ஆண்டுகளுக்கு முன்னர் அங்கிருந்து வெளியேறி, ஆரம்பத்தில் ஐக்கிய இராச்சியத்தில் வாழ்ந்தார். கிறித்தவக் குடும்பத்தில் பிறந்த இவர் கிறித்தவராகவே வளர்ந்தார்.

16 வயதில் சவுதி அரேபியாவுக்குச் சென்றவர் அங்கு 8 ஆண்டுகள் தங்கியிருந்தார். அங்கு அவர் இசுலாம் மதத்தைத் தழுவினார். ரியாத் நகரில் இசுலாமியக் கல்வியில் பட்டப படிப்பை முடித்து ஐக்கிய இராச்சியம் திரும்பினார். அங்கு பல இடங்களுக்கும் சென்று இனவன்முறையைத் தூண்டும் பிரச்சாரங்களில் ஈடுபட்டார். யூதர்கள், இந்துக்கள், மற்றும் மேலைநாட்டவர்களைக் கொலை செய்வதற்குத் தூண்டினார்.

2007 ஆம் ஆண்டில் இவர் அங்கிருந்து நாடு கடத்தப்பட்டு, தென்னாப்பிரிக்கா வந்தார். இதன் பின்னர் 2009 டிசம்பர் 24 ஆம் நாள் அவர் நைஜீரியா, அங்கோலா, மொசாம்பிக், சுவாசிலாந்து, மாலாவி, தன்சானியா ஊடாக கென்யா வந்ததாக கென்ய அதிகாரிகள் தெரிவித்தனர். இவர் டிசம்பர் 31 இல் கைது செய்யப்பட்டார். காம்பியா இவரை ஏற்றுக் கொள்ள உடன்பட்டிருந்ததெனினும், அவரை அங்கு ஏற்றி செல்ல எந்த விமான நிறுவனமும் முன்வரவில்லை. தான்சானியாவும் அவரை ஏற்றுக் கொள்ளவில்லை.

சனி, சனவரி 16, 2010


Seventeen dead in Afghan bathhouse bombing

An Afghani suicide bomber killed seventeen people Friday in the southeastern town of Spin Boldak, Afghanistan.  The bomb was detonated in a bathhouse Friday afternoon as bystanders conducted their ritual prayer-washing. An additional 23 people were wounded in the midday bombing that left sixteen civilians and one police officer dead.

The Taliban immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.  A spokesman for the Taliban, Qari Yousaf Ahmadi, stated the attack was targeted at the second-in-command of a border patrol force in southern Afghanistan.  Afghanistan's leader, Hamid Karzai, condemned the attack, as did NATO and US leaders. Karzai's administration has been both fighting the Taliban as well as trying to lure them to the negotiating table.

The US Embassy in Afghanistan issued a statement calling the bombing a "callous terrorist act."  US President Barack Obama plans to withdraw all American troops from Afghanistan by 2014.


17 νεκροί μετά από έκρηξη βόμβας σε λουτρό στο Αφγανιστάν

Ένας Αφγανός καμικάζι σκότωσε 17 άτομα τη Παρασκευή στη νοτιανατολική πόλη της Σπιν Μπολντάκ, στο Αφγανιστάν. Η βόμβα πυροδοτήθηκε σε λουτρό το απόγευμα της Παρασκευής καθώς οι παρευρισκόμενοι έκαναν ένα τελετουργικό κάθαρσης-προσευχής. Επιπλέον 23 άτομα τραυματίστηκαν κατά τη βομβιστική επίθεση το μεσημέρι, στην οποία σκοτώθηκαν 16 κάτοικοι της πόλης και ένας αστυνομικός.

Οι Ταλιμπάν πήραν αμέσως  την ευθύνη για την επίθεση. Ένας εκπρόσωπος των Ταλιμπάν, ο Καρί Γιουσάφ Αχμάντι, δήλωσε ότι η επίθεση είχε ως στόλο τη δεύτερη-σε-ιεραρχία δύναμης περιπολίας   στα σύνορα με το νότιο  Αφγανιστάν. Ο ηγέτης της χώρας, Χαμίντ Καρζάι, καταδίκασε την επίθεση, όπως έκαναν και οι ηγέτες του ΝΑΤΟ και των ΗΠΑ. Η διοίκηση του Καρζάι προσπάθησε τόσο να  καταπολεμήσει τους Ταλιμπάν όσο και  να τους δελεάσει στο τραπέζι των διαπραγματεύσεων.

Η πρεσβεία των ΗΠΑ στο Αφγανιστάν εξέδωσε ανακοίνωση   λέγοντας ότι ο βομβαρδισμός είναι "ανάλγητη τρομοκρατική πράξη." Ο πρόεδρος των ΗΠΑ, Μπαράκ Ομπάμα σχεδιάζει να αποσύρει όλες τις αμερικανικές δυνάμεις από το Αφγανιστάν έως το 2014.

9 Ιανουαρίου 2011


Several large explosions reported in Xinjiang, China

Authorities say that "violent terrorists" attempted to blow up sites in the Xinjiang province of the country. Police say at least 11 people were killed, all except one were reported to be the attackers responsible for the blasts. Police say three more were arrested and another three are "still at large."

Monsters and Critics.com quote Deutsche Presse-Agentur as saying witnesses on scene reported a plane flying over the town of Kuqa which was followed by 20 large "flashes", but "no fire or smoke" which was then followed by "sporadic" gunfire. According to Xinhua the explosions occurred at about 3:20 local time (19:20 GMT) and 4:00 (20:00 GMT).

Despite the claims by police, Xinhua stated that authorities sealed off the town where the attacks have occurred and exchanged gunfire with the terrorists killing at least one while another, strapped with explosives, detonated himself. One other terrorist was injured and one was arrested. Military personnel were also reported to have been dispatched to the area. One early report stated that the government offices in Kuqa are unaware of any bombings.

The explosions, which witnesses report as home-made, were directed toward shopping centers, government buildings, hotels and military offices. At least two police cars were also destroyed by the blasts. Xinhua reports that the bombs were "bent pipes, gas canisters and liquid gas tanks." One attacker drove a three-wheeled bike packed with explosives into the public safety building in Kuqa, which killed one security official and injured two civilians. Hours later, while police were hunting for more suspects, several terrorists began to throw bombs at them. Police killed two, while three others who were strapped with explosives detonated themselves.

Police and government officials refuse to confirm or deny the reports by Xinhua.

The Xinjiang region has a strong independence movement, largely in the form of 8 million Muslim Uyghurs. The East Turkestan Islamic Movement wishes to create an independent Islamic state out of part of what is currently Xinjiang. China has stated that the Uyghur separatists are the biggest potential terrorist threat to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

No one has claimed to be responsible for the blasts.


Nuovo attentato in Xinjiang

Le prime agenzie sono giunte poco prima di mezzanotte (ora italiana). Sei giorni dopo l'attacco ad una caserma di polizia che aveva causato 16 morti, la regione cinese a maggioranza islamica dello Xinjiang torna a far notizia.

L'agenzia di stampa cinese Xinhua riferisce che gli attentatori, armati di granate, avrebbero lanciato un taxi contro un complesso governativo nella città di Kuqa.

Cinque aggressori sarebbero stati uccisi dalle forze di polizia, anche se nelle ultime ore il bilancio dell'attentato è salito a otto vittime. Il comitato organizzatore dei Giochi parla di sette attentatori un agente di polizia morti e di quattro feriti, di cui due civili.

Le autorità locali attribuiscono l'attentato a cellule separatiste degli Uiguri (45% dell'intera popolazione dello Xinjiang), il cui disegno sarebbe la creazione di uno stato indipendente, chiamato Uiguristan o Turkestan Orientale.

Un funzionario del Partito Comunista locale ha dichiarato però che «le circostanze non sono ancora chiare» e attribuito ai separatisti il fatto in via puramente ipotetica.

Fonti governative smentiscono ogni legame tra l'attentato e le Olimpiadi, in corso nella capitale Pechino da venerdì.


新疆庫車縣凌晨發生連橫爆炸多人死傷

新疆庫車縣今日凌晨發生多宗爆炸事件，已造成最少兩人死亡，另五名涉案嫌疑人當場被公安擊斃，當地公安武警正全力追捕疑犯。

據官方媒體新華社報導，事件已造成至少兩人喪生，傷亡數字更有可能往上攀升。

事件於今日(8月10日)清晨約當地時間3時20分許至4時，於庫車縣中心城區發生多次爆炸。有目擊者表示，爆炸發生時，除爆炸聲之外，還出現強烈火光，然後聽到零星的槍聲。

新華社報導指，犯罪嫌疑人乘出租車，向當地公安機關和工商管理所等處投擲自製爆炸物，有2輛警車被炸毀。公安民警當場將5名涉案嫌疑人擊斃。而在追捕犯罪嫌疑人時，有2名公安民警、1名保安受傷。

當地警方現已封鎖爆炸現場，現場氣氛緊張。目前仍沒有組織承認責任。

事件發生後，正在舉辦奧運的北京保安明顯加強，所有地鐵乘客均需接受檢查。

庫車縣人口40萬，是新疆阿克蘇地區的第一大縣，以維吾爾族人口為主，離新疆首府烏魯木齊約740公里。


Several police officers killed in suicide bombing in Afghanistan

At least five to ten police officers in Afghanistan have been killed and at least 11 others were wounded after a suicide bombing in the southern part of the country in the town of Spin Boldak at a checkpoint.

Police officers were having lunch inside a room at the checkpoint when the bomber, who was also dressed in a police officer's uniform, walked in and detonated his explosives. At least two rooms were destroyed, according to police.

"We were eating lunch around 1330, when a suicide attacker wearing police uniform entered the post and blew himself up," said Bismillah Khan, commander of the local police in Spin Boldak who could only confirm that "five border police are killed and 11 are injured."

No one has claimed responsibility for the attack.


Mueren varios oficiales de policía en Afganistán luego de un ataque suicida

5 de julio de 2007Spin Boldak, Afganistán —

Al menos de 5 a 10 oficiales de policía han sido asesinados y al menos 11 heridos luego de una explosión suicida en un punto de control de Afganistán, más precisamente en el poblado de Spin Boldak, Provincia de Kandahar.

Los oficiales se encontraban almorzando cuando un kamikaze, que portaba un uniforme de policía, entró y detonó sus explosivos. Al menos dos habitaciones fueron destruidas, reportó la policía.

"Estábamos comiendo cerca de las 13:30, cuando un kamikaze que portaba un uniforme de policía entró y se explotó a sí mismo", indicó Bismillah Khan, jefe de la policía local, quien sólo pudo confirmar que "cinco policías han sido asesinados y otros once, heridos".

Nadie se ha atribuido hasta ahora la autoría del ataque.


Afghanistan : plusieurs policiers ont été tués lors d'une attaque suicide

Au moins de 5 à 10 agents de police ont été tués et au moins 11 blessés lors d'une attaque suicide à la bombe dans la partie sud de l'Afghanistan, plus précisément dans la ville de Spin Boldak, à un point de contrôle.
Les policiers déjeunaient dans une pièce du point de contrôle lorsque le kamikaze, qui portait un uniforme de la police, est entré et a déclenché ses charges explosives. Au moins deux pièces ont été ravagées, selon la police.
« Nous mangions vers 13h30, lorsqu'un kamikaze portant l'uniforme de la police est entré et s'est fait sauter », a indiqué Bismillah Khan, chef de la police locale, qui a seulement pu confirmer que « cinq policiers ont été tués et onze autres blessés ».
Personne n'a encore revendiqué la responsabilité de cet attentat.


Policiais são vítimas de ataque suicida no Afeganistão

Na quinta-feira (5), entre 5 a 10 policiais foram mortos e pelo menos 11 ficaram feridos logo depois de uma explosão suicida em um ponto de controle no Afeganistão, mais precisamente no povoado do Spin Boldak, Província de Kandahar.

Os policiais estavam a almoçar quando um terrorista suicida com uniforme da polica, entrou e detonou os explosivos que levava consigo. Pelo menos duas  foram destruídas com a explosão informou  a polícia.

Ninguém assumiu a responsabilidade pelo ataque.


Shelling in Somalia's capital kills twenty

According to medical workers and witnesses, at least 20 people, including many civilians, have been killed in Somalia's capital of Mogadishu after one of the heaviest battles between Islamist militants and government forces in weeks.

Ali Muse, the head of Mogadishu's ambulance services, said at least 58 other people were wounded. Other reports put the number of injured as high as 70.

Witnesses say the shelling began on Thursday at the city's international airport, as President Sharif Shekh Ahmed was heading to Uganda for an African Union meeting on refugees and internally displaced people.

The witnesses said that insurgents shot mortars at the airport and airplane and African Union peacekeepers returned fire. They say the busy Bakara market was also struck hard by mortar shells. Witnesses saw the dead bodies of at least six civilians there. The president was not hurt in the attack.

“As the Somali president flew out to Kampala for a meeting of African presidents, Islamist insurgents began shelling the airport,” said a spokesman for the presidency in an interview, Abdulkadir Mohamed Osman. “Peacekeepers responded.”

Vice chairman of the Elman Peace and Human Rights Organization in Mogadishu Ali Yasin Gedi said that "insurgents fired mortar bombs at the plane carrying President Ahmed, and then AMISOM [the African Union Mission to Somalia] responded with shells. That is how the problem started."

A paramedic working for the Lifeline Africa and Nationlink Ambulance Services, Ali Muse Sheikh, reported that around sixty people were hurt by the clashes. “It is one of the worst events I have ever seen. We don’t have enough ambulances or private vehicles to collect the casualties. The number of casualties is increasing minute-by-minute,” he said in a telephone interview.

A shopkeeper in the Bakara market described his experiences to the Reuters news agency. "They were taking cover in a concrete building, but such big shells can penetrate the strongest house. We can't go out to count how many more are dead. Bombs are raining on us," said Farah Olow.

Since the first 1,500 peacekeepers from Uganda arrived in Mogadishu more than two years ago, AMISOM troops have been frequently attacked by Islamist insurgents seeking to overthrow the Somali government. In February, eleven peacekeepers from Burundi were killed by a suicide car bomber. Another seventeen peacekeepers, including the Burundian deputy force commander, were killed last month in twin suicide car bombings at the AMISOM base.

Al-Shabab, a group the United States and other Western countries believe is al-Qaeda's proxy in the Horn of Africa, took responsibility for both of those attacks.

Somalia has not had an effective stable government since 1991, when Siad Barre's government was overthrown by warlords who soon started fighting amongst themselves. The resulting violence has displaced over 1.5 million people, and killed 19,000 civilians since early 2007. The Al-Shabab group and its allies control a large portion of southern Somalia after a nearly three-year war against the Western-backed Somali government.


சோமாலியா விமான நிலையம் மீது போராளிகள் எறிகணைத் தாக்குதல்

சோமாலியாவின் தலைநகர் மொகடீசுவில் அமைந்துள்ள முக்கிய விமான நிலையம் ஒன்றின் மீது சோமாலியாவின் பிரிவினை கோரும் இசுலாமியப் போராளிகள் எறிகணைத் தாக்குதல் ஒன்றை நடாத்தியுள்ளார்கள்.

சோமாலியாவின் அதிபர் சேக் சரிவ் சேக் அகமட் விமானம் மூலம் பயணிக்க தயாராகிக் கொண்டு இருந்த வேளையில் போராளிகள் அவ் விமான நிலையத்தை இலக்கு வைத்து எறிகணைத் தாக்குதலை ஆரம்பித்ததாகவும் ஆனால் அதிபர் பயணிக்க இருந்த விமானம் எவ்வித பாதிப்புகளும் இன்றி புறப்பட்டுச் சென்றுள்ளதாகவும் மொகடிஸ்டு செய்திகள் தெரிவிக்கின்றன.

ஆனாலும் அதை நோக்கியும் போராளிகள் தாக்குதல் நடாத்தியுள்ளதாகவும் காவல்துறையினரை மேற்கோள் காட்டி செய்திகள் வெளியிடப்பட்டுள்ளன.

இன்றைய தாக்குதலில் 20 பேர் வரை கொல்லப்பட்டுள்ளதாகவும் இன்னும் 60 பேர் படுகாயமடைந்துள்ளதாகவும் தெரிவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. இவர்களின் பெரும்பாலானவர்கள் பொது மக்கள் என்பதுடன் எறிகணைகள் விமான நிலையம் அருகில் உள்ள குடியிருப்பு பகுதிகளில் வீழ்ந்து வெடித்ததில் பாதிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளதாகவும் சோமாலிய செய்திகள் தெரிவிக்கின்றன.

ஆல்கைடா ஆதரவு பெற்றுள்ள பிரிவினை கோரும் இசுலாமியப் பிரிவினைவாதிகளுக்கும் சோமாலியப் படைகளுக்கும் இடையில் நடைபெறும் மோதல்கள் காரணமாக தினமும் அங்கு பல உயிர்கள் காவுகொள்ளப்பட்டுக் கொண்டுள்ள நிலையில் இந்தத் தாக்குதல் சம்பவம் பலரை அதிர்ச்சியில் ஆழ்த்தியுள்ளது. ஏற்கனவே சோமாலியா அரசிற்கு உதவும் பொருட்டு ஆபிரிக்க ஒன்றியத்தின் அமைதிப்படையினர் 5000 பேர் அங்கு நிலை கொண்டுள்ளமை குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது.

வியாழன், அக்டோபர் 22, 2009


Shi'a leaders call for religious state

Iraq – With a strong lead in a pre-weekend partial report, Shi'a leaders have begun making known their interests in a Shiite Prime Minister. Others have spoken of the negotiations for the constitution. Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Ishaq al-Fayad is quoted saying the separation of religion and state must be "completely rejected."

"All of the Ulema (clergy) and Marja, and the majority of the Iraqi people, want the National Assembly to make Islam the source of legislation in the permanent constitution and to reject any law that is contrary to Islam," he said in his statement.

Vice President Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld spent the weekend on television shows and interviews assuring the U.S. public the Iraqi elections would not result in a theocracy for the country.

"We have a great deal of confidence in where they're headed," Mr. Cheney said on Fox News Sunday. "I don't think, at this stage, that there's anything like justification for hand-wringing or concern on the part of Americans that somehow they're going to produce a result we won't like."

The violence of the insurgency, however, has returned after a brief lull following the elections whose final returns are expected in the coming week.


Religiösa ledare vill göra Irak till muslimsk stat

Irak –
Efter framgångarna i valet i Irak gör nu shiamuslimska ledare anspråk på premiärministerposten. Inför de stundande förhandlingarna om landets nya författning har stor ayatollan Mohammed Ishaq al-Fayad krävt att åtskillnaden mellan religion och stat "måste förkastas".

Dick Cheney och Donald Rumsfeld har under helgen framträtt i amerikansk TV och i intervjuer försäkrat det amerikanska folket att valet i Irak inte kommer att göra landet till en religiös stat.

Ett relativt lugn har rådit efter valet visade sig vara tillfälligt. Det våldsamma upproret har hitills krävt flera dödsoffer och många skadade:


Sir Edward Heath, former British PM, dies at 89

Sir Edward Heath, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970-1974 and leader of the Conservative Party from 1965-1975, has died at his home in Salisbury just a week after his 89th birthday.

Heath implemented the decimalization of the British coinage, led the United Kingdom into the European Economic Community, attempted to end industrial unrest with the Industrial Relations Act, initiated a failed power-sharing government in Northern Ireland, and, in order to cope with a coal strike on top of  the 1973 fuel crisis, instituted a three-day work week in the UK.

Today he was eulogised by fellow politicians, including Baroness Margaret Thatcher, who succeeded Heath after he was ousted from the Conservative Party leadership in 1975. She said that with Heath's death Britain had lost a 'political giant'. There was also praise, from Heath's former political secretary Sir Douglas Hurd, for his contribution to the EEC.

'He got us into the European Union,' Sir Hurd said. 'I mean that is a huge step, a very difficult one, which I doubt would have happened without his particular kind of thoroughness and determination. That was an amazing achievement.'[1]

Prime Minister Tony Blair issued a statement describing Sir Heath as 'a man of great integrity and beliefs'.

Heath was offered the post of Ambassador to the United States in 1979, but declined. He continued to represent the constituency of Old Bexley and Sidcup as a backbench MP until his retirement in 2001. He was created a Knight of the Garter in 1992.


Sir Edward Heath, ehemaliger britische Premierminister, stirbt mit 89 Jahren


訃報 エドワード・ヒース英元首相

イギリスのEC加盟に尽力したエドワード・ヒース英元首相が17日、イギリス・ウィルトシャー州ソールズベリで死去した。89歳だった。9日に誕生日を祝った後、体調を崩していたと言われる。

ヒース元首相は1916年7月9日生まれ。オックスフォード大バリオル・カレッジ卒業後、イギリス陸軍将校、イギリス民間航空省勤務を経て、1950年に下院初当選。1965年から1975年まで保守党党首、1970年から1974年まで首相を務め、ECへの加盟を実現した。労働争議の勃発でウィルソン氏へ政権を譲り渡し、翌年には保守党党首の座もサッチャー女史に譲り渡した（英語版ウィキペディアによる）。

1979年にアメリカ合衆国大使を打診されたが固辞した。2001年に引退するまでロンドン市の一部オールド・べクスレイ・アンド・スィッドカップ(Old Bexley and Sidcup)を地盤とし、下院議員を務めた。1992年にガーター勲章を受章した。


Six dead, including assailants, in attack on U.S. Consulate in Istanbul

Several men fired on Turkish police officers outside the United States Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey today at 11 a.m. local time. The men have yet to be identified.

Turkish officials say three police officers and three of the assailants were killed during the gunfight. The fight lasted two minutes, with one of the officers dying at the scene and the other two dying later of bullet wounds at the hospital. Several other Turkish policemen were injured. No Americans were reportedly harmed in the attack.

According to Turkish authorities, two of the assailants used pistols and one used a shotgun; all three died. Another assailant escaped by car unharmed.

The attackers have been described as terrorists by Turkish officials. Turkish President Abdullah Gül has strongly denounced the attack.

The United States Ambassador to Turkey, Ross Wilson said in a statement: "It is, of course, inappropriate now to speculate on who may have done this or why.  It is an obvious act of terrorism.  Our countries will stand together and confront this, as we have in the past."


土耳其美國領事館外槍戰造成6人死亡

土耳其伊斯坦布爾的美國領事館附近發生武裝槍擊事件，三名攻擊者和三名警察死亡。

據目擊者說，一些槍手從汽車裡走出來，而守衛大樓的警察毫無準備。其中的一人把槍藏在後面，走到警察身邊，然後朝這名警察的頭部開槍。其他在場警察隨即與槍手展開槍戰。

伊斯坦布爾市長居萊爾在記者會上說，事件有6人死亡，另外還有一些路人受傷，其中包括一名警察以及一名司機。目前沒有領事館工作人員受傷的報告。

他又說：「無疑這是一次恐怖襲擊。」

三名被打死的槍手中，有兩人是土耳其人。警察正在尋找另一名襲擊者，及搜尋攻擊者使用過的一輛汽車。

【2008年7月9日讯】


Six killed and hundreds injured in Bahrain

Government security forces and Saudi Arabian troops have killed at least six protesters and injured around a thousand others in Bahrain.

Protesters have expressed their objection to any foreign intervention within Bahrain. One protester said that security forces "fired tear gas and then opened fire. ... We lifted our arms and started saying ‘Peaceful, peaceful.’ Then we had to run away."

Live ammunition was fired by soldiers both on the ground and in helicopters, who attacked people in at least five villages. According to a medical source speaking to AFP, buckshot was used against some of the victims. People have put up barricades in the capital of Manama in order to obstruct the path of troops.

In addition to protests elsewhere, several thousand demonstrators marched to the Saudi embassy, following the military intervention of Saudi Arabia. Chants of "[d]own, down with Hamad!" were made in response to Bahrain's ruler's actions against protesters.


Sis morts i centenars de ferits a Bahrain

Les forces de seguretat del govern i les tropes saudites han matat almenys a sis manifestants i ferit al voltant d'un miler més a Bahrain.

Els manifestants han expressat la seva oposició a qualsevol intervenció estrangera a Bahrain. Un dels manifestants, va dir que les forces de seguretat "disparava gas lacrimogen i va obrir foc. [...] Aixecàrem els braços i vam començar a dir "Pacífic, pacífic." Llavors vam haver de sortir corrent."

Munició de guerra va ser disparada pels soldats, tant per terra com per helicòpters, i van atacar a persones en almenys cinc llogarets. Segons una font mèdica parlant amb l'AFP, perdigons es va utilitzar en contra d'algunes de les víctimes. La gent té aixecar barricades a la capital de Manama per tal d'obstruir el camí de les tropes.

A més de les protestes en altres llocs, diversos milers de manifestants van marxar cap a l'ambaixada de l'Aràbia Saudita, després de la intervenció militar de l'Aràbia Saudita. Càntics de "fora, fora amb Hamad!" es van fer en resposta a les accions dels governants de Bahrain en contra dels manifestants.


کشته‌شدن ۶ نفر از معترضان در بحرین

نیروهای امنیتی بحرین و نیروهای نظامی عربستان سعودی موجب کشته شدن ۶ نفر از معترضین به همراه زخمی‌کردن ۱۰۰۰ نفر دیگر شدند.

گفتنی است که این اتفاقات در عملیاتی که به‌صورت مشترک توسط نیروهای امنیتی بحرین و نظامیان عربستان سعودی علیه معترضان بحرینی انجام شد و در این عملیات دست‌کم پنج روستا هدف حملات سربازان و بالگردهایی قرار گرفتند که از گلوله‌های جنگی برای سرکوب مردم بحرین استفاده می‌کردند.