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en | HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NOON BRIEFING
Thursday April 22, 1999
UNICEF REMINDS WORLD OF THE PLIGHT OF MILLIONS DISPLACED | de | Lage Mauretaniens
Die Afrikanische Union (AU) hat Mauretanien als Reaktion auf den Militärputsch vom 03. August aus der Organisation ausgeschlossen. Am Mittwoch hatte eine Gruppe Militärs, die sich als „Militärischer Rat für Gerechtigkeit und Demokratie“ bezeichnet, die Macht im westafrikanischen Staat übernommen und Präsident Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya abgesetzt. Beim Putsch wurde offenbar niemand verletzt oder getötet.
Vertreter der AU wollen in die Hauptstadt Mauretaniens reisen um die Anführer des Putsches über die Positionen der Organisation zu informieren. Nach den Regeln der Afrikanischen Union wird jedes Land ausgeschlossen, in dem es „verfassungswidrige Veränderungen“ gibt. Die AU fordert, dass die verfassungsgemäße Ordnung in Mauretanien wiederhergestellt wird.
Unterdessen kündigte der militärische Rat die Auflösung des Parlaments an. Die Militärregierung will die Verfassung von 1991 beibehalten, die um einen Abschnitt über den Militärischen Rat ergänzt werden soll. Die Gruppe, die das Land in den nächsten zwei Jahren regieren will, besteht aus 17 Offizieren aus unterschiedlichen Einheiten der mauretanischen Armee.
Neben der Afrikanischen Union verurteilten UN-Generalsekretär Kofi Annan, die USA, die ehemalige Kolonialmacht Frankreich und die Europäische Union die Machtergreifung in Mauretanien. Ein Sprecher des UN-Generalsekretärs sagte, die UNO stehe im Kontakt mit den Mitarbeitern vor Ort, um die Situation zu beobachten. |
es | La disidencia cubana sigue movilizada por la muerte del prisionero de conciencia Orlando Zapata Tamayo. Sólo unas horas después de realizarse su funeral bajo estrictas medidas de seguridad en la localidad de Banes, a 830 kilómetros al este de La Habana, fuentes de la oposición informaron de que cuatro presos del grupo de los 75 se declararon en huelga de hambre en dos cárceles de Pinar del Río. "El objetivo es protestar por la muerte de Zapata y exigir la liberación de todos los presos políticos", ha dicho Elizardo Sánchez, de la Comisión de Derechos Humanos y Reconciliación Nacional (CDHRN).
El opositor Oscar Espinosa Chepe informó de que otros tres presos del grupo de los 75 realizan un "ayuno" en la cárcel de Canaletas, en la provincia de Ciego de Ávila. Mientras, en Santa Clara el periodista independiente Guillermo Fariñas comenzó en su casa otra huelga de hambre, incluyendo la negativa de tomar agua, con la voluntad de "inmolarse". Hace tres años Fariñas estuvo a punto de fallecer tras varios meses sin ingerir alimentos sólidos para reivindicar el acceso libre a Internet en Cuba.
Un comunicado difundido este viernes por la CDHRN indica que el 24 de febrero los prisioneros Diosdado González Marrero, de 47 años, y Eduardo Díaz Fleitas, de 59, se declararon en huelga de hambre en una cárcel de Pinar del Río. Un día después, los opositores Fidel Suárez Cruz, de 39 años, y Nelson Molinet, de 45, tomaron la misma medida en las cárceles Kilo Cinco y Medio y Kilo Ocho de la misma provincia. Los cuatro fueron sentenciados en los juicios celebrados en 2003 contra 75 opositores bajo la acusación de "conspirar" con Estados Unidos y ser asalariados de Washington. Marrero, Molinet y Suárez Cruz cumplen una sanción de 20 años de privación de libertad, y Díaz Fleitas de 21. Todos fueron declarados por Amnistía Internacional presos de conciencia.
Sánchez ha afirmado que, si bien el desencadenante de las huelgas de hambre es la muerte de Zapata Tamayo, los huelguistas demandan la liberación de todos los presos políticos, que la CDHRN calcula en más de 200 en toda la isla, de los cuales 65 son de conciencia. "Hasta ahora desconocemos si los cuatro incluyen otras demandas, pero podemos confirmar que ya han sido confinados en celdas de castigo en las referidas prisiones", ha agregado el activista.
Sanchez ha aclarado que su organización y la mayoría de los grupos disidentes se oponen tajantemente a las huelgas de hambre. Por "una cuestión de principios"; y porque "el régimen no responde humanamente a esa clase de protestas pacíficas, como demuestra el hecho de la trágica muerte de Zapata".
Miembros de la disidencia han dicho que el caso más preocupante de los cinco es el de Fariñas, pues en el pasado ya estuvo a punto de morir durante una protesta similar. "El periodista lleva dos días sin tomar agua y ha declarado su voluntad de inmolarse si el Gobierno no libera de inmediato a los 27 presos políticos más enfermos", ha informado Sánchez. Además, Fariñas ha escrito una carta a Fidel y Raúl Castro retándoles a que demuestren que en las cárceles cubanas no se cometen torturas. | es | Cuatro presos políticos y un periodista, opositores al gobierno de Raúl Castro en Cuba, iniciaron huelgas de hambre tras la muerte de Orlando Zapata Tamayo en la prisión cubana Kilo 8 de Camagüey.
Eduardo Díaz Fleitas, Nelson Molinet, Diosdado González y Fidel Suárez Cruz, presos políticos de las cárceles Kilo 5 y Kilo 8, anunciaron el inicio de una huelga de hambre al enterarse del fallecimiento de Orlando Zapata. En tanto, el periodista Guillermo Fariñas informó sobre el inicio de una huelga de hambre y sed en su casa de Santa Clara. "Coco" Fariñas está conciente de que puede morir en pocos días, pero está dispuesto a ello porque cree que la muerte de Zapata fue deliberada. Los cinco protestan por la liberación de 200 presos políticos.
Este falleció a consecuencia de 86 días en huelga de hambre, emprendida por las pésimas condiciones carcelarias con las que purgaba una pena de 25 años. El disidente, considerado preso de conciencia por Amnistía Internacional, fue enterrado en su pueblo natal Banes bajo un fuerte dispositivo estatal, sin permitir que el funeral se convirtiera en un acto político. Varios activistas fueron privados de su libertad para que no asistieran al acto.
Los gobiernos de Estados Unidos, España, Francia, la Unión Europea y la organización Amnistía Internacional protestaron por la muerte del opositor. Raúl Castro lamentó el fallecimiento, pero culpó a Estados Unidos. |
es | Al menos tres presos políticos y un periodista han dejado de tomar alimentos. El último, Guillermo «Coco» Fariñas fue detenido y golpeado por la policía cuando se dirigía al funeral del disidente muerto en la cárcel
La muerte de Orlando Zapata no ha sido en vano. Al menos tres presos políticos y un periodista disidente han comenzado, por separado, huelgas de hambre en Cuba.
Fariñas, que ya en 2006 protagonizó una prolongada huelga de hambre para reclamar el acceso libre de los cubanos a Internet, afirma que tomó su decisión el pasado día 24, después de haber sido detenido y golpeado por la policía política cubana cuando se dirigía en compañía de otros tres disidentes al funeral de Orlando Zapata Tamayo.
«El lugar de Orlado Zapata Tamayo, un humilde albañil que fue capaz de inmolarse por nuestra patria, no puede quedar vacío. Con mi huelga quiero rendirle homenaje y demostrar que su sacrificio no ha sido en vano, que alguien toma el lugar que él ha dejado al morir. Estoy seguro de que, después de mi muerte, habrá otros que ocupen mi lugar y el relevo continuará hasta que el gobierno nos escuche», asegura «Coco» Fariñas en CubaNet.
«Quiero que la opinión pública mundial y el pueblo de Cuba comprendan que la muerte de Zapata Tamayo no fue un hecho aislado, un error o una casualidad, que Orlando fue asesinado por el gobierno cubano, como quizás harán conmigo», continúa en la entrevista el periodista cubano, quien recuerda que Fidel Castro y su hermano «asaltaron un cuartel, causaron muertes y fueron amnistiados después de sólo 22 meses de prisión».
Fariñas subraya también que «hay otros hermanos en las cárceles cubanas que están también a punto de fallecer sin la atención médica adecuada y le pido al gobierno que los libere incondicionalmente» y pide «que cese la violencia gubernamental, contra nuestro pueblo, contra los blogueros y periodistas independientes» porque «lejos de moderarse, el gobierno se vuelve cada vez más violento y represivo». | es | Cuatro presos políticos y un periodista, opositores al gobierno de Raúl Castro en Cuba, iniciaron huelgas de hambre tras la muerte de Orlando Zapata Tamayo en la prisión cubana Kilo 8 de Camagüey.
Eduardo Díaz Fleitas, Nelson Molinet, Diosdado González y Fidel Suárez Cruz, presos políticos de las cárceles Kilo 5 y Kilo 8, anunciaron el inicio de una huelga de hambre al enterarse del fallecimiento de Orlando Zapata. En tanto, el periodista Guillermo Fariñas informó sobre el inicio de una huelga de hambre y sed en su casa de Santa Clara. "Coco" Fariñas está conciente de que puede morir en pocos días, pero está dispuesto a ello porque cree que la muerte de Zapata fue deliberada. Los cinco protestan por la liberación de 200 presos políticos.
Este falleció a consecuencia de 86 días en huelga de hambre, emprendida por las pésimas condiciones carcelarias con las que purgaba una pena de 25 años. El disidente, considerado preso de conciencia por Amnistía Internacional, fue enterrado en su pueblo natal Banes bajo un fuerte dispositivo estatal, sin permitir que el funeral se convirtiera en un acto político. Varios activistas fueron privados de su libertad para que no asistieran al acto.
Los gobiernos de Estados Unidos, España, Francia, la Unión Europea y la organización Amnistía Internacional protestaron por la muerte del opositor. Raúl Castro lamentó el fallecimiento, pero culpó a Estados Unidos. |
es | Lula da Silva se despide de Fidel Castro
El presidente brasileño realizó una visita a la isla para reunirse con el ex líder cubano; en octubre próximo se elegirá nuevo mandatario en Brasil Imprimir | Envíar | Compartir Facebook Twitter Google LinkedIn Viadeo Digg Del.icio.us Menéame Yahoo Technorati ¿Qué es esto?
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LA HABANA (Agencias).— Estados Unidos, la Unión Europea y organismos como Amnistía Internacional y Human Rights Watch condenaron ayer la muerte del disidente cubano Orlando Zapata Tamayo tras una larga huelga de hambre, mientras activistas de derechos humanos denunciaron el arresto de al menos una veintena de ellos para impedirles participar en actividades relacionadas con el funeral. LA HABANA (Agencias).— Estados Unidos, la Unión Europea y organismos como Amnistía Internacional y Human Rights Watch condenaron ayer la muerte del disidente cubano Orlando Zapata Tamayo tras una larga huelga de hambre, mientras activistas de derechos humanos denunciaron el arresto de al menos una veintena de ellos para impedirles participar en actividades relacionadas con el funeral. La muerte de Zapata también motivó una declaración sin precedentes del presidente cubano Raúl Castro, quien dijo que “lamentamos mucho” el deceso, pero culpó a Estados Unidos. Castro habló a los periodistas al lado del presidente de Brasil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, quien realiza una visita a la isla y también lamentó la muerte del disidente cubano. La madre de Zapata, que murió el martes en un hospital de La Habana después de 83 días en huelga de hambre, aseguró que el de su hijo fue un “asesinato premeditado”, en un testimonio recogido por la bloguera cubana Yoani Sánchez. “Tengo un dolor profundo que estoy aguantando. Creo que mi hijo perdió la vida en un asesinato premeditado. Mi hijo ha sido torturado en todo el tiempo que estuvo en prisión y ha sido objeto de sufrimiento y tortura para esta familia”, dijo Reina Luisa Tamayo horas después del fallecimiento de su hijo a la bloguera, que lo publicó en su página web. Sin embargo, Raúl Castro negó que el deceso haya sido producto de tortura o ejecución. Castro dijo que en Cuba “no existen torturados, no hubo torturados, no hubo ejecución”. “Eso sucede en la base de (naval de) Guantánamo”, que ocupa Estados Unidos desde 1903 en el extremo oriental de la isla. El incidente podría enfriar un tímido acercamiento con Estados Unidos, cuyo presidente Barack Obama ofreció el año pasado relanzar las tensas relaciones con Cuba. “La muerte de Orlando Zapata destaca la injusticia de que Cuba tenga más de 200 presos políticos que ahora deberían ser liberados sin demora”, dijo en Washington el vocero del Departamento de Estado, Philip J. Crowley, en un comunicado. “La Comisión Europea lamenta profundamente la muerte del preso político Orlando Zapata y ofrece condolencias a su familia”, dijo en Bruselas el portavoz de la UE, John Clancy. España, cuyo gobierno socialista se ha manifestado públicamente a favor de impulsar un nueva relación con Cuba desde asumió la presidencia rotatoria de la UE en enero, se mostró consternada por lo ocurrido. Zapata, un plomero de 42 años, realizaba una huelga de hambre desde el 3 de diciembre de 2009 debido a los “malos tratos carcelarios”, según la Comisión Cubana de Derechos Humanos y Reconciliación Nacional (CCDHRN). El fallecido era miembro del grupo opositor cubano “Alternativa Republicana” y estaba reconocido como preso de conciencia por la organización Amnistía Internacional. Según la CCDHRN, fue detenido el 20 de marzo de 2003, en el marco de la “primavera negra” que llevó a 75 disidentes a la cárcel, y condenado a 18 años de prisión por desacato, desorden público y desorden en establecimientos penitenciarios. El entierro de Zapata tendrá lugar a primera hora de hoy en su pueblo natal, Banes, donde agentes de seguridad del Estado y policías cercan la localidad cubana e impiden el paso de la comunidad, dijeron fuentes de la oposición. AI pide liberación de presos Amnistía Internacional (AI) urgió ayer al gobierno de Cuba a excarcelar a todos los “prisioneros de conciencia” de la isla. La agencia EFE comentó que la promesa de unidad hecha el martes por América Latina en México tuvo ayer su reflejo en un unánime y también llamativo silencio de los Gobiernos de la región ante la muerte del preso político cubano. Lula da Silva se reunió el miércoles con el ex mandatario Fidel Castro, durante una visita por la isla en la que también evaluó las inversiones brasileñas en Cuba. Ambos dirigentes, también amigos personales de larga data, estuvieron reunidos por aproximadamente una hora, indicaron funcionarios brasileños a medios de prensa, según la edición digital del periódico oficial Juventud Rebelde. | es | Cuatro presos políticos y un periodista, opositores al gobierno de Raúl Castro en Cuba, iniciaron huelgas de hambre tras la muerte de Orlando Zapata Tamayo en la prisión cubana Kilo 8 de Camagüey.
Eduardo Díaz Fleitas, Nelson Molinet, Diosdado González y Fidel Suárez Cruz, presos políticos de las cárceles Kilo 5 y Kilo 8, anunciaron el inicio de una huelga de hambre al enterarse del fallecimiento de Orlando Zapata. En tanto, el periodista Guillermo Fariñas informó sobre el inicio de una huelga de hambre y sed en su casa de Santa Clara. "Coco" Fariñas está conciente de que puede morir en pocos días, pero está dispuesto a ello porque cree que la muerte de Zapata fue deliberada. Los cinco protestan por la liberación de 200 presos políticos.
Este falleció a consecuencia de 86 días en huelga de hambre, emprendida por las pésimas condiciones carcelarias con las que purgaba una pena de 25 años. El disidente, considerado preso de conciencia por Amnistía Internacional, fue enterrado en su pueblo natal Banes bajo un fuerte dispositivo estatal, sin permitir que el funeral se convirtiera en un acto político. Varios activistas fueron privados de su libertad para que no asistieran al acto.
Los gobiernos de Estados Unidos, España, Francia, la Unión Europea y la organización Amnistía Internacional protestaron por la muerte del opositor. Raúl Castro lamentó el fallecimiento, pero culpó a Estados Unidos. |
en | CLARO QUE LOS GRINGOS NO LE VAN A HACER NADA A CHÁVEZ, PORQUE LOS GRINGOS NECESITAN DE LOCOS CÓMO HUGO CHÁVEZ PARA JUSTIFICAR SU GASTO MILITAR, AL IGUAL QUE URIBE NECESITA DE LA GUERRILLA, DE LOS PARACOS Y DE LOS NARCOS. POR ESO URIBE NO VA A ACABAR A NINGUNO DE ESTOS, PORQUE SIN ELLOS NO ES NADA, ADEMÁS DE NECESITAR TIEMPO PARA SEGUIR ROBANDO AL PUEBLO. NO HAY PEOR HOMBRE ENGAÑADO EN LA TIERRA QUE UN URIBISTA PAGANDO IMPUESTOS ESPERANZADO EN QUE URIBE ACABE CON LA GUERRILLA, CON LOS PARACOS Y CON LOS NARCOS.
CLARO QUE LOS GRINGOS NO LE VAN A HACER NADA A CHÁVEZ, PORQUE LOS GRINGOS NECESITAN DE LOCOS CÓMO HUGO CHÁVEZ PARA JUSTIFICAR SU GASTO MILITAR, AL IGUAL QUE URIBE NECESITA DE LA GUERRILLA, DE LOS PARACOS Y DE LOS NARCOS. POR ESO URIBE NO VA A ACABAR A NINGUNO DE ESTOS, PORQUE SIN ELLOS NO ES NADA, ADEMÁS DE NECESITAR TIEMPO PARA SEGUIR ROBANDO AL PUEBLO. NO HAY PEOR HOMBRE ENGAÑADO EN LA TIERRA QUE UN URIBISTA PAGANDO IMPUESTOS ESPERANZADO EN QUE URIBE ACABE CON LA GUERRILLA, CON LOS PARACOS Y CON LOS NARCOS.
YO SOLO VEO LO BUENO DE MI SENOR.DEL RESTO NO ME ACUERDO PUES SUFRO DE AMNESIA.SOLO DIGANME CUANTAS RATAS MATARON Y ESO SI QUE ME GUSTA,ESO ES LO MEJOR DEL MUNDO CUANDO LE QUIEBRAN EL CULO A LOS GUERRILEROS NO HAY COSA QUE PRODUSCA MAS ALEGRIA EN MI ALMA QUE LA MUERTE DE SOS DESALMADOS. MUERTE A LAS RATAS DE LETRINA DE LAS FART,CAIGA QUIEN CAIGA Y CUESTE LO QUE CUESTE,
CLARO QUE LOS GRINGOS NO LE VAN A HACER NADA A CHÁVEZ, PORQUE LOS GRINGOS NECESITAN DE LOCOS CÓMO HUGO CHÁVEZ PARA JUSTIFICAR SU GASTO MILITAR, AL IGUAL QUE URIBE NECESITA DE LA GUERRILLA, DE LOS PARACOS Y DE LOS NARCOS. POR ESO URIBE NO VA A ACABAR A NINGUNO DE ESTOS, PORQUE SIN ELLOS NO ES NADA, ADEMÁS DE NECESITAR TIEMPO PARA SEGUIR ROBANDO AL PUEBLO. NO HAY PEOR HOMBRE ENGAÑADO EN LA TIERRA QUE UN URIBISTA PAGANDO IMPUESTOS ESPERANZADO EN QUE URIBE ACABE CON LA GUERRILLA, CON LOS PARACOS Y CON LOS NARCOS.
(8) Si sueñas con Nueva York y con Europa - te quejas de nuestra gente y de su ropa - vives amando el cine arte del Normandi / Si eres artista y los indios no te entienden - si tu vanguardia aqui no se vende - si crees ser occidental de segunda mano - ¿¿¿por que no te vas??? / ¿Por qué no se van? - ...no se van del país??? - ¿Por qué no se van? - ...no se van del país??? (8) .... APUESTO A QUE LA MAYORÍA DE USTEDES HAN CANTADO ESTA CANCIÓN DE IZQUIERDA, VERDAD URIBESTIAS???
oh si, Uribe Balas es un criminal, y con eso y todo que no ha habido una propuesta honrada que lo reemplace, o el polo no roba, o piedad no es la embajadora mediática de narcotraficantes y secuestradores?
Que triste, les abrimos las puerta principal a los gringos de par par. Como se portaran los invitados?. A proposito no entendi, un acuerdo simplificado, es lo mismo que un tratado solemme, con la unica diferencia de que no tiene que ser revisado por el congreso... entonces por que el congreso de USA si lo va a revisar? y tampoco entendi cual es el Tratado marco, en el cual se incluye el acuerdo simplificado,.. bueno no se, pero seguramente asi nos seguiran enredando... que vaina hombre!! Lo unico que entiendo de este acuerdo simplificado, es que le dice a los colombianos simplemente jodanse!!.
El uso de este sitio web implica la aceptación de los Términos y Condiciones de COMUNICAN S.A. Todos los Derechos Reservados D.R.A. Prohibida su reproducción total o parcial,así como su traducción a cualquier idioma sin autorización escrita de su titular. Reproduction in whole or in part, or translation without written permission is prohibited. All rights reserved 2009 | es | Hoy se firmó en la sede del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores el acuerdo entre Colombia y Estados Unidos que permite a este último ayudar militarmente al primero; incluyendo la llegada de 1.400 estadounidenses (800 militares con inmunidad diplomática y 600 contratistas civiles), y el controversial acceso a siete bases militares (dos terrestres, tres aéreas y dos navales).
El propósito de este acuerdo es la cooperación militar entre ambos países en materias de terrorismo y narcotráfico en Colombia sin inmiscuirse en las relaciones diplomáticas de los países vecinos, ya que todas las operaciones se llevarán a cabo en territorio colombiano, según ha dado a conocer el canciller colombiano, Jaime Bermúdez:
El pacto, fuertemente criticado por la oposición, y motivo de discusión en países de la UNASUR, deberá ser aprobado por el Congreso de los Estados Unidos, mas no por el de Colombia, a partir de lo cual tendría una vigencia de diez años. |
es | El Ministerio de Salud reveló que a partir de este martes 13 de abril las EPS estarán llamando a esta población para notificarle la cita. | es | Hoy se firmó en la sede del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores el acuerdo entre Colombia y Estados Unidos que permite a este último ayudar militarmente al primero; incluyendo la llegada de 1.400 estadounidenses (800 militares con inmunidad diplomática y 600 contratistas civiles), y el controversial acceso a siete bases militares (dos terrestres, tres aéreas y dos navales).
El propósito de este acuerdo es la cooperación militar entre ambos países en materias de terrorismo y narcotráfico en Colombia sin inmiscuirse en las relaciones diplomáticas de los países vecinos, ya que todas las operaciones se llevarán a cabo en territorio colombiano, según ha dado a conocer el canciller colombiano, Jaime Bermúdez:
El pacto, fuertemente criticado por la oposición, y motivo de discusión en países de la UNASUR, deberá ser aprobado por el Congreso de los Estados Unidos, mas no por el de Colombia, a partir de lo cual tendría una vigencia de diez años. |
pl | Administracje IT z Niemczech i Szwajcarii ogłosiły, że współpracują wspólnie z Open Source Business Alliance, w celu ulepszenia sposobu, w jaki pakiety biurowe LibreOffice i OpenOffice.org wyświetlają i przetwarzają dokumenty w formacie OOXML . W skład porozumienia wchodzą miasta Monachium, Jena i Fryburg Bryzgowijski, szwajcarski kanton Vaud, Sąd Federalny Szwajcarii i Szwajcarska Federacja IT. Przedstawiciele każdego z członków spotkali się na warsztatach w Zurichu w październiku i stworzyli projekt: Precise reproduction of OOXML documents in Open Source Office applications. Slajdy z warsztatów zawierają więcej szczegółów, o czym dyskutowano.
OOXML jest standardem ISO dla dokumentów biurowych, który jest wspierany przez Microsoft. Dokumentem OpenOffice.org i LibreOffice jest natomiast międzynarodowy standard ODF. Jako, że aktualna wersja MS Office generuje domyślnie dokumenty w formacie OOXML, władze szukają sposobu, aby ulepszyć interoperacyjność z tymi dokumentami, poprzez ulepszenie filtra OOXML. Zrobiony jest szkic specyfikacji, jednakże tylko w języku niemieckim, który zawiera szczegółowe dane na temat formatowania ramek, obrazków, tabel i list w plikach .docx, formatowanie komentarzy w plikach .docx i .xlsx, oraz wbudowane czcionki w OOXML i ODF.
Open Source Business Alliance stworzyło nową grupę – “Office Interoperability”, w celu zarządzania projektem. Grupa będzie posiadała pewną liczbę podgrup, które będą pracowały nad wdrożeniem implementacji specyfikacji. OSB Alliance zaprasza wszystkich dostawców, którzy chcą wspomóc rozwój i rozpocząć pracę zaraz po 31 stycznia 2012 roku. Po ustaleniu priorytetów, cały projekt będzie finansowany ze wspólnej puli pieniędzy, jaką ustalą wszyscy członkowie jednogłośnie. Cała praca, jaka zostanie wykonana, będzie udostępniona na licencji Apache 2.0. | pl | '''Administracje IT z Niemiec i Szwajcarii ogłosiły, że współpracują wspólnie z Open Source Business Alliance, w celu ulepszenia sposobu, w jaki pakiety biurowe LibreOffice i OpenOffice.org wyświetlają i przetwarzają dokumenty w formacie OOXML.'''
W skład porozumienia wchodzą miasta Monachium, Jena i Fryburg Bryzgowijski, szwajcarski kanton Vaud, Sąd Federalny Szwajcarii i Szwajcarska Federacja IT. Przedstawiciele każdego z członków spotkali się na warsztatach w Zurichu w październiku i stworzyli projekt: ''Precise reproduction of OOXML documents in Open Source Office applications''.
OOXML jest standardem ISO dla dokumentów biurowych, który jest wspierany przez Microsoft. Dokumentem OpenOffice.org i LibreOffice jest natomiast międzynarodowy standard ODF. Jako, że aktualna wersja MS Office generuje domyślnie dokumenty w formacie OOXML, władze szukają sposobu, aby ulepszyć interoperacyjność z tymi dokumentami, poprzez ulepszenie filtra OOXML. Zrobiony jest szkic specyfikacji, jednakże tylko w języku niemieckim, który zawiera szczegółowe dane na temat formatowania ramek, obrazków, tabel i list w plikach .docx, formatowanie komentarzy w plikach .docx i .xlsx, oraz wbudowane czcionki w OOXML i ODF.
Open Source Business Alliance stworzyło nową grupę - "Office Interoperability", w celu zarządzania projektem. Grupa będzie posiadała pewną liczbę podgrup, które będą pracowały nad wdrożeniem implementacji specyfikacji. OSB Alliance wystosował zaproszenie do wszystkich dostawców, którzy chcą wspomóc rozwój i rozpocząć pracę po 31 stycznia 2012 roku. Po ustaleniu priorytetów, cały projekt będzie finansowany ze wspólnej puli pieniędzy, jaką ustalą wszyscy członkowie jednogłośnie. Cała praca, jaka zostanie wykonana, będzie udostępniona na licencji Apache 2.0. |
de | Authorities publish specification for better support of OOXML in LibreOffice/OpenOffice.org
New "Office Interoperability" working group within OSB Alliance to coordinate implementation
Following a workshop in October 2011, the IT authorities in Germany and Switzerland have published a detailed specification regarding how they intend to improve the support available to OOXML in LibreOffice and OpenOffice.org. Interested Open Source service providers now have until January 31st 2012 to submit their proposals to the "Office Interoperability" working group of the Open Source Business Alliance. Additional financial backers for the implementation stages are also being sought.
In an unrivalled initiative, IT authorities from the cities of Munich, Freiburg im Breisgau and Jena, the Swiss canton of Waadt, the Swiss Federal Court and the Schweizer Informatikstrategie Bund (Swiss IT Federation) have together drawn up a specification of how they wish to improve the way that documents in Microsoft OOXML formats are displayed and processed in LibreOffice and OpenOffice.org. The representatives of the various bodies met during a workshop in Zurich on October 10th and 11th 2011 to launch the "Precise reproduction of OOXML documents in Open Source Office applications" project. A new working group, "Office Interoperability", has been formed within the Open Source Business Alliance to coordinate implementation activities. Other members of this working group can register with the OSB Alliance by December 19th 2011 in order to make the final choice of spokesperson and his or her deputy.
The planned improvements primarily embrace corrections and extensions to the OOXML filter of the current version of LibreOffice and OpenOffice, and should in turn be able to be implemented as Open Source software in all open-source Office products. Apache License v2.0 has been selected as the licence for this purpose. To provide improved OOXML support, the OSB Alliance working group has defined the five following work packages: formatting of frames and images in .docx, formatting of tables in .docx, formatting of lists in .docx, formatting of comments in .docx and .xlsx, embedding of fonts in OOXML and ODF. Test documents will be used to check that the specifications are met.
Open Source service providers who are willing to implement the specified requirements in one of their ordinary software development projects are now invited to come forward. Proposals based on the published call for tender should be submitted to the "Office Interoperability" working group of the OSB Alliance by January 31st 2012. Financing for the project will then be decided based on the proposals received.
Members of the OSB Alliance working group have committed themselves to contributing towards the development costs. To cover the implementation activities in full, additional financial backers are being sought to help finance the "Precise reproduction of OOXML documents in Open Source Office applications" project.
The specification, which is publicly available, can be found at: http://www.osb-alliance.com/index.php/de/themen-der-lisog/working-groups
Dr. Matthias Stürmer, the designated spokesperson of the "Office Interoperability" working group of the OSB Alliance, can be contacted to discuss the financing of the project and any other questions ( Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist gegen Spambots geschützt! JavaScript muss aktiviert werden, damit sie angezeigt werden kann. ; Tel. +41 58 289 61 97).
More information about the project can be found here:
http://www.ch-open.ch/events/archiv/2011/libreofficeooo-workshop/
http://www.slideshare.net/nice/user-initiative-for-improving-ooxml-integration-in-libreofficeopenofficeorg | pl | '''Administracje IT z Niemiec i Szwajcarii ogłosiły, że współpracują wspólnie z Open Source Business Alliance, w celu ulepszenia sposobu, w jaki pakiety biurowe LibreOffice i OpenOffice.org wyświetlają i przetwarzają dokumenty w formacie OOXML.'''
W skład porozumienia wchodzą miasta Monachium, Jena i Fryburg Bryzgowijski, szwajcarski kanton Vaud, Sąd Federalny Szwajcarii i Szwajcarska Federacja IT. Przedstawiciele każdego z członków spotkali się na warsztatach w Zurichu w październiku i stworzyli projekt: ''Precise reproduction of OOXML documents in Open Source Office applications''.
OOXML jest standardem ISO dla dokumentów biurowych, który jest wspierany przez Microsoft. Dokumentem OpenOffice.org i LibreOffice jest natomiast międzynarodowy standard ODF. Jako, że aktualna wersja MS Office generuje domyślnie dokumenty w formacie OOXML, władze szukają sposobu, aby ulepszyć interoperacyjność z tymi dokumentami, poprzez ulepszenie filtra OOXML. Zrobiony jest szkic specyfikacji, jednakże tylko w języku niemieckim, który zawiera szczegółowe dane na temat formatowania ramek, obrazków, tabel i list w plikach .docx, formatowanie komentarzy w plikach .docx i .xlsx, oraz wbudowane czcionki w OOXML i ODF.
Open Source Business Alliance stworzyło nową grupę - "Office Interoperability", w celu zarządzania projektem. Grupa będzie posiadała pewną liczbę podgrup, które będą pracowały nad wdrożeniem implementacji specyfikacji. OSB Alliance wystosował zaproszenie do wszystkich dostawców, którzy chcą wspomóc rozwój i rozpocząć pracę po 31 stycznia 2012 roku. Po ustaleniu priorytetów, cały projekt będzie finansowany ze wspólnej puli pieniędzy, jaką ustalą wszyscy członkowie jednogłośnie. Cała praca, jaka zostanie wykonana, będzie udostępniona na licencji Apache 2.0. |
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New species found in Vietnam's green corridor
The new snake species, known as the white-lipped keelback, tends to live by streams where it catches frogs and other small animals.
© Raoul Bain / WWF Greater Mekong
One of the five new orchid species found in Vietnam.
© Leonid Averyanov / WWF Greater Mekong
The new species were found in the dense rainforests of Vietnam's Central Annamites.
© Leonid Averyanov / WWF Greater Mekong
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26 Sep 2007Hanoi, Vietnam – Scientists have discovered 11 new species of animals and plants in a remote area in central Vietnam.The species were found in the Thua Thien Hue Province – a region known as the Green Corridor. They include two butterflies and a snake, as well as five orchids and three other plants, all of which are exclusive to tropical forests in Vietnam’s Annamites Mountain Range. Ten other plant species, including four orchids, are still under examination but also appear to be new species.“You only discover so many new species in very special places, and the Green Corridor is one of them,” said Chris Dickinson, WWF’s Chief Technical Adviser in the area. “Several large mammal species were discovered in the 1990s in the same forests, which means that these latest discoveries could be just the tip of the iceberg.”The rainforests of the Central Annamites likely existed as continuous undisturbed forest cover for thousands of years, and, as a result, offer unique habitats for many species.The new snake species, called the white-lipped keelback, tends to live by streams where it catches frogs and other small animals. It has a beautiful yellow-white stripe that sweeps along its head and red dots cover its body. It can reach about 80 centimetres in length.The butterfly species are among eight discovered in the province since 1996. One is a skipper – a butterfly with quick, darting flight habits – from the genus Zela, the other is a new genus in the subfamily of Satyrinae.Three of the new orchid species are entirely leafless, which is rare for orchids. They contain no chlorophyll and live on decaying matter, like many fungal species. The new other plants include an aspidistra, which produces a flower that is nearly black. Aspidistra-relatives plants are used as houseplants and are able to withstand very low light conditions. And a newly discovered species of arum has beautiful yellow flowers. Arum plants have funnel-shaped leaves surrounding the flowers.All these species are at risk from illegal logging, hunting, unsustainable extraction of natural resources and conflicting development interests. However, the Thua Thien Hue Province authorities – in particular the Forest Protection Department – have committed to conserve and sustainably manage these valuable forests.“The area is extremely important for conservation and the province wants to protect the forests and their environmental services, as well as contribute to sustainable development,” said Hoang Ngoc Khanh, Director of Thua Thien Hue Provincial Forest Protection Department.Recent surveys have shown that many threatened species are found in the Green Corridor, including 15 reptiles and amphibians and six bird species. The area is also home to Vietnam’s greatest number of white-cheeked crested gibbons, one of the world’s most endangered primates. The Green Corridor is believed to be the best location in Vietnam to conserve the saola, a unique type of wild cattle only discovered by scientists in 1992.Forests in the Annamites also help preserve critical environmental services, such as water supplies for thousand of people who depend on the region’s rivers. They also provide non-timber forest resources for local ethnic minority groups who earn more than half of their income from these products.Dr Chris Dickinson, Technical AdviserWWF Greater MekongE-mail: [email protected] | en | At least 11 new species of life have been discovered in the of in Vietnam in a region of the forest described as the "." The discovery was made by researchers from the (WWF).
Among the new species are five and at least three other species of plants, two and a snake. At least ten more species of plants are believed to be new species but are still being studied.
"You only discover so many new species in very special places, and the Green Corridor is one of them. Several large mammal species were discovered in the 1990s in the same forests, which means that these latest discoveries could be just the tip of the iceberg," said a technical adviser in Vietnam for the WWF, Chris Dickinson.
The new species of life are exclusive to the rainforest in Thua Thien-Hue Province.
The new snake, which can grow to 80 centimeters long, has been given the name '''' because of a yellow-white stripe on the top of its head and makes its home near small streams and feeds on small animals and .
The new species of butterflies are one subfamily of the species and the other a species of the .
The orchids, all of which are considered very rare because they were found to have no leaves whatsoever on the plant, grow in "matter" that is rotting and also contain no . The other two new plant species are of and .
The WWF is concerned that civilization may move closer into the rainforest, destroying the homes of these new species, but the government of Thua Thien-Hue Province says it's dedicated to making sure that they are protected, along with the rainforest.
"The area is extremely important for conservation and the province wants to protect the forests and their environmental services, as well as contribute to sustainable development," said Provincial Forest Protection Department Director for the province, Hoang Ngoc Khanh.
The species were found in the rainforest in 2005 and 2006. |
en | New Animal And Plant Species Found In Vietnam
Science Daily World Wildlife Fund scientists have just announced the discovery of 11 new animal and plant species in a remote area in central Vietnam. They say this underscores the importance of conservation efforts in the ancient tropical forests of the region.
Gastrodia theana -- A very rare leafless orchid discovered in Vietnam. (Credit: Copyright Leonid Averyanov / WWF Greater Mekong) Gastrodia theana -- A very rare leafless orchid discovered in Vietnam. (Credit: Copyright Leonid Averyanov / WWF Greater Mekong)
Within the ancient tropical forests of a region known as Vietnam's "Green Corridor," scientists found a snake, five orchids, and two butterflies as well as three other plants new to science and exclusive to the Annamites Mountain Range. Ten other plant species, including four orchids, are still under examination but also appear to be new species.
"Discoveries of so many new species are rare and occur only in very special places like the Green Corridor," said Dr. Chris Dickinson, WWF's chief conservation scientist in the Green Corridor. "Several large mammal species were discovered in the 1990s in the same forests so these latest discoveries may be just the tip of the iceberg."
The rainforests of the Central Annamites likely existed as continuous undisturbed forest cover for thousands of years, and, as a result, offer unique habitats for many species, said WWF experts.
The new snake species, called the white-lipped keelback, prefers living by streams where it catches frogs and other small animals. With a beautiful yellow-white stripe sweeping along its head and red dots covering its body, the white-lipped keelback can reach 31 inches--almost a yard in length.
Three of the new orchid species are entirely leafless, a rarity even among orchids. Containing none of the chlorophyll or green pigment commonly found in plants, these orchids live on decaying matter like many fungal species. The other new plants include an aspidistra which produces a nearly black flower and a newly-discovered species of arum with beautiful yellow flowers. Arum plants have funnel-shaped leaves surrounding the flowers.
The two new butterfly species are among eight discovered in the province since 1996. One is a skipper -- a butterfly with quick, darting flight habits--from the genus Zela and the other is a new genus in the subfamily of Satyrinae.
According to WWF experts, all of these species are at risk from illegal logging, hunting, unsustainable extraction of natural resources and conflicting development interests. However, local authorities -- in particular the Thua Thien Hue Provincial Forest Protection Department -- have committed to conserve and sustainably manage these valuable forests.
"The area is extremely important for conservation and the province wants to protect the forests and their environmental services, as well as contribute to sustainable development," said Hoang Ngoc Khanh, director of Thua Thien Hue Provincial Forest Protection Department.
Stretching from the mountainous forests of the Annamites to one of the last remaining lowland wet evergreen forests, the Green Corridor supports significant populations of threatened species and includes some of the longest remaining stretches of lowland river with intact forest habitat in Vietnam feeding into the Perfume River.
Recent surveys found 15 reptiles and amphibians and six bird species among the threatened species living there. It is also home to one of the world's most endangered primates--white-cheeked crested gibbons--and the best location in Vietnam to save the saola--a unique type of wild cattle just discovered by scientists in 1992.
According to WWF experts, the forests of the Annamites are important water catchments, supplying water for thousands of people who depend on the region's rivers. Local ethnic minority groups earn more than half of their income from the non-timber resources of these same forests.
Note: This story has been adapted from material provided by World Wildlife Fund.
New! Search Science Daily or the entire web with Google: | en | At least 11 new species of life have been discovered in the of in Vietnam in a region of the forest described as the "." The discovery was made by researchers from the (WWF).
Among the new species are five and at least three other species of plants, two and a snake. At least ten more species of plants are believed to be new species but are still being studied.
"You only discover so many new species in very special places, and the Green Corridor is one of them. Several large mammal species were discovered in the 1990s in the same forests, which means that these latest discoveries could be just the tip of the iceberg," said a technical adviser in Vietnam for the WWF, Chris Dickinson.
The new species of life are exclusive to the rainforest in Thua Thien-Hue Province.
The new snake, which can grow to 80 centimeters long, has been given the name '''' because of a yellow-white stripe on the top of its head and makes its home near small streams and feeds on small animals and .
The new species of butterflies are one subfamily of the species and the other a species of the .
The orchids, all of which are considered very rare because they were found to have no leaves whatsoever on the plant, grow in "matter" that is rotting and also contain no . The other two new plant species are of and .
The WWF is concerned that civilization may move closer into the rainforest, destroying the homes of these new species, but the government of Thua Thien-Hue Province says it's dedicated to making sure that they are protected, along with the rainforest.
"The area is extremely important for conservation and the province wants to protect the forests and their environmental services, as well as contribute to sustainable development," said Provincial Forest Protection Department Director for the province, Hoang Ngoc Khanh.
The species were found in the rainforest in 2005 and 2006. |
en | Vietnam government stops wild bird culls
07-12-2005
The Vietnamese Government has ordered an immediate halt to the culls of wild birds in Ho Chi Minh City, and the cities of Da Nang and Hue. City authorities had embarked on the culls, using poison and guns, in an attempt to prevent the spread of avian flu from the countryside.
The culls mostly targeted feral pigeons, but egrets and herons were also killed, and one city official said the aim was to empty the city skies of wild birds.
Representatives of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization met the Vietnamese Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development to discuss the culls. The Ministry had already explained that the cities were acting unilaterally, and that that the Vietnamese government had not authorised or recommended these culls.
In an official letter dated 6 December 2005 and sent to the three cities, Mr Bui Quang Anh, Director General of the Department of Animal Health at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, wrote: "The killing of pigeons and wild birds is not a national policy. This practice is not only an inappropriate measure but is also likely to cause bad effects to the ecosystem. Some international organisations have already expressed their great concerns regarding this practice. The Department of Animal Health at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has therefore requested Provincial Departments of Animal Health to advise Provincial Departments of Agriculture and Rural Development, Provincial People's Committees to stop the killing of pigeons and wild birds."
"Attempts to cull wild birds are even more misguided – the target is wrong and the approach is completely ineffective." —Dr Leon Bennun, BirdLife International
Dr Leon Bennun, BirdLife International's Director of Science and Policy, asserts that the current focus on wild birds is misplaced and a potentially dangerous diversion of energy, effort and resources. "Attempts to cull wild birds are even more misguided – the target is wrong and the approach is completely ineffective."
Juan Lubroth, FAO senior officer responsible for infectious animal diseases, had earlier commented: "[Culls are] unlikely to make any significant contribution to the protection of humans against avian influenza. There are other, much more important measures to be considered that deserve priority attention." | de | Lage Vietnams
Die vietnamesische Regierung hat die in Ho-Chi-Minh-Stadt, Da Nang und Hue von den Stadtverwaltungen angeordnete Vernichtung aller wild lebenden Vögel untersagt. Das Landwirtschaftsministerium in Hà Nội bezeichnete in einem Schreiben an die drei Städte die Tötungskampagnen als ungeeignet zur Bekämpfung der Vogelgrippe und schädlich für das Ökosystem, wie BirdLife International, die internationale Dachorganisation von Natur- und Vogelschutzverbänden, mitteilt. Dem Eingreifen der Regierung war eine Intervention seitens der Welternährungsorganisation FAO vorausgegangen.
Vor zwei Wochen war vom Beginn der Vernichtungsaktionen berichtet worden. Vor allem Tauben, aber auch Reiher wurden mit Gewehrschüssen erlegt, das Insektizid Trichlorfon (Dipterex) wurde in Ho-Chi-Minh-Stadt eingesetzt. Dort war auch die Geflügelzucht verboten worden, und alle in Haushalten lebenden Vögel sollten aus der Stadt gebracht werden, bis Vietnam frei von der Tierseuche sei.
Die Seuche, deren Überspringen auf den Menschen nach einer Mutation des Erregers vom Typ Influenza A-H5N1 befürchtet wird, ist inzwischen in Südostasien und China unter wildlebenden Vögeln endemisch und verursachte bisher in 19 der 64 Provinzen Vietnams Epidemien in Geflügelhaltungen. Die Stadtbehörden wollten dem Einschleppen aus dem Umland vorbeugen.
Tierseuchenexperten der FAO lehnen die Tötung wildlebender Vögel ab, weil dies ineffektiv sei und die Aufmerksamkeit ablenke von der primär nötigen Bekämpfung der Seuche unter Hausgeflügel durch Notschlachtung, Quarantäne und Impfung. Außerdem gehe von zur Geflügelzucht gehaltenen erkrankten Tieren die eigentliche Gefahr für Menschen aus, auch seien typischerweise in Städten vorkommende wilde Vogelarten bisher weniger als Träger der Seuche aufgefallen im Unterschied zu Zugvögeln, die am Wasser und in Feuchtgebieten leben, wie wilden Enten, Gänsen oder Schwänen. |
en | FAO warns against killing wild birds to fight bird flu Danger of distracting attention from core control campaign 29 November 2005, Rome – FAO today warned against culls of wild birds in cities in countries affected by bird flu, saying this could distract attention from the campaign to contain the disease among poultry.
The warning followed reports that wild birds were being killed in Ho Chi Minh City in Viet Nam as a precautionary measure. Juan Lubroth, FAO senior officer responsible for infectious animal diseases, commented: “This is unlikely to make any significant contribution to the protection of humans against avian influenza.”
He added: “There are other, much more important measures to be considered that deserve priority attention. Fighting the disease in poultry must remain the main focus of attention.”
“Wild bird species found in and around cities are different from the wetland waterfowl that have been identified as carriers of the avian influenza virus,” he said.
FAO, along with the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and the World Health Organization (WHO), recommend a series of measures to fight bird flu outbreaks. These include:
Improving veterinary services, emergency preparedness plans and control campaigns including culling of infected animals, vaccination and compensation for farmers;
Strengthening early detection and rapid response systems for animal and human influenza and building and strengthening laboratory capacity;
Support and training for the investigation of animal and human cases and clusters, and planning and testing rapid containment activities.
“Controlling the virus in poultry is the most effective way by which the likelihood of the bird flu virus acquiring human-to-human transmissibility can be reduced,” Lubroth said.
Contact:
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[email protected] – FAO today warned against culls of wild birds in cities in countries affected by bird flu, saying this could distract attention from the campaign to contain the disease among poultry.The warning followed reports that wild birds were being killed in Ho Chi Minh City in Viet Nam as a precautionary measure. Juan Lubroth, FAO senior officer responsible for infectious animal diseases, commented: “This is unlikely to make any significant contribution to the protection of humans against avian influenza.”He added: “There are other, much more important measures to be considered that deserve priority attention. Fighting the disease in poultry must remain the main focus of attention.”“Wild bird species found in and around cities are different from the wetland waterfowl that have been identified as carriers of the avian influenza virus,” he said.FAO, along with the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and the World Health Organization (WHO), recommend a series of measures to fight bird flu outbreaks. These include:“Controlling the virus in poultry is the most effective way by which the likelihood of the bird flu virus acquiring human-to-human transmissibility can be reduced,” Lubroth said.FAO Media Office(+39) 06 570 [email protected]
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Die vietnamesische Regierung hat die in Ho-Chi-Minh-Stadt, Da Nang und Hue von den Stadtverwaltungen angeordnete Vernichtung aller wild lebenden Vögel untersagt. Das Landwirtschaftsministerium in Hà Nội bezeichnete in einem Schreiben an die drei Städte die Tötungskampagnen als ungeeignet zur Bekämpfung der Vogelgrippe und schädlich für das Ökosystem, wie BirdLife International, die internationale Dachorganisation von Natur- und Vogelschutzverbänden, mitteilt. Dem Eingreifen der Regierung war eine Intervention seitens der Welternährungsorganisation FAO vorausgegangen.
Vor zwei Wochen war vom Beginn der Vernichtungsaktionen berichtet worden. Vor allem Tauben, aber auch Reiher wurden mit Gewehrschüssen erlegt, das Insektizid Trichlorfon (Dipterex) wurde in Ho-Chi-Minh-Stadt eingesetzt. Dort war auch die Geflügelzucht verboten worden, und alle in Haushalten lebenden Vögel sollten aus der Stadt gebracht werden, bis Vietnam frei von der Tierseuche sei.
Die Seuche, deren Überspringen auf den Menschen nach einer Mutation des Erregers vom Typ Influenza A-H5N1 befürchtet wird, ist inzwischen in Südostasien und China unter wildlebenden Vögeln endemisch und verursachte bisher in 19 der 64 Provinzen Vietnams Epidemien in Geflügelhaltungen. Die Stadtbehörden wollten dem Einschleppen aus dem Umland vorbeugen.
Tierseuchenexperten der FAO lehnen die Tötung wildlebender Vögel ab, weil dies ineffektiv sei und die Aufmerksamkeit ablenke von der primär nötigen Bekämpfung der Seuche unter Hausgeflügel durch Notschlachtung, Quarantäne und Impfung. Außerdem gehe von zur Geflügelzucht gehaltenen erkrankten Tieren die eigentliche Gefahr für Menschen aus, auch seien typischerweise in Städten vorkommende wilde Vogelarten bisher weniger als Träger der Seuche aufgefallen im Unterschied zu Zugvögeln, die am Wasser und in Feuchtgebieten leben, wie wilden Enten, Gänsen oder Schwänen. |
pt | Por Tessa Koumoundouros
Publicado na ScienceAlert
A questão de saber se um primata de 7 milhões de anos, apelidado de ‘Toumaï’, andava sobre duas ou quatro patas gerou um debate entre os paleontólogos – com um fêmur desaparecido para piorar a situação.
Desde a descoberta do primeiro fóssil de Sahelanthropus tchadensis em 2001, ele tem sido frequentemente citado como nosso mais antigo ancestral hominídeo conhecido. A análise inicial sugeriu que o Sahelanthropus andava ereto regularmente e tinha uma combinação de características de macacos atuais e humanos.
Essas conclusões, no entanto, foram baseadas em um único crânio.
O crânio tem características anatômicas que potencialmente indicam que este primata tinha uma coluna ereta e, portanto, passava parte de seu tempo caminhando apenas sobre duas pernas. Seus dentes pequenos também parecem mais humanos do que de macaco. Uma reconstrução posterior corroborou com esses achados.
Mas outros pesquisadores argumentaram que isso por si só não é evidência suficiente para classificar o Sahelanthropus como um hominídeo bípede – um primata diretamente ancestral dos humanos – em vez de um hominídeo aparentado, mas não diretamente ancestral.
Na mesma época e no mesmo local onde o crânio foi encontrado, em Toros-Menalla, no Chade, um fêmur esquerdo parcial também foi recuperado. O fêmur desapareceu depois que outro pesquisador começou a examiná-lo em 2004, tendo-o encontrado supostamente por acaso.
Aude Bergeret-Medina e seu supervisor, o paleoantropólogo Roberto Macchiarelli da Universidade de Poitiers, na França, continuaram suas análises com base em medições e fotos. Eles acabam de publicar suas descobertas, que levantam dúvidas sobre o lugar do Sahelanthropus em nossa árvore genealógica.
“Com base em nossas análises, o fêmur parcial carece de qualquer característica consistente com episódios regulares de percursos bípedes terrestres”, escrevem Macchiarelli e a equipe em seu artigo.
“Assim, se houver evidências convincentes de que S. tchadensis é um hominídeo antepassado, então o bipedalismo não pode mais ser visto como um requisito para inclusão no clado de hominídeo”.
Outro artigo que ainda aguarda revisão por pares de um dos autores dos estudos originais do Sahelanthropus contesta isso, alegando que o fêmur tem uma crista superior rígida que sustenta uma postura ereta.
Enquanto isso, outro paleontólogo, Martin Pickford, do Museu Nacional de História Natural da França, se pergunta se o fêmur pertence a Toumaï, ou pelo menos a outro Sahelanthropus.
Ainda assim, outros concordam com a avaliação de Macchiarelli sobre o fêmur.
“Eu vi as imagens 10 ou 12 anos atrás, e ficou claro para mim que é mais parecido com um chimpanzé do que para qualquer outro hominídeo”, disse a paleontóloga da Universidade de Tübinge Madelaine Böhme, que não estava envolvida em qualquer um dos estudos, a New Scientist.
A análise das diferenças moleculares em nosso DNA sugere que os humanos se separaram dos chimpanzés e bonobos (nossos parentes vivos mais próximos), cerca de 6 a 8 milhões de anos atrás. A única outra evidência fóssil de um possível hominídeo daquela época é o Orrorin tugenensis.
Macchiarelli e a equipe compararam o fêmur com um de O. tugenensis e determinaram que há pelo menos diferença no nível de espécie entre eles.
Depois de compará-los com Australopithecus, gorilas e humanos modernos, eles acreditam que essas diferenças sugerem que o modo de locomoção das duas espécies mais antigas também era diferente.
Eles suspeitam que o Sahelanthropus pode ser um parente ancestral sem descendentes vivos remanescentes – uma linhagem de primatas que foi extinta.
Eles também apontam que outros pesquisadores sugeriram que os pequenos dentes encontrados no estudo original poderiam apenas indicar que o primata é uma fêmea. Mas a equipe concorda que, no entanto, questões fascinantes permanecem, particularmente em torno das limites que usamos para definir o que exatamente torna um primata um ser humano, citando um artigo de 2017 em sua conclusão:
“Exatamente onde na África, e sob quais circunstâncias, a demarcação homem-macaco começou, e quando, como e porquê a fronteira homem-macaco se tornou irrevogavelmente estabelecida, são desafios de pesquisa importantes que ainda não foram resolvidos”.
Precisaremos de muito mais fósseis antes de sabermos as respostas.
Esta pesquisa foi publicada no Journal of Human Evolution. | pt | Elo Perdido
O foi descoberto em 2001 e foi declarado o ancestral direto dos humanos, mas agora os pesquisadores realizaram uma análise teórica sobre como isso pode não ser o caso. De acordo com um estudo publicado no Journal of Human Evolution, o fóssil de primata estimado com 7 milhões de anos encontrado no , na África em 2001 pode não ser do Sahelanthropus tchadensis, o hominídeo ancestral mais antigo conhecido da humanidade |
pt | O termo humano refere-se a diversas espécies, não só aos sapiens (nós). Humanos são todos os animais do gênero homo – os homo sapiens, homo neanderthalensis, homo erectus, entre diversas outras espécies. Embora algumas divergências, é consideravelmente aceito que este crânio primata descoberto em 2001 e descrito em 2002 se trata do hominídeo mais antigo conhecido – mas não humano. Os cientistas nomearam a espécie de Sahelanthropus tchadensis.
No passado, outras espécies humanas pisaram pela Terra – alguns tão inteligentes como os sapiens. Os neandertais, por exemplo, eram muito mais complexos do que sabia-se até pouco tempo atrás, conforme achados recentes. Mas todas as outras espécies humanas sumiram, e apenas nós sobrevivemos – e ninguém conhece ao certo o motivo. Talvez seja algo relacionado às guerras e luta pela sobrevivência entre as espécies.
Considera-se o Sahelanthropus tchadensis o hominídeo mais antigo conhecido, ou seja, o ancestral primata mais antigo parecido com os humanos. Entre os hominídeos de hoje estão os humanos, os chimpanzés, os gorilas e os orangotangos. Os hominídeos caracterizam-se pela ausência de cauda, pelo polegar opositor, proporção maior do crânio em relação ao corpo, além de diversas outras características, em comparação aos outros primatas – características que permitem, por exemplo, a utilização de ferramentas e comportamentos mais tecnológicos em diversos sentidos.
Apenas um crânio primata?
No entanto, os cientistas consideraram nosso amigo ancestral como um hominídeo bípede com base em apenas um único crânio – o único conhecido. As características anatômicas indicam uma coluna ereta, e os dentes pequenos também indicam semelhanças com hominídeos. As evidências acarretaram na razoável aceitação de que fosse um ancestral dos humanos, além de um ancestral comum entre humanos e chimpanzés, como explica o bioantropólogo Walter Neves, da USP, no vídeo abaixo:
Mas claro, na ciência questiona-se tudo. Ainda em 2002, um quarteto de pesquisadores publicou um estudo na revista Nature dizendo que não haviam evidências o suficiente para classificá-lo como um hominídeo bípede e ancestral dos humanos. Na verdade, eles sugerem que fosse, talvez, um hominídeo, mas de outra linhagem – um primo dos humanos.
Na mesma época que encontraram o crânio primata, eles também localizaram um fêmur, que desapareceu misteriosamente com um pesquisador em 2004, mas reapareceu recentemente. Então, análises do fêmur ficaram defasadas, pela indisponibilidade da peça para que pesquisadores a analisassem.
Questionamentos de todos os lados
Agora, Aude Bergeret-Medina e o paleoantropólogo Roberto Macchiarelli, ambos pesquisadores da Universidade de Poitiers, na França, lideraram um estudo que encontrou novos dados. Eles o publicaram no periódico Journal of Human Evolution.
Sahelanthropus tchadensis. (Didier Descouens).
Os pesquisadores dizem que o fêmur não pode ser de um animal bípede, pelo grau de encaixe, por exemplo. Além disso, eles dizem que se o S. tchadensis é bípede, os cientistas não poderiam utilizar o bipedalismo como uma característica requisitória para o grupo dos hominídeos.
Mas seus argumentos tornaram-se polêmicos. O pesquisador Martin Pickford, do Museu Nacional de História Natural da França, questiona a origem do fêmur. Ele não diz que o fêmur é forjado, ou algo assim. Mas ele questiona a espécie dona do fêmur. Para ele não há certeza de que o crânio e o fêmur pertencem, de fato, à mesma espécie. Outros críticos dizem que é difícil dar um veredito, já que o fêmur está bastante deformado para análises de bipedalismo.
O grupo comparou o primata com o Australopithecus (antigo e importante ancestral humano), gorilas e humanos. Eles questionam também o crânio, argumentando, também, que os dentes de um único crânio não justificam uma semelhança com os hominídeos. Conforme o grupo, o crânio poderia pertencer a uma pequena fêmea. Para eles, S. tchadensis não é um ancestral humano, muito menos hominídeo. Mas, como vimos, trata-se de um ponto polêmico.
O estudo foi publicado no periódico Journal of Human Evolution.
Com informações de Science Alert e Phys.org. | pt | Elo Perdido
O foi descoberto em 2001 e foi declarado o ancestral direto dos humanos, mas agora os pesquisadores realizaram uma análise teórica sobre como isso pode não ser o caso. De acordo com um estudo publicado no Journal of Human Evolution, o fóssil de primata estimado com 7 milhões de anos encontrado no , na África em 2001 pode não ser do Sahelanthropus tchadensis, o hominídeo ancestral mais antigo conhecido da humanidade |
pt | O fóssil foi encontrado em 2001 e declarado como sendo um ancestral direto dos humanos, mas agora pesquisadores teorizam sobre como isso pode não ser o caso.
O fóssil de um primata com idade estimada de sete milhões de anos, encontrado no Chade, África, em 2001, pode não ser do Sahelanthropus tchadensis, o hominídeo ancestral mais antigo conhecido da humanidade, aponta um estudo publicado na revista Journal of Human Evolution.
Os autores do achado original, chamado Houmai, publicaram um estudo em 2002 em que anunciaram que o hominídeo andava regularmente de pé e tinha uma combinação de características semelhantes às de um símio e de um ser humano. As conclusões do estudo foram apoiadas por uma reconstrução de 2005.
No entanto, outros pesquisadores argumentaram que tal não era suficiente para considerar a espécie um ancestral dos humanos, em vez de alguém parcialmente relacionado aos humanos.
Um osso fêmur foi encontrado mais ou menos no mesmo local do achado original pela pesquisadora Aude Bergeret-Medina, que teve brevemente acesso a ele em 2004, e mais tarde o analisou com base em medições e fotos junto com o paleoantropólogo Roberto Macchiarelli, da Universidade de Poitiers, França. Essa equipe publicou agora suas conclusões.
"Com base em nossas análises, falta ao fêmur parcial qualquer característica consistente com frequentes viagens bípedes terrestres", afirma o estudo, acrescentando que o Sahelanthropus tchadensis pode se ter extinguido, e que os pequenos dentes podem indicar ser simplesmente uma primata fêmea.
Madelaine Bohme, paleontóloga da Universidade de Tubingen, Alemanha, que não estava envolvida em nenhum dos estudos, em declarações à revista New Scientist, diz que concorda com essa avaliação.
Um dos autores dos estudos originais do hominídeo contesta essa hipótese em uma pesquisa ainda não revista por pares, enquanto Martin Pickford, do Museu Nacional de História Natural da França, se pergunta se o fêmur pertence mesmo a Toumai, ou pelo menos a outro Sahelanthropus tchadensis. | pt | Elo Perdido
O foi descoberto em 2001 e foi declarado o ancestral direto dos humanos, mas agora os pesquisadores realizaram uma análise teórica sobre como isso pode não ser o caso. De acordo com um estudo publicado no Journal of Human Evolution, o fóssil de primata estimado com 7 milhões de anos encontrado no , na África em 2001 pode não ser do Sahelanthropus tchadensis, o hominídeo ancestral mais antigo conhecido da humanidade |
pt | Arqueólogos encontraram novos vestígios do extenso comércio de vinho feito além mares pelos antigos fenícios, com a descoberta do lagar de vinho mais antigo do Líbano.
Esta descoberta lança uma nova luz sobre a produção de vinho dos fenícios, os mercadores marítimos que introduziram a cultura de beber vinho por todo o antigo Mediterrâneo, e cuja influência perdura na popularidade que a bebida tem mundialmente.
As escavações feitas em Tell el-Burak, no Líbano, a cerca de oito quilómetros a sul da cidade costeira de Sidon, revelaram vestígios bem preservados de um lagar de vinho que foi usado pelo menos desde o século VII a.C. É o primeiro lagar de vinho alguma vez encontrado nas terras de origem dos fenícios, que correspondem aproximadamente ao Líbano da atualidade. A descoberta foi apresentada num estudo publicado no dia 15 de setembro na revista Antiquity.
A enorme quantidade de sementes encontradas mostra que as uvas eram trazidas de vinhas nas proximidades e pisadas num enorme reservatório, feito de gesso resistente, com capacidade para mais de 4500 litros.
O mosto resultante era recolhido numa cuba grande e armazenado em potes característicos de cerâmica, conhecidos por ânforas, para fermentar, envelhecer e para transporte. (Descubra como as alterações climáticas estão a mudar o paladar do vinho.) | pt | Arqueólogos descobriram novos vestígios do extenso comércio de vinho realizado pelos antigos fenícios no exterior e descobriram a editora de vinhos mais antiga do . Esta descoberta traz um novo destaque para a produção de vinho dos fenícios, são os mercadores de navegação, que introduziram a cultura do vinho em toda a antiga região do Mediterrâneo, cuja influência tem afetado a produção de vinho em todo o mundo.
Escavações em Tell el-Burak, no Líbano, a cerca de oito quilômetros ao sul da cidade costeira de Sidon, encontraram os restos de um lagar de vinho bem preservado, que está em uso desde pelo menos o século 7 a.C. Sobre. Este é o primeiro lagar de vinho encontrado na terra natal dos fenícios, aproximadamente equivalente ao atual Líbano. A descoberta foi publicada na edição de 15 de setembro da revista Antiquity. |
en | Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, January 23, 2005; Page A01
The Pentagon, expanding into the CIA's historic bailiwick, has created a new espionage arm and is reinterpreting U.S. law to give Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld broad authority over clandestine operations abroad, according to interviews with participants and documents obtained by The Washington Post.
The previously undisclosed organization, called the Strategic Support Branch, arose from Rumsfeld's written order to end his "near total dependence on CIA" for what is known as human intelligence. Designed to operate without detection and under the defense secretary's direct control, the Strategic Support Branch deploys small teams of case officers, linguists, interrogators and technical specialists alongside newly empowered special operations forces.
Military and civilian participants said in interviews that the new unit has been operating in secret for two years -- in Iraq, Afghanistan and other places they declined to name. According to an early planning memorandum to Rumsfeld from Gen. Richard B. Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the focus of the intelligence initiative is on "emerging target countries such as Somalia, Yemen, Indonesia, Philippines and Georgia." Myers and his staff declined to be interviewed.
The Strategic Support Branch was created to provide Rumsfeld with independent tools for the "full spectrum of humint operations," according to an internal account of its origin and mission. Human intelligence operations, a term used in counterpoint to technical means such as satellite photography, range from interrogation of prisoners and scouting of targets in wartime to the peacetime recruitment of foreign spies. A recent Pentagon memo states that recruited agents may include "notorious figures" whose links to the U.S. government would be embarrassing if disclosed.
Perhaps the most significant shift is the Defense Department's bid to conduct surreptitious missions, in friendly and unfriendly states, when conventional war is a distant or unlikely prospect -- activities that have traditionally been the province of the CIA's Directorate of Operations. Senior Rumsfeld advisers said those missions are central to what they called the department's predominant role in combating terrorist threats.
The Pentagon has a vast bureaucracy devoted to gathering and analyzing intelligence, often in concert with the CIA, and news reports over more than a year have described Rumsfeld's drive for more and better human intelligence. But the creation of the espionage branch, the scope of its clandestine operations and the breadth of Rumsfeld's asserted legal authority have not been detailed publicly before. Two longtime members of the House Intelligence Committee, a Democrat and a Republican, said they knew no details before being interviewed for this article.
Pentagon officials said they established the Strategic Support Branch using "reprogrammed" funds, without explicit congressional authority or appropriation. Defense intelligence missions, they said, are subject to less stringent congressional oversight than comparable operations by the CIA. Rumsfeld's dissatisfaction with the CIA's operations directorate, and his determination to build what amounts in some respects to a rival service, follows struggles with then-CIA Director George J. Tenet over intelligence collection priorities in Afghanistan and Iraq. Pentagon officials said the CIA naturally has interests that differ from those of military commanders, but they also criticized its operations directorate as understaffed, slow-moving and risk-averse. A recurring phrase in internal Pentagon documents is the requirement for a human intelligence branch "directly responsive to tasking from SecDef," or Rumsfeld.
The new unit's performance in the field -- and its latest commander, reserve Army Col. George Waldroup -- are controversial among those involved in the closely held program. Pentagon officials acknowledged that Waldroup and many of those brought quickly into his service lack the experience and training typical of intelligence officers and special operators. In his civilian career as a federal manager, according to a Justice Department inspector general's report, Waldroup was at the center of a 1996 probe into alleged deception of Congress concerning staffing problems at Miami International Airport. Navy Vice Adm. Lowell E. Jacoby, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, expressed "utmost confidence in Colonel Waldroup's capabilities" and said in an interview that Waldroup's unit has scored "a whole series of successes" that he could not reveal in public. He acknowledged the risks, however, of trying to expand human intelligence too fast: "It's not something you quickly constitute as a capability. It's going to take years to do."
Rumsfeld's ambitious plans rely principally on the Tampa-based U.S. Special Operations Command, or SOCOM, and on its clandestine component, the Joint Special Operations Command. Rumsfeld has designated SOCOM's leader, Army Gen. Bryan D. Brown, as the military commander in chief in the war on terrorism. He has also given Brown's subordinates new authority to pay foreign agents. The Strategic Support Branch is intended to add missing capabilities -- such as the skill to establish local spy networks and the technology for direct access to national intelligence databases -- to the military's much larger special operations squadrons. Some Pentagon officials refer to the combined units as the "secret army of Northern Virginia."
Known as "special mission units," Brown's elite forces are not acknowledged publicly. They include two squadrons of an Army unit popularly known as Delta Force, another Army squadron -- formerly code-named Gray Fox -- that specializes in close-in electronic surveillance, an Air Force human intelligence unit and the Navy unit popularly known as SEAL Team Six.
The Defense Department is planning for further growth. Among the proposals circulating are the establishment of a Pentagon-controlled espionage school, largely duplicating the CIA's Field Tradecraft Course at Camp Perry, Va., and of intelligence operations commands for every region overseas.
Rumsfeld's efforts, launched in October 2001, address two widely shared goals. One is to give combat forces, such as those fighting the insurgency in Iraq, more and better information about their immediate enemy. The other is to find new tools to penetrate and destroy the shadowy organizations, such as al Qaeda, that pose global threats to U.S. interests in conflicts with little resemblance to conventional war.
In pursuit of those aims, Rumsfeld is laying claim to greater independence of action as Congress seeks to subordinate the 15 U.S. intelligence departments and agencies -- most under Rumsfeld's control -- to the newly created and still unfilled position of national intelligence director. For months, Rumsfeld opposed the intelligence reorganization bill that created the position. He withdrew his objections late last year after House Republican leaders inserted language that he interprets as preserving much of the department's autonomy. | de | Das Pentagon baut eine eigene Abteilung für operative Aufklärung auf, diese Abteilung für „human intelligence“ soll das Pentagon vom CIA unabhängiger machen.
Wie die Washington Post berichtete, untersteht diese neue Abteilung Verteidigungsminister Donald Rumsfeld und schafft Informationen heran, zum Teil durch geheime Operationen, um die US-Truppen mit besseren Informationen zu versorgen und militärische Ziele auszukundschaften. Dem Zeitungsbericht zufolge gäbe es den Dienst schon seit zwei Jahren. Der Einsatz von Spionen und das Abschöpfen von menschlichen Quellen war bisher dem CIA vorbehalten. Diese Erweiterung der Kompetenzen des Pentagon und die Finanzierung der Spionageabteilung wird vorraussichtlich noch den US-Kongress beschäftigen.
Geheime Operationen werden seit zwei Jahren z.B. in Afghanistan und dem Irak durchgeführt. In einem früheren Memorandum an Rumsfeld erklärte General Richard B. Myers, dass sich der Fokus auf sich „entwickelnde“ Ziele in Ländern wie Jemen, Indonesien, Philippinen und Somalia erstreckt. Bis auf Somalia sind dies Verbündete der USA. |
en | The pregnant elephant died standing in the river Velliyar in Palakkad.
The pregnant elephant that died in Kerala's Palakkad district had consumed crackers stuffed in a coconut, Mannarkkad Divisional Forest Officer Sunil Kumar told NDTV, hours after the arrest of the first accused in the case that has horrified the nation.
Officials, as part of evidence collection, took the arrested person to the location where he used to assist in making explosives.
"As part of the probe and evidence collection, the arrested person was taken to the plantation shed where he would help two others in making the crackers," Forest officer Aashique Ali U said.
The person arrested, Wilson, is a rubber tapper, in his forties.
The other two suspects in this case are on the run. Officials say they are close to tracking them.
Locally-made explosives are often stuffed in fruits or animal fat by locals as traps to scare away wild animals like boars, in a bid to protect their produce.
The elephant, according to officials, would have broken the coconut and eaten a portion including the explosive substance - that left the elephant's mouth completely injured, incapacitating it in a way that it could not eat or drink water for days.
The elephant walked for days with the severe mouth injuries, before wading into a river and dipping its trunk, as if for relief from the agony. It died standing in the river Velliyar in Palakkad.
The animal may have suffered the injury 20 days ago and had starved since, officials guessed from her shrunken form.
"Justice will prevail," Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan promised in tweets on Thursday, responding to the tide of anger and grief after visuals of the elephant, dead in a river, emerged in a forest officer's post earlier this week.
The probe is still underway. | en | On Friday, Indian officials in Kerala arrested a man in connection with the death of a pregnant female elephant suffering from explosive injuries. Authorities said they believed a fruit filled with firecrackers had exploded in her mouth, damaging her jaw and ultimately leading to her death.
According to wildlife officials, the 15-year-old elephant's injuries were discovered on May 25 after she was observed standing in the . Despite attempts by officials to lure her out using two other elephants, the injured elephant remained in the river and died two days later. An autopsy determined the elephant was pregnant before she was cremated. Citing the elephant's reduced body size, officials estimated she may have starved for up to 20 days or longer. The incident gained media attention after local wildlife officer Mohan Krishnan shared his experience on Facebook. Some people expressed their outrage on social media as the incident became known.
Officials later announced an arrest of a — a man in his forties identified only as "P Wilson" — in the elephant's death while as of yesterday two other suspects were reportedly at large. Initial reports stated the firecracker-laden fruit was a ; later reported officials, following an investigation, stated it was a . Forest officials suggested the elephant may have tried to eat a "pig cracker" meant to repel wild boars. |
en | Amid massive outrage over the death of a pregnant elephant in Kerala, the state government has made the first arrest in the case.
Kerala Forest Minister K Raju informed that one accused has been arrested in connection with the case.
The arrested man has been identified as P Wilson, an employee of an estate that cultivates cash crops and spices, media reports said. The minister has said that more arrests will be made by evening.
Earlier on Thursday, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had informed that an investigation is underway “focusing on three suspects” while adding that the government “will do everything possible to bring the culprits to justice”.
The incident is of Palakkad when a pregnant elephant had entered into a village in search of food on May 27. The villagers allegedly fed a pineapple stuffed with crackers to it. As the crackers exploded, the elephant suffered serious injuries on its tongue and mouth.
Later she walked into a river and waited for three days as its life was slowly snuffed out.
Meanwhile, it is alleged that the killing was not deliberate as the elephant had walked into a trap laid for wild boars that come to destroy the crops frequently. The same has been told to the investigators by the man arrested.
The investigation is being jointly carried out by the police and the forest department.
Terming it as “unfortunate”, he said that some people were using this tragedy to unleash a hate campaign.
“Having said that, we are saddened by the fact some have used this tragedy to unleash a hate campaign. Lies built upon inaccurate descriptions and half truths were employed to obliterate the truth. Some even tried to import bigotry into the narrative. Wrong priorities,” Vijayan tweeted.
He further asserted that “Kerala is a society that respects the outrage against injustice.”
The Kerala Forest department had launched a ‘manhunt’ for those responsible for the death of the 15-year-old pregnant wild elephant.
The Central government has also taken a serious note of the incident.
“We will not leave any stone unturned to investigate properly and nab the culprits, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said, while adding that “it is not an Indian culture to feed fire crackers and kill”.
“Environment Ministry has taken a serious note of the death of an elephant in Kerala. Has sought complete report on the incident. Stern action will be taken against the culprit(s),” he said.
The incident has attracted huge condemnation on social media, where the memes showed the mother elephant saying it was her fault to trust the human race, while the unborn child in her womb kept asking: “What is my fault, Ma?” | en | On Friday, Indian officials in Kerala arrested a man in connection with the death of a pregnant female elephant suffering from explosive injuries. Authorities said they believed a fruit filled with firecrackers had exploded in her mouth, damaging her jaw and ultimately leading to her death.
According to wildlife officials, the 15-year-old elephant's injuries were discovered on May 25 after she was observed standing in the . Despite attempts by officials to lure her out using two other elephants, the injured elephant remained in the river and died two days later. An autopsy determined the elephant was pregnant before she was cremated. Citing the elephant's reduced body size, officials estimated she may have starved for up to 20 days or longer. The incident gained media attention after local wildlife officer Mohan Krishnan shared his experience on Facebook. Some people expressed their outrage on social media as the incident became known.
Officials later announced an arrest of a — a man in his forties identified only as "P Wilson" — in the elephant's death while as of yesterday two other suspects were reportedly at large. Initial reports stated the firecracker-laden fruit was a ; later reported officials, following an investigation, stated it was a . Forest officials suggested the elephant may have tried to eat a "pig cracker" meant to repel wild boars. |
en | Palakkad, June 5
In a major breakthrough in the case relating to the death of a pregnant wild elephant in Kerala, one person was arrested on Friday.
“One person was arrested today. There are more accused in the case and efforts are on to nab them," Kerala Forest Minister K Raju told reporters.
Forest and police officials are conducting a joint probe into the elephant’s death and a ‘very fruitful investigation’ is going on, he said.
The Kerala Forest Department in a tweet said: “KFD has zeroed in on the culprits and recorded the first arrest in the wild elephant death case”.
The incident had triggered a national outrage, with Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar and BJP MP and former union minister Maneka Gandhi, among others, reacting to it.
Forest department sources had said yesterday that three people were under the scanner of the joint investigation team of their personnel and Kerala police and a search was on for two more people.
The department had said that there was no conclusive evidence that the injury to the elephant’s lower jaw was caused by a pineapple stuffed with crackers and “it might be a possibility.”
The 15-year-old elephant is suspected to have consumed a pineapple filled with powerful fire crackers which exploded in its mouth in the Silent Valley forest.
It died in the Velliyar River a week later on May 27.
The pachyderm’s tragic end came to light after a forest officer posted an emotional note on his Facebook page, narrating it. —PTI | en | On Friday, Indian officials in Kerala arrested a man in connection with the death of a pregnant female elephant suffering from explosive injuries. Authorities said they believed a fruit filled with firecrackers had exploded in her mouth, damaging her jaw and ultimately leading to her death.
According to wildlife officials, the 15-year-old elephant's injuries were discovered on May 25 after she was observed standing in the . Despite attempts by officials to lure her out using two other elephants, the injured elephant remained in the river and died two days later. An autopsy determined the elephant was pregnant before she was cremated. Citing the elephant's reduced body size, officials estimated she may have starved for up to 20 days or longer. The incident gained media attention after local wildlife officer Mohan Krishnan shared his experience on Facebook. Some people expressed their outrage on social media as the incident became known.
Officials later announced an arrest of a — a man in his forties identified only as "P Wilson" — in the elephant's death while as of yesterday two other suspects were reportedly at large. Initial reports stated the firecracker-laden fruit was a ; later reported officials, following an investigation, stated it was a . Forest officials suggested the elephant may have tried to eat a "pig cracker" meant to repel wild boars. |
en | Image copyright MOHAN krishnan Image caption The elephant stood in the river for four days
Wildlife officials in India are investigating the death of a pregnant elephant after it ate a pineapple containing firecrackers.
The incident in Kerala caused outrage after a forest official posted about the death on social media.
It's unclear if it was an accident, who planted the explosives or why. The animal spent days in pain before dying.
Vets tried but failed to save her. India has some 27,000 wild elephants and another 2,500 in captivity.
The Kerala forest department said on Thursday that "several suspects" were being questioned in connection with the incident. It earlier said there was no "conclusive evidence" to link the death to firecrackers.
Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said the government had taken a "serious note of the killing" and tweeted that it would investigate.
Skip Twitter post by @ForestKerala In the offence registered as per the sections of WL(P)A for hunting the elephant, several suspects are being interrogated. SIT formed for the purpose is making a significant headway in this regard.Forest Dept will leave no stone unturned to ensure max punishment to the offenders — Kerala Forest Department (@ForestKerala) June 4, 2020 Report
Skip Twitter post 2 by @ForestKerala There's no conclusive evidence that injury to lower jaw was caused by pineapple stuffed wd cracker. However this may be a possibility. Dept. has booked offence against unknown offenders, whose identity is being established. — Kerala Forest Department (@ForestKerala) June 3, 2020 Report
The incident has sparked outrage on social media. Ratan Tata, chairman of Tata Sons and one of India's leading businessmen, said "justice needs to prevail".
Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli described the killing as a "cowardly act".
The 15-year-old elephant, which was two months pregnant, apparently strayed into a village near the Silent Valley National Park in Palakkad district last week and ate a pineapple containing firecrackers.
In a Facebook post, forest official Mohan Krishnan said the firecrackers exploded in the animal's mouth and the elephant walked for days in pain before dying on 27 May, standing in a river.
He wrote that the animal "didn't harm a single human being even when she ran in searing pain in the streets of the village".
"When I saw her, she was standing in the river without making any noise. She was possibly getting some relief from immersing her trunk and mouth into the water," Mr Krishnan told the BBC.
A senior local forest official said the elephant stood in water for four days even as wildlife workers and vets tried to save her.
"We tried our best to save the lives of both the mother and the child, but we failed," KK Sunil Kumar told the BBC.
However, it is not clear whether the elephant was fed the firecracker spiked fruit or accidentally ate it.
Image copyright AFP Image caption The elephant died in a river in Kerala
Farmers often scatter such fruits in the area to keep animals - mainly wild boar and pigs - away from damaging their crops, officials say.
Reports say that elephants are at risk when they stray into human settlements to look for food.
"People are getting into conflicts and they resort to different mitigation methods - they put up electric fences, build trenches or become more brutal and use a crude bomb [to keep the animals away]," OP Nammeer, a professor of wildlife at Kerala Agriculture University, told the Mint newspaper. | en | On Friday, Indian officials in Kerala arrested a man in connection with the death of a pregnant female elephant suffering from explosive injuries. Authorities said they believed a fruit filled with firecrackers had exploded in her mouth, damaging her jaw and ultimately leading to her death.
According to wildlife officials, the 15-year-old elephant's injuries were discovered on May 25 after she was observed standing in the . Despite attempts by officials to lure her out using two other elephants, the injured elephant remained in the river and died two days later. An autopsy determined the elephant was pregnant before she was cremated. Citing the elephant's reduced body size, officials estimated she may have starved for up to 20 days or longer. The incident gained media attention after local wildlife officer Mohan Krishnan shared his experience on Facebook. Some people expressed their outrage on social media as the incident became known.
Officials later announced an arrest of a — a man in his forties identified only as "P Wilson" — in the elephant's death while as of yesterday two other suspects were reportedly at large. Initial reports stated the firecracker-laden fruit was a ; later reported officials, following an investigation, stated it was a . Forest officials suggested the elephant may have tried to eat a "pig cracker" meant to repel wild boars. |
en | Kerala Elephant Incident: Fruit exploded in her mouth, leading to the inevitable tragedy.
No arrests have been made a week after a pregnant elephant died in Kerala's Palakkad district, standing in a river. She had eaten a pineapple stuffed with crackers, allegedly placed by some locals. The death of the elephant and the trauma she went through has caused a huge outrage, with thousands calling for strong action against the perpetrators.
The police have launched a probe to catch the culprits and have filed a First Information Report against unknown persons. The incident came to light after a forest officer narrated the details of the horrific death on social media.
Officials now suspect that the elephant ate the fruit either in the end of April or the beginning of May. "We don't know when the incident happened. But because of the starvation and shrinking of the elephant, we suspect that it would have happened around 20 days ago," forest officer Aashique Ali U told NDTV.
The injured elephant walked for days, in searing pain and in hunger.
The elephant's autopsy report came out only yesterday.
The wild elephant had left the forest of Silent Valley, meandering into a nearby village in search of food.
Pineapples with country-made crackers are usually used by locals to protect their fields against wild boars. According to forest officials, the elephant is suspected to have eaten one of the pineapples.
The fruit exploded in her mouth, leading to the inevitable tragedy.
So powerful was the cracker explosion in her mouth that her tongue and mouth were badly injured. The elephant walked around in the village for days, in searing pain and in hunger. She was unable to eat anything because of her injuries. She even went back into the wild.
So powerful was the cracker explosion in her mouth that her tongue and mouth were badly injured.
Officials got to know about the elephant only on May 25, two days before she died.
The elephant eventually walked up to the Velliyar River and stood there. Photos showed the elephant standing in the river with her mouth and trunk in water, perhaps for some relief from the unbearable pain. Forest officer Mohan Krishnan, who narrated the details and shared the photos on Facebook, said she must have done this to avoid flies and other insects on her injuries.
The forest officials brought two captive elephants, who were called Surendran and Neelakanthan, to lead her out of the river.
After attempts by the officials to rescue the elephant, she died at 4 pm on May 27, standing in water.
The elephant was taken back inside the forest in a truck, where the forest officials cremated her. | en | On Friday, Indian officials in Kerala arrested a man in connection with the death of a pregnant female elephant suffering from explosive injuries. Authorities said they believed a fruit filled with firecrackers had exploded in her mouth, damaging her jaw and ultimately leading to her death.
According to wildlife officials, the 15-year-old elephant's injuries were discovered on May 25 after she was observed standing in the . Despite attempts by officials to lure her out using two other elephants, the injured elephant remained in the river and died two days later. An autopsy determined the elephant was pregnant before she was cremated. Citing the elephant's reduced body size, officials estimated she may have starved for up to 20 days or longer. The incident gained media attention after local wildlife officer Mohan Krishnan shared his experience on Facebook. Some people expressed their outrage on social media as the incident became known.
Officials later announced an arrest of a — a man in his forties identified only as "P Wilson" — in the elephant's death while as of yesterday two other suspects were reportedly at large. Initial reports stated the firecracker-laden fruit was a ; later reported officials, following an investigation, stated it was a . Forest officials suggested the elephant may have tried to eat a "pig cracker" meant to repel wild boars. |
es | La fiscalía de Corea del Sur anunció el lunes su intención de detener a la destituida expresidenta Park Geun-hye por acusaciones de corrupción que provocaron un gran escándalo político y provocaron su salida del poder.
Park fue destituida tras ser acusada de conspirar junto a su amiga Choi Soon-sil y con uno de los principales asesores presidenciales para presionar a 16 grupos empresariales, entre los que está Samsung, para que donasen 77.400 millones de wones (69 millones de dólares) a dos organizaciones sin ánimo de lucro controladas por Choi y que usaba para beneficio personal.
La medida llega después de que los fiscales interrogaran a Park durante 14 horas la semana pasada por sospechas de que conspiró con una confidente, ahora encarcelada, para extorsionar a empresas y de que cometió otras faltas durante su mandato.
Una oficina de la fiscalía de Seúl dijo en un comunicado que busca que un tribunal local emita una orden de arresto contra Park.
“El caso es muy grave porque los sospechosos han mostrado acciones de abuso de poder, como el cobrar sobornos de compañías usando la posición de poder y autoridad de la presidenta, violando la libertad de los gerentes de las compañías y filtrando importantes secretos oficiales”, dice el comunicado.
La Corte Central de Distrito de Seúl celebrará una vista el jueves para decidir sobre la petición. Se espera que el tribunal pida a Park que asista a la audiencia y la decisión sobre su futuro podría anunciarse el viernes, según funcionarios judiciales.
La detención es el próximo paso antes de que Park pueda ser acusada formalmente por delitos como extorsión, soborno y abuso de poder. En Corea del Sur, solo la condena de soborno podría acarrear una pena de cadena perpetua.
Park negó haber cometido delito alguno.
Aunque la corte rechace la petición, la fiscalía podría mantener la acusación.
Analistas políticos señalaron que la detención de Park podría avivar las tensiones y crearía una reacción negativa de sus seguidores conservadores antes de las elecciones de mayo, de las que saldrá su sucesor.
Mientras ocupó la presidencia, Park tuvo inmunidad presidencial y se negó a reunirse con los fiscales.
Park se ha disculpado por confiar en Choi, pero dijo que solo le permitió editar algunos de sus discursos presidenciales y que proporcionó ayuda en "relaciones públicas" a la presidencia. | es | La expresidenta Park Geun-hye en 2013.
La fiscalía de anunció el lunes (27) su intención de detener a la destituida expresidenta por acusaciones de corrupción que provocaron un gran y provocaron su .
Park fue destituida tras ser acusada de conspirar junto a su amiga Choi Soon-sil y con uno de los principales asesores presidenciales para presionar a 16 grupos empresariales, entre los que está , para que donasen 77.400 millones de wones (69 millones de dólares) a dos organizaciones sin ánimo de lucro controladas por Choi y que usaba para beneficio personal.
La medida llega después de que los fiscales interrogaran a Park durante 14 horas la semana pasada por sospechas de que conspiró con una confidente, ahora encarcelada, para extorsionar a empresas y de que cometió otras faltas durante su mandato. Una oficina de la fiscalía de dijo en un comunicado que busca que un tribunal local emita una orden de arresto contra Park.
La Corte Central de Distrito de Seúl celebrará una visita el jueves para decidir sobre la petición. Se espera que el tribunal pida a Park que asista a la audiencia y la decisión sobre su futuro podría anunciarse el viernes, según funcionarios judiciales. La detención es el próximo paso antes de que Park pueda ser acusada formalmente por delitos como extorsión, soborno y abuso de poder. En Corea del Sur, solo la condena de soborno podría acarrear una pena de cadena perpetua.
Park negó haber cometido delito alguno. Aunque la corte rechace la petición, la fiscalía podría mantener la acusación. Analistas políticos señalaron que la detención de Park podría avivar las tensiones y crearía una reacción negativa de sus seguidores conservadores antes de las elecciones de mayo, de las que saldrá su sucesor. Mientras ocupó la presidencia, Park tuvo inmunidad presidencial y se negó a reunirse con los fiscales. Park se ha disculpado por confiar en Choi, pero dijo que solo le permitió editar algunos de sus discursos presidenciales y que proporcionó ayuda en "relaciones públicas" a la presidencia. |
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Park fue removida de su cargo después de que la Corte Constitucional de Corea del Sur confirmó la decisión de procesarla por acusaciones de corrupción y amiguismo
El Tribunal Central de Seúl decidirá si se emite la orden de detención
(CNN) - La fiscalía de Corea del Sur dijo el lunes que pedirá una orden de arresto para la presidenta depuesta Park Geun-hye.
"La sospechosa abuso del gran poder y de su posición como presidenta para recibir sobornos de empresas, infringió la libertad de gestión empresarial y filtró importante información oficial confidencial", se lee en el comunicado de la Fiscalía de Distrito Central de Seúl.
La petición será escuchada por un juez del Tribunal Central de Seúl, donde se decidirá si se emite la orden de detención. No se ha fijado fecha para la audiencia.
Park fue removida de su cargo el 10 de marzo, después de que la Corte Constitucional de Corea del Sur confirmó la decisión de procesarla por acusaciones de corrupción y amiguismo.
El escándalo que provocó la caída Park ha dominado la política de Corea del Sur durante meses.
Park fue acusada de estar indebidamente influenciada por su amiga y asesora, Choi Soon-sil, quien está siendo juzgado por abuso de poder y fraude.
Tres personas murieron en violentas protestas que estallaron en Seúl después de la decisión del tribunal constitucional.
La nueva elección presidencial se llevará a cabo el 9 de mayo. | es | La expresidenta Park Geun-hye en 2013.
La fiscalía de anunció el lunes (27) su intención de detener a la destituida expresidenta por acusaciones de corrupción que provocaron un gran y provocaron su .
Park fue destituida tras ser acusada de conspirar junto a su amiga Choi Soon-sil y con uno de los principales asesores presidenciales para presionar a 16 grupos empresariales, entre los que está , para que donasen 77.400 millones de wones (69 millones de dólares) a dos organizaciones sin ánimo de lucro controladas por Choi y que usaba para beneficio personal.
La medida llega después de que los fiscales interrogaran a Park durante 14 horas la semana pasada por sospechas de que conspiró con una confidente, ahora encarcelada, para extorsionar a empresas y de que cometió otras faltas durante su mandato. Una oficina de la fiscalía de dijo en un comunicado que busca que un tribunal local emita una orden de arresto contra Park.
La Corte Central de Distrito de Seúl celebrará una visita el jueves para decidir sobre la petición. Se espera que el tribunal pida a Park que asista a la audiencia y la decisión sobre su futuro podría anunciarse el viernes, según funcionarios judiciales. La detención es el próximo paso antes de que Park pueda ser acusada formalmente por delitos como extorsión, soborno y abuso de poder. En Corea del Sur, solo la condena de soborno podría acarrear una pena de cadena perpetua.
Park negó haber cometido delito alguno. Aunque la corte rechace la petición, la fiscalía podría mantener la acusación. Analistas políticos señalaron que la detención de Park podría avivar las tensiones y crearía una reacción negativa de sus seguidores conservadores antes de las elecciones de mayo, de las que saldrá su sucesor. Mientras ocupó la presidencia, Park tuvo inmunidad presidencial y se negó a reunirse con los fiscales. Park se ha disculpado por confiar en Choi, pero dijo que solo le permitió editar algunos de sus discursos presidenciales y que proporcionó ayuda en "relaciones públicas" a la presidencia. |
en | Apple удалила из App Store популярную игру Fortnite, разработчиком которой является компания Epic Games. То же самое вскоре сделал Google в своём магазине приложений.
Apple обосновала своё решение тем, что Epic Games нарушила правила платформы, добавив в своё приложение возможность оплаты внутриигровых покупок в обход сервисного сбора в размере 30% — в качестве решения разработчик игр внедрил в популярный сетевой шутер Fortnite собственную платежную систему Epic, сопроводив запуск следующим сообщением:
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В Apple и Google решили, что тем самым Epic нарушила правила маркетплейсов.
«Epic Games предприняла неудачную попытку нарушить правила AppStore, которые применяются ко всем разработчикам одинаково и которые созданы для безопасности наших пользователей», — сказали в Apple, намекнув, что «на особые договоренности» компания может не рассчитывать.
Разработчики Fortnite посчитали произошедшее незаконным и подали в суд на Apple и Google с требованием «разрешить честную конкуренцию» в распространении мобильных приложений. Epic обвинила Apple в злоупотреблении доминированием на рынке дистрибуции iOS-приложений и на рынке платежей внутри iOS-приложений, а Google — в нарушении антимонопольных правил с «использованием своего масштаба для того, чтобы сделать зло конкурентам».
Также Epic Games анонсировала премьеру короткометражки Nineteen Eighty-Fortnite — пародию на фильм Apple «1984», в котором был впервые представлен компьютер Macintosh. В ролике Epic Games компания Apple — не инноватор, как в оригинальной версии фильма, а деспот.
Epic Games has defied the App Store Monopoly. In retaliation, Apple is blocking Fortnite from a billion devices.
Visit https://t.co/K3S07w5uEk and join the fight to stop 2020 from becoming "1984" https://t.co/tpsiCW4gqK
— Fortnite (@FortniteGame) August 13, 2020 | pt | A Apple removeu o popular jogo da App Store, desenvolvido pela Epic Games. O Google fez o mesmo em sua loja de aplicativos logo depois.
A Apple justificou sua decisão pelo fato de que a Epic Games violou as regras da plataforma, adicionando ao seu aplicativo a capacidade de pagar por compras no jogo contornando uma taxa de serviço de 30%.
“A Epic Games fez uma tentativa malsucedida de violar as regras da AppStore, que se aplicam igualmente a todos os desenvolvedores e que são projetadas para a segurança de nossos usuários”, disse a Apple, sugerindo que a empresa não poderia contar com “acordos especiais”.
Os desenvolvedores do Fortnite consideraram o incidente ilegal e processaram a Apple e o Google. A Epic acusou a Apple de violar as regras antitruste ao "usar sua escala para prejudicar os concorrentes".
O Google, ao contrário da Apple, permite que aplicativos sejam baixados além de sua própria loja, mas esses ''downloads'' são acompanhados por avisos de ''''.
O site da Epic oferece ''download'' direto do jogo por meio de um código QR, e o jogo também está disponível na Samsung Galaxy Store. |
pl | W Hamburgu zmarła legenda niemieckiej branży firm wysyłkowych. Werner Otto, założyciel i szef OTTO-Versand, zmarł w otoczeniu rodziny w wieku 102 lat.
Otto Werner był uosobieniem niemieckiego cudu gospodarczego okresu powojennego: startując z kapitałem 6 tysięcy marek i czworgiem pracowników zbudował światowy koncern wysyłkowy.
Urodził się w roku 1909 w Brandenburgii. Właściwie chciał zostać pisarzem, ale najpierw wyuczył się zawodu kupieckiego i pierwszy swój sklep założył w Szczecinie.
Potem założył sklep z wyrobami tytoniowymi, po wojnie, już w Hamburgu, fabrykę butów. Lecz ta nie okazała się rentowna ze względu na poważną konkurencję z południowych Niemiec i po krótkim czasie została zamknięta. Potem było owe legendarne już 6 tysięcy marek i garsta pracowników, z którą stworzył w 1949 roku, także w Hamburgu, firmę wysyłkową.
Jako jeden z pierwszych kupców opraktykował model sprzedaży wysyłkowej bez przekazywania zamówionych towarów za zaliczeniem, lecz dołączając do przesyłki rachunek, który klient musiał wyrównać. W asortymencie domu wysyłkowego stawiał bardziej na jakość niż na niskie ceny, co odróżniało go od konkurencji i zdejmowało z jego firmy odium taniochy. Przez to zdobył klientów także w zamożniejszych warstwach społeczeństwa.
Aktywny do ostatnich dni
W roku 1953 OTTO-Versand miał obroty rzędu 5 milionów marek, dwa lata później - 28 milionów. Od roku 1965 królował niepodzielnie w czołówce firm wysyłkowych.
Najstarszy syn Wernera Otto, Michael, przekształcił w latach 80. XX w ojcowską firmę w światowy koncern. Lecz sam ojciec nie spoczął na laurach - niezależnie od gałęzi handlowej we współpracy z firmą ECE położył podwaliny pod następny sukces: wiodące do dziś przedsiębiorstwo managementu dla centrów handlowych w Europie.
Po roku 1966 Werner Otto wycofywał się stopniowo z bezpośredniego zarządzania koncernem i scedował fotel szefa zarządu na Guentera Nawrata, a sam zadowolił się funkcją szefa rady nadzorczej. W listopadzie 1981 roku odsunął się jeszcze bardziej od aktywnych działań pozostając honorowym przewodniczącym rady nadzorczej do końca życia.
Podając informacje działalności Wernera Otto nie można pominąć jego działalności dobroczynnej i kulturalnej, za które otrzymał liczne narodowe i międzynarodowe odznaczenia. Ostatnim z nich było nadanie mu przy okazji setnych urodzin przed dwoma laty tytułu Honorowego Obywatela Berlina.
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red.odp.: Andrzej Pawlak | pl | Siedziba Otto-Versand w Hamburgu-Bramfeld
'''W Berlinie w otoczeniu rodziny zmarł Werner Otto, założyciel niemieckiego koncernu wysyłkowego.'''
W 1949 roku z kapitałem 6 000 marek i garstką pracowników zbudował firmę wysyłkową OTTO-Versand, która z czasem stała się potężnym światowym koncernem. Otto Werner, z zawodu kupiec, został modelowym przykładem "cudu gospodarczego" okresu powojennego. Był pionierem niemieckiej gospodarki. Zmarł 21 grudnia w wieku 102 lat. |
de | Milliardär Werner Otto, Gründer des größten Versandhauses der Welt, ist tot. Er wurde 102 Jahre alt.
Otto starb bereits letzten Mittwoch im Beisein seiner Familie in Berlin, teilte das Unternehmen am Dienstag mit.
Werner Otto hatte den Versand 1949 in Hamburg gegründet und bis Mitte der 60er-Jahre zu einem der führenden Unternehmen der Branche ausgebaut. Sein ältester Sohn Michael formte die Otto Group seit den 80er-Jahren zu einem Weltkonzern.
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Platz 1: Karl Albrecht (Aldi)Vermögen: 17,2 Milliarden Euro (geschätzt) Platz 2: Berthold und Theo Albrecht jr. (Kinder des Aldi-Gründers Theo Albrecht)Vermögen: 16,0 Milliarden Euro (geschätzt) Platz 3: Dieter Schwarz (Lidl)Vermögen: 11,5 Milliarden Euro Platz 4: Familie Otto (Otto Versand)Vermögen: 9 Milliarden Euro Platz 5: Susanne Klatten (BMW, Altana)Vermögen: 8,9 Milliarden Euro Platz 6: Familie Reimann (Reckitt Benckiser, Coty)Vermögen: 8 Milliarden Euro Platz 7: Reinhold Würth (Würth)Vermögen: 7,2 Milliarden Euro Platz 8: Günter und Daniela Herz (Germanischer Lloyd)Vermögen: 7 Milliarden Euro Platz 9: Familie Oetker (Oetker)Vermögen: 7 Milliarden Euro Platz 10: Familie Rethmann (Remondis)Vermögen: 6 Milliarden Euro
Der Unternehmensgründer baute völlig unabhängig davon mit der ECE ein zweites Erfolgsunternehmen auf, heute die führende Entwicklungs- und Managementgesellschaft für Einkaufscenter in Europa. Er betätigte sich vielfach als Mäzen für soziale und kulturelle Ziele. Otto hinterlässt seine Ehefrau Maren und fünf Kinder.
WER WAR DER VERSANDHAUS-MAGNAT?
Werner Otto wurde in der Nähe von Seelow am Oderbruch geboren, seine Mutter starb bald nach seiner Geburt. Der Sohn besuchte das Gymnasium in Prenzlau und träumte davon, Dichter zu werden. Daraus wurde nichts. Die Lebensmittelhandlung des Vaters meldete Konkurs an. Kein Geld mehr für die Schule. Mit 17 musste Werner Otto das Gymnasium ohne Abitur verlassen.
Im Zweiten Weltkrieg wurde er eingezogen und erlitt als Obergefreiter eine Kopfverletzung.
Mit seiner Frau, zwei kleinen Kindern und zwei Aktentaschen verschlug es den fast mittellosen Flüchtling nach der deutschen Kapitulation nach Bad Segeberg. Eine Aktentasche barg eine Speckseite, die andere fast wertlose Reichsmark. Mit beider Hilfe gründete Werner Otto in Hamburg-Schnelsen eine Fabrik – für Holzschuhe. Holz war einer der Rohstoffe, die es im hungernden Deutschland noch gab.
Gleich nach der Währungsreform machte er dicht. Sein Besitz bestand nun aus einem Grundstück, einem Auto und rund 6000 Mark. Zwei Kataloge der Firmen Schuh-Bauer und Witt/Weiden brachten ihn auf die Idee, „den Versand von Schuhen zu organisieren“.
1950 erschien sein erster Katalog: 14 Seiten in einer Auflage von 300 Stück. „Wir klebten auf jede Seite zwei Fotos.“ Der Preis wurde „von Hand daneben geschrieben“. Die Kollektion umfasste 28 Paar Schuhe, die Arbeitszeit des Chefs pro Tag 17 Stunden.
Versandhaus-Gründer Werner Otto mit 102 Jahren gestorben Quelle: dapd
Fünf Jahre später machte der Versand bereits 28 Millionen Mark Umsatz.
Werner Otto überstand mit 51 Jahren einen Herzinfarkt. Er wurde Milliardär, Professor Dr. h. c. und erhielt das Große Bundesverdienstkreuz mit Stern. Seine ersten Ehen endeten im verflixten siebten Jahr.
„Nach der Scheidung habe ich mich mit meinen ersten Frauen besser verstanden als vorher“, sagte Otto.
Mit seiner dritten Ehefrau Maren war Otto knapp 50 Jahre verheiratet.
„Mein Mann hatte das große Glück, gesund in einem harmonischen und liebevollen Familienumfeld alt zu werden“, sagte Maren Otto. „Er hat bewusst etwas für seine Gesundheit getan und diszipliniert gelebt. Doch sein wichtigster Lebensgrundsatz war, auch im Alter immer noch Ziele zu haben.“
Werner Ottos ältester Sohn Michael, heute Aufsichtsratschef der Otto Group, sagte, sein Vater habe ein reich erfülltes Leben gehabt. „Er hat sich stets besonders mit der Zukunft beschäftigt und unternehmerisch außerordentlich viel bewegt. Vor allem hat er den Mensch in den Mittelpunkt seines Handelns gestellt, war sozial engagiert und mir persönlich immer ein wertvoller und vertrauter Gesprächspartner.“
Auch der jüngste Sohn Alexander Otto, Chef der ECE, hob die visionäre unternehmerische Kraft seines Vaters hervor.„Vor allem aber war er ein guter Vater, der mich immer inspiriert und angespornt hat.“
Werner Otto ist gelungen, wovon so mancher Unternehmer vergeblich träumt: Er hat in zwei Söhnen Nachfolger gefunden, die sein Lebenswerk fortführen.
Das Erfolgsgeheimnis Werner Ottos ist sein gesunder Menschenverstand. Er hatte Zeit seines Lebens kühne Ideen, aber keine verschrobenen Visionen. Er rechnete besser als andere, aber glaubte nicht, deshalb die Mathematik neu erfunden zu haben. Er hob nie ab, sondern blieb mit beiden Beinen auf dem Boden. Am liebsten auf solchem, der ihm gehörte.
Für seine Leistungen als Unternehmer und Mäzen ist Otto, den Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel (CDU) einen „Titan der Marktwirtschaft“ nannte, vielfach ausgezeichnet worden.
Zuletzt erwiesen die Spitzender Republik der „außergewöhnlichen Gestalt der Zeitgeschichte“ (Klaus Wowereit) zu seinem 100. Geburtstag im August 2009 ihre Reverenz. Kanzlerin und Bundespräsident gratulierten persönlich, der Berliner Senat ernannte Otto zum Ehrenbürger der Stadt.
Und Otto gründete abermals eine Stiftung, diesmal mit einem Kapital von fünf Millionen Euro, zur Unterstützung armer alter Menschen in Berlin und Brandenburg. | pl | Siedziba Otto-Versand w Hamburgu-Bramfeld
'''W Berlinie w otoczeniu rodziny zmarł Werner Otto, założyciel niemieckiego koncernu wysyłkowego.'''
W 1949 roku z kapitałem 6 000 marek i garstką pracowników zbudował firmę wysyłkową OTTO-Versand, która z czasem stała się potężnym światowym koncernem. Otto Werner, z zawodu kupiec, został modelowym przykładem "cudu gospodarczego" okresu powojennego. Był pionierem niemieckiej gospodarki. Zmarł 21 grudnia w wieku 102 lat. |
fr | Ce vendredi à 20h30, heure de Paris, deux voitures ont explosé devant l'hôtel Splendid en plein centre de Ouagadougou. Trois à quatre personnes cagoulées se sont engouffrées dans l'hôtel. Un premier bilan fait état d'au moins quatorze blessés dont trois graves. Selon l'ambassadeur de France au Burkina Faso, il s'agit "d'une attaque terroriste".
Depuis les explosions de deux voitures devant l'hôtel Splendid ce vendredi soir dans le centre de Ouagadougou au Burkina Faso, une fusillade a éclaté à l'intérieur du bâtiment. Trois à quatre hommes armés sont entrés dans l'hôtel dans lequel se trouvent des clients. Selon notre correspondante à Ouagadougou, au moins 14 blessés dont 3 graves ont été évacués après l'attaque dans cet hôtel de luxe.
Le groupe terroriste Al-Mourabitoun de l'Algérien Mokhtar Belmokhtar, affilié à Aqmi (Al-Quaïda au Maghreb islamique) a revendiqué cette attaque.
Sur Twitter, l'ambassadeur de France au Burkina Faso, Gilles Thibault, a très vite qualifié cette fusillade "d'attaque terroriste".
Attaque terroriste avenue N'Krumah. Évitez ce périmètre. Cellule de crise de l'Ambassade : 25 49 66 20 #Burkina — Gilles Thibault (@G_Thibault_Fr) January 15, 2016
03h09 : "l'assaut a commencé" annonce l'ambassadeur de France, Gilles Thibault sur son compte twitter :
L'assaut a commencé, les différents composantes des forces armées et de sécurité se sont réparties les missions. #Burkina #Lwili — Gilles Thibault (@G_Thibault_Fr) 16 Janvier 2016
"Des individus encagoulés"
France Info a diffusé le témoignage d'un Burkinabé qui était à proximité de l'hôtel Splendid, lors de l'attaque toujours en cours ce vendredi soir, à Ouagadougou.
"Il y avait deux véhicules stationnés sur l'avenue. Ils ont pris feu. Les gens ont cru que c'était un accident mais on a vu des individus encagoulés qui se sont mis à tirer, raconte Zungrana Dieudonné. On ne sait pas vraiment ce qu'il se passe. On voit des véhicules en feu et on entend des tirs dans l'hôtel, c'est tout".
Conséquence de l'attaque, un vol Air France Paris-Ouagadougou a été dérouté vers Niamey.
Par ailleurs, le Burkina Faso a été visé par une autre attaque en début d'après-midi ce vendredi. Elle a eu lieu dans une ville à la frontière avec le Mali et a fait deux morts, un gendarme et un civil. "Une vingtaine d'individus non identifiés lourdement armés ont perpétré une attaque contre des gendarmes en mission commandée dans le village de Tin Abao, localité située à une quarantaine de km de Tin Akoff à 40 km de Gorom-Gorom" a précisé l'ambassade de France dans un communiqué. | fr | Le Splendid Hotel (2008)
Deux voitures ont explosé devant le Splendid Hotel et le café Cappuccino, deux établissements fréquentés notamment par les touristes et expatriés occidentaux en plein centre de la capitale , ce vendredi vers 19 h 30 (UTC). Trois à quatre personnes ont alors pénétré dans l'hôtel, où des coups de feu ont été entendus.
L'opération, qui a fait au moins 27 morts, a été revendiquée par Al-Qaïda au Maghreb islamique. Les autorités ont annoncé la fin des opérations samedi en fin de matinée. |
en | Story Highlights • Four students allegedly have sex in classroom while fifth acts as lookout
• Four children charged with obscenity, fifth with being an accessory
• Teacher who was to supervise class went to assembly instead
• Word of incident passes from students to teacher to sheriff's office
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NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AP) -- Five fifth-grade students face criminal charges after authorities said four of them had sex in front of other students in an unsupervised classroom and kept a classmate posted as a lookout for teachers.
The students were arrested Tuesday at the Spearsville school in rural north Louisiana, authorities said. Two 11-year-old girls, a 12-year-old boy and a 13-year old boy were charged with obscenity, a felony. An 11-year-old boy, the alleged lookout, was charged with being an accessory.
"After 44 years of doing this work, nothing shocks me anymore," said Union Parish Sheriff Bob Buckley. "But this comes pretty close."
Authorities said the incident happened March 27 at the school, which houses students from kindergarten through 12th grade. A high school teacher normally watches the fifth-grade class at the time, but went to an assembly for older students and the class was inadvertently left unattended, Buckley said. (Watch authorities try to determine if a crime was committed )
The class, which had around 10 other students, was alone for about 15 minutes, he said.
"When no teacher showed up, the four began to have sex in the classroom with the other elementary students in the classroom with them," he said.
It took a day for authorities to find out about the incident. A student who had been in the class told a high school student about it the next day, Buckley said. The student told a teacher, and school officials notified the sheriff's office. Detectives began questioning students Thursday.
School officials did not return calls seeking comment.
The students, who were not identified because of their age, were released to their parents after their arrests, Buckley said. They will next be arraigned in juvenile court.
A message seeking comment from the district attorney was not immediately returned.
Buckley said it was unclear what penalties the children could face.
Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. | de | Lage des Bezirkes Union-Parish in Louisiana
Im US-amerikanischen Bundesstaat Louisiana wurden fünf Schüler der fünften Klasse kurzzeitig verhaftet, nachdem sie angeblich Sex in einem unbeaufsichtigten Klassenraum hatten. Zwei elfjährige Mädchen, ein zwölf- sowie ein dreizehnjähriger Junge wurden wegen „Obszönität“ angeklagt, was in den USA als Kapitalverbrechen gilt. Ein elfjähriger Junge soll an der Tür Schmiere gestanden und Ausschau nach Lehrern gehalten haben. Hierfür wurde er als Helfer angeklagt.
Nach Aussage der örtlichen Behörden ereignete sich der Vorfall am 27. März mit zehn weiteren Schülern im Klassenraum. Der örtliche Sheriff Bob Buckley äußerte sich dazu gegenüber Associated Press mit den Worten: „Nach 44 Jahren im Dienst schockiert mich fast nichts mehr, aber dies hier ist nahe dran.“
Die Schüler waren etwa 15 Minuten lang allein. Die Behörden erfuhren erst einen Tag später von dem Vorfall, am 28. März. Ein Schüler, der ungenannt bleiben möchte, erzählte davon einem Oberstufenschüler, der den Vorfall einem Lehrer meldete, der ihn wiederum an die örtlichen Amtspersonen weiterleitete.
Jetzt muss durch eine Gerichtsverhandlung geklärt werden, welche Strafen die Jugendlichen zu erwarten haben. |
de | Indonesische Rettungsärzte schieben ein mit Asche bedecktes Opfer des Vulkanausbruchs auf Java in ein Krankenhaus in Pakem am 26. Oktober 2010.
Sleman Seit dem Ausbruch des Vulkans Merapi sind auf der indonesischen Insel Java 28 Menschen getötet worden.
Die meisten Opfer seien zum Teil bis zur Unkenntlichkeit verbrannt, wurde am Mittwoch offiziell mitgeteilt. Der in der Nähe der Großstadt Yogyakarta gelegene Merapi, der zu den aktivsten Vulkanen der Inselrepublik zählt, war am Dienstag ausgebrochen und hatte die umliegende Region mit seinen heißen Gasströmen verwüstet. Viele Dörfer sind mit weißer Asche bedeckt. Mehr als 11.000 Menschen wurden in Sicherheit gebracht.
Wie ein Krankenhaus in Yogyakarta berichtete, ist unter den Toten möglicherweise auch der spirituelle Wächter des Vulkans, Ihm wurde von der Bevölkerung die Fähigkeit zugeschrieben, die Aktivitäten des Berges vorhersagen und dessen Geister besänftigen zu können. Der auf Java als Zauberkundiger verehrte ältere Mann war von seiner Familie als vermisst gemeldet worden. Viele der Opfer des Vulkans wurden in der Nähe seines am Krater gelegenen Hauses gefunden.
Mit dem Vulkanausbruch wird Indonesien bereits zum zweiten Mal innerhalb nur weniger Tage von einer Naturkatastrophe heimgesucht. Am Dienstag hatte ein Tsunami an der Westküste des Landes mindestens 154 Menschen in den Tod gerissen und etliche Dörfer zerstört. Hunderte weitere Menschen werden noch vermisst. Der Tsunami war einem Erdbeben der Stärke 7,5 gefolgt, das am Montag die Region erschüttert hatte. | de | Der Vulkan Merapi (Archivfoto)
Karte der Erdbebenregion
Der Ausbruch des 2.900 Meter hohen Vulkans Merapi am Dienstag, 25 Kilometer nördlich von Yogyakarta auf der Insel Java, forderte bisher 28 Tote. Wie berichtet wird, sind die meisten Opfer infolge der hohen Temperaturen, die mit dem Ascheregen verbunden waren, verbrannt. Der Merapi gilt als der aktivste auf Indonesien gelegene Vulkan.
Es handelt sich bei dem Vulkanausbruch um die zweite große Naturkatastrophe innerhalb weniger Tage. Am Dienstag hatte ein Tsunami zehn Dörfer an der Westküste der indonesischen Hauptinsel Sumatra verwüstet. Die Wellen waren bis zu drei Meter hoch. Die Zahl der durch den Tsunami getöteten Menschen beläuft sich aktuell auf 175. Nach Behördenangaben werden noch 400 Menschen vermisst.
Vorausgegangen war dem Tsunami ein Erdbeben der Stärke 7,7. Das Beben ereignete sich am 25. Oktober um 14:42 Uhr (UTC) in einer Tiefe von 20,6 Kilometern, etwa 240 Kilometer westlich von Bengkulu (Sumatra). |
de | Naturkatastrophen in Indonesien Zahl der Opfer steigt auf über 175
Bild vergrößern Totale Verwüstung: Der Ausbruch des Vulkans Merapi hat auf der Insel Java 25 Menschen das Leben gekostet. - Foto: dpa
Erdbeben, Tsunami, Vulkanausbruch: Mehrere Naturkatastrophen in Folge haben in Indonesien in den vergangenen Tagen zahlreiche Menschenleben gefordert. 400 Menschen werden noch vermisst. US-Präsident Obama bietet Hilfe an.
Durch mehrere Naturkatastrophen in Indonesien sind binnen zwei Tagen mindestens 175 Menschen ums Leben gekommen. Bei dem Erdbeben und nachfolgenden Tsunami sind nach neuesten Angaben mindestens 154 Menschen ums Leben gekommen. Mindestens 400 Menschen würden noch vermisst, teilten die Behörden am Mittwoch mit. Zuvor war von 112 Todesopfern die Rede gewesen. Der Chef der regionalen Rettungskräfte rief zu schneller Unterstützung auf. Die Menschen hätten ihre Häuser verloren und seien auf umfangreiche Hilfe angewiesen. Die Zahl der bislang gelieferten Zelte sei nicht ausreichend. Die Region westlich von Sumatra war am Montagabend von einem Erdbeben der Stärke 7,7 erschüttert worden. Zehn Dörfer wurden auf der entlegenen Mentawai-Inselkette im Indischen Ozean von bis zu drei Meter hohen Wellen weggespült. Die Gegend ist für die Rettungskräfte nur schwer zu erreichen.
Weniger als 24 Stunden nach dem Beben brach auf der ebenfalls zu Indonesien gehörenden Insel Java der Vulkan Merapi aus. Dabei starben bisherigen Angaben zufolge mindestens 25 Menschen. Die indonesischen Behörden hatten eine Tsunami-Warnung für die Gegend nach kurzer Zeit wieder aufgehoben - das Pazifik-Tsunami-Warnzentrum erklärte jedoch später, das Beben habe „eine riesige Flutwelle ausgelöst“. Auf Südpagai, einer der Mentawai-Inseln, schossen die Flutwellen nach Behördenangaben 600 Meter weit ins Landesinnere. Vermisste Australier wieder aufgetaucht Eine Gruppe von neun vermissten Australiern tauchte inzwischen wieder auf. Die Surfer seien wohlauf, erklärten die indonesischen Behörden am Mittwoch. Eine andere australische Reisegruppe, die während des Bebens in einer Bucht auf einem Boot unterwegs war, beschrieb den Tsunami als „weiße Wand“. Nach 20 bis 30 Minuten habe sich die Flutwelle zurückgezogen; die Urlauber überlebten alle.
Durch den Ausbruch des Vulkans starben nach neuen Angaben mindestens 25 Menschen. Der rund 2900 Meter hohe Merapi, 25 Kilometer nördlich von Yogyakarta auf der Insel Java gelegen, ist der aktivste der indonesischen Vulkane. Er war zuletzt 2006 ausgebrochen. Der Merapi, hatte am Dienstagabend plötzlich eine riesige Rauchwolke mit glühend heißer Asche mehr als 1500 Meter in die Luft gespuckt. Bereits am Montag hatten die Behörden die Evakuierung der dichtbesiedelten Gegend um den Merapi angeordnet. Rund 19.000 Bewohner in einem Umkreis von zehn Kilometern wurden aufgefordert, ihre Häuser zu verlassen. Tausende folgten der Anordnung, viele Bauern aber weigerten sich, Land und Vieh im Stich zu lassen. Die Asche und Gesteinsbrocken waren auf den Hängen niedergegangen. Bäume fielen um und versperrten die Zugangsstraßen für Rettungswagen. Die Behörden befürchteten deshalb, dass die Zahl der Opfer weiter steigen könnte, da viele Einwohner nicht mehr flüchten konnten. Mehrere hundert Häuser wurden beschädigt. Unter den Toten war ein Mann, der als spiritueller Wächter des Vulkans galt. Mbah Maridjan galt als der Mann, der das Verhalten des Berges voraussagen kann. Er hatte sich geweigert, sein Haus zu verlassen. „Mindestens 25 Menschen sind ums Leben gekommen und 12 wurden verletzt“, sagte Trisno Heru Nugroho, ein Sprecher des nahe gelegenen Krankenhauses. Im Haus von Maridjan wurden 15 Leichen gefunden, berichteten Helfer.
Seine Familie bestätigte nach Angaben des Lokalfernsehens, dass er unter den Opfern war. Der indonesische Staatschef Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono wollte angesichts der Lage in seiner Heimat vorzeitig von einem ASEAN-Gipfel zurückkehren. Der Präsident werde noch am Mittwochmittag die Heimreise aus der vietnamesischen Hauptstadt Hanoi antreten, verlautete aus Kreisen der Gruppe südostasiatischer Staaten (ASEAN). US-Präsident Obama bietet Hilfe an US-Präsident Barack Obama äußerte sich bestürzt über den „Verlust von Menschenleben, die Verletzungen und Schäden“. Die USA stünden bereit für „jegliche Art der Hilfe“, erklärte Obama in Washington. Der Präsident, der als Kind einige Jahre in Indonesien lebte, will das Land kommenden Monat besuchen.
Indonesien befindet sich auf dem sogenannten pazifischen Feuerring, wo sich jährlich hunderte Erdbeben ereignen. Bei der Tsunami-Katastrophe Ende 2004 wurden in mehreren Küstengebieten des Indischen Ozeans mehr als 220.000 Menschen getötet. Am schlimmsten betroffen war Indonesien mit 168.000 Toten. (AFP/dpa) | de | Der Vulkan Merapi (Archivfoto)
Karte der Erdbebenregion
Der Ausbruch des 2.900 Meter hohen Vulkans Merapi am Dienstag, 25 Kilometer nördlich von Yogyakarta auf der Insel Java, forderte bisher 28 Tote. Wie berichtet wird, sind die meisten Opfer infolge der hohen Temperaturen, die mit dem Ascheregen verbunden waren, verbrannt. Der Merapi gilt als der aktivste auf Indonesien gelegene Vulkan.
Es handelt sich bei dem Vulkanausbruch um die zweite große Naturkatastrophe innerhalb weniger Tage. Am Dienstag hatte ein Tsunami zehn Dörfer an der Westküste der indonesischen Hauptinsel Sumatra verwüstet. Die Wellen waren bis zu drei Meter hoch. Die Zahl der durch den Tsunami getöteten Menschen beläuft sich aktuell auf 175. Nach Behördenangaben werden noch 400 Menschen vermisst.
Vorausgegangen war dem Tsunami ein Erdbeben der Stärke 7,7. Das Beben ereignete sich am 25. Oktober um 14:42 Uhr (UTC) in einer Tiefe von 20,6 Kilometern, etwa 240 Kilometer westlich von Bengkulu (Sumatra). |
en | Earthquake Summary
Felt Reports
At least 100 people killed and 500 missing from the earthquake and a 3 meter high tsunami. Felt on Sumatra and in Singapore.
Tectonic Summary
The Pulau Pagai Selatan, Sumatra earthquake of October 25, 2010 occurred as a result of thrust faulting on or near the subduction interface plate boundary between the Australia and Sunda plates. At the location of this earthquake, the Australia Plate move north-northeast with respect to the Sunda plate at a velocity of approximately 57-69 mm/yr. On the basis of the currently available fault mechanism information and earthquake depth it is likely that this earthquake occurred along the plate interface. The subduction zone adjacent to the region of this event last slipped during the Mw 8.5 and 7.9 earthquakes of September 2007, and today's event appears to have occurred near the rupture zones of those earthquakes. Today's earthquake is the latest in a sequence of large ruptures along the Sunda megathrust, including a M 9.1 earthquake that ruptured to within 800 km north of this earthquake in 2004; a M 8.6 700 km to the north between Nias and Simeulue in 2005; and a M 7.5 300 km to the north near Padang in 2009. Today's earthquake occurred near the southern edge of a Mw 8.7-8.9 rupture in 1797 and within the rupture area of a Mw 8.9-9.1 earthquake in 1833.
Earthquake Information for Asia
Earthquake Information for Indonesia | de | Der Vulkan Merapi (Archivfoto)
Karte der Erdbebenregion
Der Ausbruch des 2.900 Meter hohen Vulkans Merapi am Dienstag, 25 Kilometer nördlich von Yogyakarta auf der Insel Java, forderte bisher 28 Tote. Wie berichtet wird, sind die meisten Opfer infolge der hohen Temperaturen, die mit dem Ascheregen verbunden waren, verbrannt. Der Merapi gilt als der aktivste auf Indonesien gelegene Vulkan.
Es handelt sich bei dem Vulkanausbruch um die zweite große Naturkatastrophe innerhalb weniger Tage. Am Dienstag hatte ein Tsunami zehn Dörfer an der Westküste der indonesischen Hauptinsel Sumatra verwüstet. Die Wellen waren bis zu drei Meter hoch. Die Zahl der durch den Tsunami getöteten Menschen beläuft sich aktuell auf 175. Nach Behördenangaben werden noch 400 Menschen vermisst.
Vorausgegangen war dem Tsunami ein Erdbeben der Stärke 7,7. Das Beben ereignete sich am 25. Oktober um 14:42 Uhr (UTC) in einer Tiefe von 20,6 Kilometern, etwa 240 Kilometer westlich von Bengkulu (Sumatra). |
en | 'Jackass' star Ryan Dunn dies in fiery Pa. crash
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — "Jackass" star Ryan Dunn, who along with his cast mates made Americans cringe and snicker through vulgar stunts in their multimillion-dollar TV and movie franchise, was killed early Monday in a fiery car crash. He was 34.
Dunn, a daredevil who gained notoriety for diving into a sewage tank and performing other unsavory stunts, was driving his 2007 Porsche in suburban Philadelphia when it careened off the road, flipped over a guardrail and crashed into the woods before bursting into flames. A passenger, Zachary Hartwell, 30, of West Chester, Pa., was also killed, and speed may have been a factor in the crash, West Goshen Township police said.
The force of impact shattered the vehicle into several twisted and blackened pieces, leaving the Porsche 911 GT3 unrecognizable except for a door that was thrown from the crash and not incinerated. A 100-foot-long tire skid marked where the car left the roadway.
Both Dunn and Hartwell were severely burned. Police said they were able to identify Dunn through his tattoos and hair.
Dunn appeared on MTV shows "Jackass" and "Viva La Bam" and the three "Jackass" big-screen adaptations. He also was the star of his own MTV show, "Homewrecker," and just began hosting the show "Proving Ground" on the G4 cable network.
G4 spokesman Dave Welch said "Proving Ground," which premiered June 11 with the second episode slated to air Tuesday, was being pulled for now until the network can discuss the show's future.
Dunn also starred in the yet-to-be-released film "Living Will." The film's website describes Dunn's character as a "party bum slacker (who) returns from the dead as a mischievous and perverted ghost."
Movie critic Roger Ebert tweeted about Dunn's death Monday and was criticized by Dunn's "Jackass" co-star Bam Margera and blogger Perez Hilton.
Ebert wrote: "'Jackass'" star Ryan Dunn, RIP. His Porsche flew through 40 yards of trees." He later tweeted, "Friends don't let jackasses drink and drive," referring to a photograph Dunn posted on Twitter early Monday showing himself drinking with friends just hours before the 3 a.m. crash. The photo has since been removed.
"We understand what he's trying to say," Hilton wrote, "but still — this is extremely insensitive!"
Margera erupted in expletives when he tweeted Monday night saying, "I just lost my best friend. I have been crying hysterical for a full day and...Roger Ebert has the gall to put in his 2 cents."
In a statement, MTV praised Dunn's humor and enthusiasm and said he would be missed.
"We are devastated by the tragic loss of Ryan Dunn — a beloved member of the MTV family for more than a decade," said Van Toffler, president of MTV Networks Music/Films Group. "The Jackass brotherhood will never be the same."
Dunn was born in Ohio and moved at age 15 to Pennsylvania, where he met Margera on his first day of high school, according to a biography posted on his website.
Dunn, Margera, Christopher Raab (known as Raab Himself) and Brandon DiCamillo, under the moniker CKY for "Camp Kill Yourself," started making videos that featured them skateboarding and performing stunts.
Dunn was working as a welder and at a gas station when Johnny Knoxville, a friend of Margera's through the skateboarding circuit, asked the crew to allow their videos to be part of the series "Jackass," which became a hit on MTV and ran from 2000 to 2002.
Perhaps his most famous stunt, in 2002's "Jackass: The Movie," involved inserting a toy car into his rectum and going to an emergency room, where he made up a story that he was in mysterious pain after passing out at a fraternity party. Dunn's X-ray from the hospital became a popular T-shirt for "Jackass" fans.
That first movie, filmed on a budget of just $5 million, went on to make more than $60 million in the United States alone. The most recent installment, released in 3-D in 2010, brought in $50 million on its opening weekend alone.
In a 2000 stunt, he dived into a tank at a raw sewage plant wearing flippers, a mask and a snorkel.
Autopsies were to be conducted Monday, though it was unclear when the results would be released.
According to court documents, Dunn was charged in April 2005 with driving under the influence after crashing his car in West Whiteland Township, about 2 miles north of Monday's crash site. The documents show he successfully completed a program designed for first-time, nonviolent offenders that allows charges to be dismissed after defendants finish the program.
Copyright © 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | fr | , l'une des vedettes de la série américaine '''', a trouvé la mort dans un accident de la route à l'âge de 34 ans. L'accident s'est produit près de , en samedi matin. Dunn a perdu le contrôle de sa voiture et a percuté un arbre.
Le véhicule a pris feu. Le corps a pu être identifié grâce aux tatouages qu'il portait. Un autre passager a également perdu la vie dans l'accident. La police pense que la vitesse est une des causes de l'accident.
La mort de Dunn a été annoncée par , la mère de l'un de ses partenaire, . , a déclaré la chaîne .
''Jackass'' avait commencé en 2000 après une série de clip postés sur internet où l'on peut voir Dunn exécuter de dangereuses cascades accompagné de Margera, et . L'émission a été créée quand a contacté le groupe pour leur demander s'il pouvait utiliser leurs vidéos pour l'émission.
En plus de la série et des trois films ''Jackass'', Dunn participe aussi à '''' et présente ses propres émissions, '''' et ''Proving Ground''. |
en | A British businessman is facing extradition from the UK to Russia after Moscow issued a request for an Interpol “blue notice” to locate and arrest him. William Browder, a US-born businessman based in London who is campaigning against Russian officials implicated in the death of Sergei Magnitsky, his former lawyer, said the warrant meant that he risked being sent to Russia, tortured and killed if he were to travel anywhere in the world. The move came to light on a day in which President Putin’s use of the courts to constrain freedom of speech was highlighted, with the L | en | Benjamin Mullany, the British man who was shot along with his wife while on holiday in Antigua has died. He and his wife, Catherine had been on the last day of their honeymoon when both were shot during what seems to be a botched robbery on July 29.
Catherine died instantly while Ben fell into a coma. Doctors were unaware if he knew that his wife did not survive the attack. Ben was flown back to Britain on August 2 after a 22 hour operation to try and save his life. He died at Morriston Hospital, in Swansea, Wales where he remained unresponsive.
The couple married on July 12 and later flew out to the holiday island. With the death of both Catherine and Ben the murder figures for Antigua have been placed into double figures. Prime minister Baldwin Spencer has asked for Britain's help during the investigation. The suspects are still at large. |
en | The couple, pictured in south Wales, were on the last day of the honeymoon A husband has died in hospital, a week after he and his wife were shot while on honeymoon in the Caribbean. A spokesman for the hospital in Swansea said following brain stem testing Ben Mullany "has now passed away". His wife Catherine, 31, was killed at their rented holiday cottage in Antigua during an attempted robbery. Mr Mullany, 31, from Pontardawe, was flown home in a critical condition early on Saturday. Mrs Mullany's body was also returned to the UK separately. A spokesman for Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University NHS Trust added: "The thoughts of all the staff who were involved in Ben's care are with his family at this very sad time. "We would now ask the media to respect his family's wishes, and allow them privacy to grieve for Ben." Mr Mullany, who had been studying to be a physiotherapist, had been transferred to Morriston Hospital in Swansea, where his late doctor wife had trained. Earlier, prayers have been said at services in the couple's home town. At the Tabernacle Chapel in Pontardawe, the Rev Gareth Morgan Jones paid a eulogy to Catherine, who he had known since she was at school. "Catherine was a talented person but more than that she was a person full of love," said Mr Morgan Jones. "She was a caring person, loving people and that's why she was an asset to the [medical] profession." Chapel-goers in Pontardawe on Sunday He said the congregation also held a "very moving" minute's silence, then sang a hymn, which Catherine would have once sung in the choir at her school, Ysgol Gyfun Ystalyfera, about turning the night into day. Mr Morgan Jones said after the service that prayers were said for both "close knit" families. Mr Mullany had a fractured skull and a bullet lodged in the back of his head. Doctors said yesterday they were considering brain stem testing if he remained in a coma. His wife's body was flown home separately, accompanied by her parents. Meanwhile, five British police officers in Antigua to help local police have visited the scene of the shooting. The police team, led by Superintendent Keith Niven, were invited to the Caribbean island by the local police chief, who has admitted that his force has been stretched by the investigation. 'Code of silence' The couple, both 31, were attacked last Sunday, the last day of their two-week honeymoon, in what is believed to have been a bungled robbery. Antigua police say a "person of interest" is being interviewed. Island police commissioner Gary Nelson said he is confident of catching the gunman. "We are turning over all the stones to find the person responsible," he told the BBC News Channel. Mr Nelson has also said the police were being hampered by a "code of silence" or lack of trust in police on the island. Police have now questioned more than 30 people in the investigation. A reward of £67,000 has been offered for information leading to the conviction of the killer.
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StumbleUpon What are these? | en | Benjamin Mullany, the British man who was shot along with his wife while on holiday in Antigua has died. He and his wife, Catherine had been on the last day of their honeymoon when both were shot during what seems to be a botched robbery on July 29.
Catherine died instantly while Ben fell into a coma. Doctors were unaware if he knew that his wife did not survive the attack. Ben was flown back to Britain on August 2 after a 22 hour operation to try and save his life. He died at Morriston Hospital, in Swansea, Wales where he remained unresponsive.
The couple married on July 12 and later flew out to the holiday island. With the death of both Catherine and Ben the murder figures for Antigua have been placed into double figures. Prime minister Baldwin Spencer has asked for Britain's help during the investigation. The suspects are still at large. |
en | Volvo: Car manufacturer goes electric, ditches vehicles powered solely by internal combustion engine
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Volvo plans to build only electric and hybrid vehicles starting in 2019, making it the first major automaker to abandon cars and SUVs powered solely by the internal combustion engine.
Key points: Global auto industry slowly moves toward electric-powered vehicles
The transition to fully electric vehicles will take years
Audi and Mercedes-Benz already rolling out mild hybrid cars in Europe.
Chief executive Hakan Samuelsson said the move was dictated by customer demand. It means that in two years, all new Volvo vehicles will have some form of electric propulsion.
The announcement comes as the global auto industry slowly moves towards electric-powered vehicles after more than a century of using engines that burn only fossil fuels.
Even though sales are a fraction of conventional autos, companies must sell them to meet fuel economy and emissions regulations.
In some markets, electric vehicles are seeing increased demand.
Yet, the transition to fully electric vehicles will take years. Although Tesla Inc. announced a $46,000 electric car for the masses and General Motors Co. is selling the all-electric Chevy Bolt for a similar price, less-expensive hybrids are likely to sell more at least in the short run.
Other automakers are likely to follow Volvo's announcement in a few years, with luxury automakers leading the way, senior analyst for Navigant Research Sam Abuelsamid said.
"I think we'll probably see most of the premium brands do the same thing in roughly the same time frame," he said.
"More high-volume mainstream brands will be a little slower."
Manufacturers moving toward hybrids
In order to meet government fuel-economy requirements worldwide, automakers are developing more hybrid systems.
Many are 48-volt "mild hybrids" that assist a gas engine to move a car to make it more efficient, improving gas mileage by 10 or 15 per cent, Mr Abuelsamid said.
Such systems generate enough electricity to allow automakers to move functions, such as air conditioners and water and oil pumps, to electric power, getting rid of mechanical belts that are a drag on the engine.
Those systems can run only when needed, and that can save another 2 or 3 per cent on fuel consumption.
European luxury brands, such as Audi and Mercedes-Benz, are already rolling out mild hybrid cars in Europe.
All manufacturers are moving towards more hybrids, but the transition to 100 per cent electric vehicles is still years away, said Darren Jukes, head of industrial products for accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.
"I don't think we're seeing the end of combustion engines just yet," he said.
Volvo, which is based in Sweden but owned by Chinese firm Geely, will launch five fully electric cars between 2019 and 2021.
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First posted | en | On Wednesday, automobile company announced all of its cars to be released in 2019 onwards are to use some form of battery-powered engine, leaving conventional petrol-only vehicles altogether. The decision comes after Volvo announced in May their intent to cease production of diesel vehicles.
The Volvo S90, one of Volvo's current cars available in hybrid.
The chief executive of Volvo Cars, , said, "People increasingly demand electrified cars". Volvo aims to release five new electric vehicle models between 2019 and 2021. While little has yet been revealed about them, the company has stated two of them are to be high-performance electric vehicles, branded as Polestars.
Other car models from 2019 may be or 48-volt "" systems. and are also releasing mild hybrid cars for the European market.
"This announcement marks the end of the solely combustion engine-powered car. Volvo Cars has stated that it plans to have sold a total of 1m electrified cars by 2025. When we said it we meant it. This is how we are going to do it," Samuelsson said. Volvo is owned by Chinese automotive giant , and China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has said by 2025 they want new vehicle sales to be 20 percent "new energy vehicles".
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en | When it comes to socially responsible car companies, Volvo appears to be leading the pack. The Swedish automaker, which built its reputation on safety, has already committed to a goal of reducing the number of deaths or serious injuries in a new Volvo to zero by the year 2020. And it looks like that concern extends beyond the wellbeing of its customers to the rest of us as well. In May it announced that diesel engines have no future with the brand, in part because of ever-stricter EU carbon emissions targets, but also because of the growing concern over the health effects of diesel exhaust, which is loaded with particulates and nitrogen oxides. Today, the company followed up with news that widespread electrification of its model range is the solution.
Between 2019 and 2021, Volvo plans to launch five new electric vehicles. Details about the new EVs are scarce at present, but the company says that three of them will be badged as Volvos, and the other two will be high-performance EVs badged as Polestars. (Polestar is Volvo's in-house tuning operation, and you'll be able to read a review of the S60 Polestar here at Ars in a few weeks.)
Further Reading 48-volt mild hybrids: A possible cure for diesel emissions cheats? In addition to the five new EVs, the company announced that every other new Volvo from 2019 will feature some form of hybridization, whether that's a plug-in hybrid (like the XC90 T8 we tested last year) or a 48-volt "mild hybrid" system.
"This announcement marks the end of the solely combustion engine-powered car. Volvo Cars has stated that it plans to have sold a total of 1m electrified cars by 2025. When we said it we meant it. This is how we are going to do it," said Håkan Samuelsson, president and chief executive of Volvo Cars. (Volvo Cars is a separate company to Volvo Trucks, so this announcement does not concern any heavy duty vehicles.) | en | On Wednesday, automobile company announced all of its cars to be released in 2019 onwards are to use some form of battery-powered engine, leaving conventional petrol-only vehicles altogether. The decision comes after Volvo announced in May their intent to cease production of diesel vehicles.
The Volvo S90, one of Volvo's current cars available in hybrid.
The chief executive of Volvo Cars, , said, "People increasingly demand electrified cars". Volvo aims to release five new electric vehicle models between 2019 and 2021. While little has yet been revealed about them, the company has stated two of them are to be high-performance electric vehicles, branded as Polestars.
Other car models from 2019 may be or 48-volt "" systems. and are also releasing mild hybrid cars for the European market.
"This announcement marks the end of the solely combustion engine-powered car. Volvo Cars has stated that it plans to have sold a total of 1m electrified cars by 2025. When we said it we meant it. This is how we are going to do it," Samuelsson said. Volvo is owned by Chinese automotive giant , and China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has said by 2025 they want new vehicle sales to be 20 percent "new energy vehicles".
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en | Volvo Car Group will cease producing petrol-only vehicles from 2019 as the manufacturer seeks to woo customers to battery-powered models with longer driving ranges and more attractive designs.
The company announced on Wednesday it would also offer hybrid options across its product line, marking "the historic end of cars that only have an internal combustion engine."
The automaker will also offer a range of five electric cars by the start of the next decade and will introduce the vehicles between 2019 and 2021.
The move expands on earlier plans that included a battery-powered compact car as well as an all-electric version of its XC90 sport utility vehicle.
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Link The next model of the Volvo XC90 will include an all-electric version. Photo: Mark Bean
The e-cars will fight for buyers in an increasingly crowded market.
Segment pioneer Tesla will start manufacturing its third model this week, while German brands Mercedes-Benz and Audi and British producer Jaguar Land Rover have presented prototypes capable of driving 400 kilometres (310 miles) or more on a fully-charged battery.
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Some of the cars are slated to go on sale as early as next year. Automakers are speeding up development of green vehicles as emissions regulations tighten and city governments get serious about banning polluting traffic.
"People increasingly demand electrified cars," Volvo chief executive officer Hakan Samuelsson said in a statement.
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"Volvo Cars has stated that it plans to have sold a total of one million electrified cars by 2025. This is how we are going to do it."
Volvo Cars, which is owned by Chinese billionaire Li Shufu, said in April that its first electric vehicle will be a Chinese-made compact car that starts deliveries in 2019.
The model will be exported globally and be based on the platform of the company's XC40 compact SUV.
Of the five new cars, two will be part of Volvo's high-performance Polestar sub-brand. China is becoming the biggest market for electric cars, and authorities are looking at ambitious production quotas that would be enforced with fines on manufacturers.
Bloomberg | en | On Wednesday, automobile company announced all of its cars to be released in 2019 onwards are to use some form of battery-powered engine, leaving conventional petrol-only vehicles altogether. The decision comes after Volvo announced in May their intent to cease production of diesel vehicles.
The Volvo S90, one of Volvo's current cars available in hybrid.
The chief executive of Volvo Cars, , said, "People increasingly demand electrified cars". Volvo aims to release five new electric vehicle models between 2019 and 2021. While little has yet been revealed about them, the company has stated two of them are to be high-performance electric vehicles, branded as Polestars.
Other car models from 2019 may be or 48-volt "" systems. and are also releasing mild hybrid cars for the European market.
"This announcement marks the end of the solely combustion engine-powered car. Volvo Cars has stated that it plans to have sold a total of 1m electrified cars by 2025. When we said it we meant it. This is how we are going to do it," Samuelsson said. Volvo is owned by Chinese automotive giant , and China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has said by 2025 they want new vehicle sales to be 20 percent "new energy vehicles".
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en | MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Power was restored Tuesday for most of Florida after a failed switch and fire at an electrical substation outside Miami triggered widespread blackouts across the state.
Problems at an automated substation knocked out power Tuesday to millions of customers across Florida. more photos »
Utility workers were still trying to piece together exactly what happened, Florida Power and Light President Armando Olivera said.
Olivera said disconnect switch failed at 1:08 p.m. at the automated substation west of Miami, and a piece of equipment that controls voltage caught fire about the same time. Neither failure by itself would have caused a widespread outage, he said.
While the outages cut power to more than two million people at its peak, power was quickly restored to most parts of the state and authorities said no injuries were reported. Watch why Floridians were briefly in the dark »
The "initiating event" was the failure of the disconnect switch, Olivera said.
"These systems are all designed so that you can handle two contingencies," Olivera said. "If you had a switch that failed, protective devices would have isolated the problem. That did not occur today. That's the part we don't have an answer for."
Olivera said about 475,000 Florida Power and Light customers and about the same number of customers from other utilities lost power as a result. The affected region ranged from Miami to Tampa, throughout Orlando and east to Brevard County, home to Cape Canaveral and the Kennedy Space Center. See a map of the areas affected »
The substation trouble set off a sequence of events that within two to three minutes had knocked numerous power plants off-line -- including the Turkey Point nuclear power plant south of Miami. Olivera said Turkey Point's two nuclear reactors and a natural gas-powered generation unit automatically shut down when the plant's systems detected a fluctuation in the power grid. Learn more about power grids and blackouts »
"In a fraction of a second, the demand was far greater than the power plants that were on line generating electricity could handle," he said. "When you have that kind of imbalance, we have a system that kicks in and it starts turning people's lights off, essentially balancing the demand with what's available."
Mike Stone, a Florida Department of Emergency Management spokesman, said 2 million to 3 million people were affected at the height of the outage.
Detective Robert Williams, a Miami-Dade County police spokesman, said power was out across the entire county within 20 minutes of the initial failure. Outages extended into neighboring Broward County, which includes Fort Lauderdale, and north to Palm Beach County -- a region of about 6 million people.
But Miami International Airport, which has emergency generators, reported fewer than a dozen delays and had normal electric service back on within half an hour. Schools remained in session during the blackout, said Cmdr. Charles Hurley, a spokesman for the Miami-Dade school system's police department. And Delrish Moss, a county police spokesman, said no major traffic problems had been reported.
"Most of the calls that we're getting have to do with people being stuck in elevators and things of that nature, and people concerned about what is going on." Moss told CNN. He advised people "not to panic, and if you go out, be courteous to other drivers."
"If you come to a place where there is a no light and no policemen ... be courteous," he said. "If you're not courteous, that's when accidents occur."
The outage struck as a strong cold front and scattered thunderstorms passed through the region -- including one that prompted a tornado warning for Fort Lauderdale, the National Weather Service reported.
Stan Johnson, a spokesman for the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, said a total of eight generating units were off-line across the region.
Ken Clark, a spokesman for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, said Turkey Point's nuclear reactors are likely to remain off-line for 12 to 24 hours. Both were in "hot standby," and operators kept them in that condition without resorting to emergency diesel generators, Clark said.
In Washington, a Department of Homeland Security official said there was no indication that terrorism was behind the blackout. E-mail to a friend
CNN's Susan Candiotti, John Zarrella, Rich Phillips, Cristy Lenz, John Couwels, Allan Chernoff and Jeanne Meserve contributed to this report. | en | Florida highlighted in red.
Massive blackouts occurred throughout the US state of Florida shortly after 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (18:00 UTC) on Tuesday afternoon. Out of the 4.4 million customers served by Florida Power & Light, Co. (FPL), about 680,000 residents were affected, with an additional two million-plus customers affected in other parts of the state. It is estimated that as many as four million customers throughout Florida were affected, with many different power companies losing control of their specific grids.
Power outages were reported as far south as the Florida Keys, on the original FPL grid, and as far north as Orlando and Daytona Beach, nearly away on the Progress Energy grid. Most of Miami-Dade and parts of Broward and Palm Beach counties suffered the worst outages.
FPL President Armando Olivera said that a disconnect switch failed at 1:08 p.m. at the automated substation west of Miami, and a piece of equipment that controls voltage caught fire about the same time. Neither failure by itself would have caused a widespread outage. The event at the utility's Flagami substation consequently led to the rolling blackouts.
Originally the first failure was thought to have occurred at the utility's nuclear plant at Turkey Point. It is still unclear how failure at this site spread, but with power turning off at the main Turkey Point location, which serves all of south Florida, FPL's grid shut down as well. It contributed to a domino effect which ended up sapping energy from bordering grids all over Florida.
Police reported several people were stuck in the elevators of high-rise buildings in downtown Miami and several hospitals were running on backup power, although no injuries or fatalities have been reported. The blackouts caused major traffic jams and a few accidents, but the original outage was contained shortly after it occurred. All customers affected had power restored to them by 6:30 p.m. (23:30 UTC). |
en | By JESSICA GRESKO, Associated Press Writer Tue Feb 26, 6:43 PM ET
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MIAMI - A problem with's electrical grid caused a nuclear plant to automatically shut down Tuesday and intermittently cut power to up to 3 million people fromthrough the
Authorities said there were no safety concerns at the nuclear plant. While many areas were hit hard, the outages were short lived and only about 20,000 people lacked electricity during the evening commute home. Most of the evening outages were due to bad weather, not the grid problem, officials said.
Traffic was even more miserable than usual in the Miami area as many stop lights briefly were without power. The outages occurred on a day when temperatures soared into the mid-80s and Floridians needed their air conditioning.
An equipment malfunction in a substation near Miami disabled two power distribution lines between Miami and Daytona Beach, and in response, Florida Power & Light's Turkey Point nuclear plant south of Miami stopped operating around 1 p.m., Nuclear Regulatory Commission spokesman Kenneth Clark said.
The utility said it was trying to determine what caused equipment failure and a fire at the substation that led to the outage. The company said such equipment failure should not have caused the widespread blackouts.
A FPL spokesman initially said its nuclear plant caused the outages to about a fifth of Florida's population. But the utility's nuclear spokesman, Dick Winn, later said grid problems caused both Turkey Point reactors to shut down.
"All the safety systems worked just like they were supposed to and both of those units are in stable condition right now," he said. Clark agreed that there were no safety concerns.
The outages have no connection to terrorism, Homeland Security Department spokeswoman Laura Keehner said. Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez said the outages were technical, not criminal.
"It's a matter of just a cascading effect," he said.
Florida emergency management officials said the outages cut power to about 2-3 million people.
The federal nuclear commission said based on reports from its resident inspectors at the plant, it was not immediately known what caused the initial drop in voltage from outside Turkey Point. But when the two reactors shut down it would have worsened the problem, the panel said.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which has responsibility for electricity grid reliability, said it wants to know whether there were any violations of federal grid reliability rules.
Outages were concentrated in the southeast portion of the state, including Miami, but were also reported in the southwestern and northeastern parts of the state as well as in the Florida Keys.
Jaime Hernandez, a spokesman for Miami-Dade County Department of Emergency Management, said no injuries have been reported. Officials said Miami International Airport, the Port of Miami and the area's rail and bus transportation were working normally.
Several Miami-area hospitals switched to backup generators when the power went out. Miami-Dade schools were scheduled to be dismissed on time, and officials said school buses would be running.
By 2 p.m., most of northern downtown Miami appeared to be back to normal operation, including a campus of Miami Dade College and numerous stores and businesses. In the Florida Keys, spokesman Andy Newman said areas were without power for about 30 minutes, but it was back up as well.
Bob Wild, a sports marketing consultant who lives in Miami's southern Kendall neighborhood, said he didn't even notice the outage, thanks to his home's generator.
"We're a hurricane family. We've been though Hurricane Andrew and everything before and since," he said. "Our daughter called us from Washington and said she'd seen the blackouts on TV. That's when we found out."
In Miami's western suburb of Doral, disappointed office workers sat under an awning at a strip mall, unable to buy lunch nor go anywhere else due to a sudden downpour. At Starbucks Coffee Co., employees began handing out sandwiches they feared would go bad.
Nelson Suarez, 35, a manager for Asia sales at World Fuel Services, enjoyed the free lunch.
"I can't work anyway since all the power is out, so at least something good came out of this," he said.
In central Florida, the sheriff's office in the Daytona Beach area confirmed power outages at traffic signals across its jurisdictions.
The first of Turkey Point's two nuclear power units started operation in 1972. In March 2006, a tiny hole was found in a coolant pipe at the plant. The FBI determined it was vandalism, not sabotage. An out-of-state contractor hired to do routine maintenance was suspected of drilling the hole, the FBI said at the time. The public's health and safety were not at risk, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said then.
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Associated Press Writers Suzette Laboy, Damian Grass and Laura Wides-Munoz in Miami, Travis Reed in Orlando, Brian Skoloff in Juno Beach, Mitch Stacy in Tampa and H. Josef Hebert in Washington, D.C., contributed to this report. | en | Florida highlighted in red.
Massive blackouts occurred throughout the US state of Florida shortly after 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (18:00 UTC) on Tuesday afternoon. Out of the 4.4 million customers served by Florida Power & Light, Co. (FPL), about 680,000 residents were affected, with an additional two million-plus customers affected in other parts of the state. It is estimated that as many as four million customers throughout Florida were affected, with many different power companies losing control of their specific grids.
Power outages were reported as far south as the Florida Keys, on the original FPL grid, and as far north as Orlando and Daytona Beach, nearly away on the Progress Energy grid. Most of Miami-Dade and parts of Broward and Palm Beach counties suffered the worst outages.
FPL President Armando Olivera said that a disconnect switch failed at 1:08 p.m. at the automated substation west of Miami, and a piece of equipment that controls voltage caught fire about the same time. Neither failure by itself would have caused a widespread outage. The event at the utility's Flagami substation consequently led to the rolling blackouts.
Originally the first failure was thought to have occurred at the utility's nuclear plant at Turkey Point. It is still unclear how failure at this site spread, but with power turning off at the main Turkey Point location, which serves all of south Florida, FPL's grid shut down as well. It contributed to a domino effect which ended up sapping energy from bordering grids all over Florida.
Police reported several people were stuck in the elevators of high-rise buildings in downtown Miami and several hospitals were running on backup power, although no injuries or fatalities have been reported. The blackouts caused major traffic jams and a few accidents, but the original outage was contained shortly after it occurred. All customers affected had power restored to them by 6:30 p.m. (23:30 UTC). |
pt | Quinta-feira, 02 de fevereiro de 2012
Supremo reconhece competência concorrente do CNJ para investigar magistrados
Por seis votos a cinco, nesta quinta-feira (02), o Plenário do Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) negou referendo à liminar parcialmente concedida em dezembro passado pelo ministro Marco Aurélio, que suspendeu a vigência do artigo 12 da Resolução 135 do Conselho Nacional de Justiça (CNJ), que atribui ao Conselho competência originária e concorrente com os Tribunais de todo o país para instaurar processos administrativo-disciplinares contra magistrados.
A decisão foi tomada no julgamento do referendo à liminar na Ação Direta de Inconstitucionalidade (ADI) 4638, ajuizada pela Associação dos Magistrados Brasileiros (AMB) contra a mencionada Resolução, e iniciado nesta quarta-feira (1º) pela Suprema Corte. Na decisão quanto a esse ponto questionado na ADI, prevaleceu o entendimento segundo o qual o Conselho, ao editar a resolução, agiu dentro das competências conferidas a este órgão pelo artigo 103-B, parágrafo 4º, da Constituição Federal (CF).
Impugnação
A cabeça do artigo 12 da Resolução 135 dispõe que “para os processos administrativos disciplinares e para a aplicação de quaisquer penalidades previstas em lei, é competente o Tribunal a que pertença ou esteja subordinado o magistrado, sem prejuízo da atuação do Conselho Nacional de Justiça”.
A AMB se insurge contra a ressalva “sem prejuízo da atuação do Conselho Nacional de Justiça” que, em seu entendimento, abre a possibilidade de o CNJ atuar originariamente em processos administrativo-disciplinares no âmbito dos tribunais, ou agindo concomitantemente com eles.
Decisão
Entretanto, na decisão de hoje do Plenário, prevaleceu a opinião da maioria dos ministros no sentido de que o CNJ tem, constitucionalmente, competência originária (primária) e concorrente com os tribunais, na sua incumbência de zelar pela autonomia e pelo bom funcionamento do Poder Judiciário.
Foram mencionados exemplos, sobretudo, de tribunais de justiça, cujas corregedorias teriam dificuldade para atuar disciplinarmente, sobretudo em relação aos desembargadores e a determinados juízes. “Até as pedras sabem que as corregedorias não funcionam quando se cuida de investigar os próprios pares”, afirmou o ministro Gilmar Mendes, integrante da corrente majoritária.
Ele lembrou que a Emenda Constitucional (EC) 45/2004 foi editada justamente para suprir essa e outras dificuldades, criando um órgão nacional, isento, para zelar pelo Judiciário de uma forma uniforme em todo o país.
Justificativa
Os cinco ministros que referendaram a liminar concedida parcialmente em dezembro pelo relator da ADI, ministro Marco Aurélio, suspendendo dispositivos da Resolução 135, não se manifestaram contra o poder do CNJ de agir e investigar, quando detectar situações anômalas nos tribunais. Entendem, entretanto que, ao fazê-lo, somente em tais casos, deve justificar essa intervenção.
Já a corrente majoritária entendeu que a competência outorgada pela CF ao Conselho é autoaplicável e que justificar sua atuação em caráter originário nos tribunais teria como consequência a impugnação de tal ato e, por conseguinte, poderia resultar na ineficiência de sua atuação.
O ministro Gilmar Mendes advertiu para o risco de se criar insegurança jurídica, se a liminar fosse referendada nesse ponto. Segundo ele, isso poderia inviabilizar boa parte da atuação do CNJ em termos administrativo-disciplinares.
Por seu turno, o presidente do STF, ministro Cezar Peluso, entende que abrir a possibilidade de o CNJ atuar sem prévia motivação nos tribunais pode desmotivar a atuação das corregedorias, deixando questões disciplinares “nas mãos do CNJ”.
Votos
Votaram pelo referendo da liminar em relação ao artigo 12 o próprio relator, ministro Marco Aurélio, e os ministros Ricardo Lewandowski, Cezar Peluso, Luiz Fux e Celso de Mello. Divergiram, formando a corrente vencedora que negou o referendo à liminar, os ministros Joaquim Barbosa, Cármen Lúcia, Ayres Britto, Rosa Weber, Gilmar Mendes e Dias Toffoli.
FK/AD | pt | O Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) decidiu nesta quinta-feira (02) por 6 votos a 5, que o Conselho Nacional de Justiça (CNJ) tem autonomia para investigar os juízes. A decisão foi tomada no julgamento do referendo à liminar na Ação Direta de Inconstitucionalidade (ADI) 4638, ajuizada pela Associação dos Magistrados Brasileiros (AMB) contra a Resolução 135 do CNJ, e iniciado nesta quarta-feira (1º) pela Suprema Corte.
A AMB era contrária aos dizeres do artigo 12 da resolução que prescreve: "para os processos administrativos e disciplinares e para a aplicação de quaisquer penalidades previstas em lei, é competente o Tribunal a que pertença ou esteja subordinado o magistrado, sem prejuízo da atuação do Conselho Nacional de Justiça". O trecho final permite a atuação do CNJ em processos administrativos-disciplinares no âmbito dos Tribunais, ou concomitantemente com eles. A disputa estava localizada na questão de se essa possibilidade era constitucional.
A atuação do CNJ tem trazido à tona indícios de irregularidades dentro do Poder Judiciário Brasileiro, apontando para uma possível ineficiência das Corregedorias dos Tribunais em apurá-las. Por outro lado, existem críticas em relação a eventuais abusos investigativos do CNJ assim como de uma centralização que pode ser prejudicial à autonomia dos Tribunais.
Votaram pelo referendo da liminar em relação ao artigo 12 o próprio relator, ministro Marco Aurélio Mello, e os ministros Ricardo Lewandowski, Cezar Peluso, Luiz Fux e Celso de Mello. Divergiram formando a corrente vencedora que negou o referendo à liminar, os ministros Joaquim Barbosa, Cármen Lúcia, Ayres Britto, Rosa Weber, Gilmar Mendes e Dias Toffoli. |
de | Juan-Pablo Montoya wird in Bahrain und vielleicht auch in Imola fehlen
Juan-Pablo Montoya wird in Bahrain und vielleicht auch in Imola fehlen
(F1Total.com) - Juan-Pablo Montoya , das ist nun so gut wie fix, wird zum ersten Mal in seiner Formel-1-Karriere einen Grand Prix verpassen. Dies hat McLaren-Geschäftsführer Martin Whitmarsh gegenüber dem britischen 'Guardian' bestätigt. Demnach wird anstelle des Kolumbianers entweder Pedro de la Rosa oder Alexander Wurz zum Einsatz kommen.
Montoya unterzog sich laut Medienberichten gestern in Madrid einer intensiven Untersuchung, wobei ihm nahe gelegt wurde, wegen des Haarrisses in der Schulter, den er sich beim Tennisspielen zugezogen hat, auf einen Start am kommenden Wochenende zu verzichten. Damit wird er voraussichtlich drei bis fünf Wochen ausfallen, was bedeutet, dass auch sein Start beim Europaauftakt in Imola am 24. April keineswegs gesichert ist.
Aber: "Zwischen Bahrain und San Marino gibt es eine dreiwöchige Pause, daher hoffen wir, dass Juan-Pablo bis dahin wieder fit sein wird", wird Whitmarsh heute zitiert. "Wir werden wahrscheinlich heute eine Entscheidung treffen, welcher unserer Testfahrer an seiner Stelle einspringen wird." Von offizieller Seite gibt es dazu noch keine Informationen: "Wir werden spätestens morgen die Medien in Form einer Pressemitteilung informieren", vertröstete Mercedes-Sprecher Wolfgang Schattling.
Die besten Chancen auf einen Start in Bahrain hat de la Rosa, der dies gestern über spanische Medien schon anklingen hat lassen: "Ich habe noch keine offizielle Bestätigung erhalten. Man hat mir nur gesagt, dass ich vorbereitet sein soll", gab er zu Protokoll. Weil er den MP4-20 wesentlich besser kennt als Wurz, gilt er als Favorit auf den Einsatz, obwohl er eigentlich nur vierter Fahrer von McLaren-Mercedes ist.
Eine endgültige Entscheidung ist freilich noch nicht gefallen, weil in Wurz' Vertrag steht, dass er als dritter Fahrer das Vorrecht auf Reserveeinsätze hat. Allerdings ist er zu groß für den MP4-20, weshalb er neuerlich durch die Finger schauen könnte. Zwar wird in Woking gerade ein Chassis für ihn umgebaut, doch aufgrund seiner mangelnden Erfahrung mit dem neuen Fahrzeug wird er wohl nur in den Freitagstrainings unterwegs sein. | de | Juan Pablo Montoya
Wie der britische Guardian berichtet, hat McLaren-Mercedes-Geschäftsführer Martin Whitmarsh bestätigt, dass Juan Pablo Montoya beim Großen Preis von Bahrain am kommenden Wochenende nicht teilnehmen wird. Nach einer intensiven Untersuchung am Dienstagabend sei diese Entscheidung gefallen. Montoya hatte eine Sportverletzung erlitten.
Ob Montoya beim Großen Preis von San Marino antreten wird, steht noch nicht fest. „Zwischen Bahrain und San Marino gibt es eine dreiwöchige Pause, daher hoffen wir, dass Juan-Pablo bis dahin wieder fit sein wird“, wird der McLaren-Mercedes-Geschäftsführer zitiert. Zudem soll die Entscheidung, ob Montoya durch Alexander Wurz oder Pedro de la Rosa ersetzt werde, noch heute getroffen werden. „Wir werden spätestens morgen die Medien in Form einer Pressemitteilung informieren“, sagte Mercedes-Pressesprecher Wolfgang Schattling.
Sollte es McLaren-Mercedes im McLaren-Hauptquartier nicht schaffen, eine Langversion des MP 4-20 auf die Beine zu stellen, damit der 1,86 Meter große Ersatzfahrer Alexander Wurz das Rennen bestreiten kann, ist davon auszugehen, dass Pedro de la Rosa den Silberpfeil lenken wird. Alexander Wurz hat in seinem Vertrag eine Klausel, wonach er der erste Ersatzfahrer ist, wenn Kimi Räikkönen und Juan Pablo Montoya nicht an einem Rennen teilnehmen können. |
pl | David Healy, gwiazda północnoirlandzkiego futbolu, apeluje o zaprzestanie ataków na polskich imigrantów. Po meczu w Belfaście pseudokibice demolują dzielnicę zamieszkałą przez Polaków - informuje Goniec.com.
W dzielnicy Village w stolicy Irlandii Płn. grupy pseudokibiców zaatakowały - w odwecie za awantury wywołane przez Polaków - 19 domów.
W obronie imigrantów stanął najskuteczniejszy piłkarz Irlandii Północnej - David Healy. - Zasmucają mnie informacje o atakach na Polaków. Mam szczerą nadzieję, że odpowiedzialni ludzie zatrzymają to jak najszybciej - powiedział napastnik. - W chwili, gdy próbujemy zakwalifikować się do finałów mistrzostw świata, może lepiej by było rozejrzeć się wokół, by zobaczyć wkład polskiej i innych społeczności w Belfaście w rozwój ekonomiczny i społeczny - dodał.
Społeczność polska przyjęła słowa piłkarza z ulgą i nieskrywaną wdzięcznością. - Bardzo doceniamy jego wsparcie - powiedział "Belfast Telegraph" Maciek Bator z Klubu Polskiego w Irlandii Północnej . - Lokalna społeczność Polaków była zniesmaczona wyczynami naszych chuliganów, którzy przyjechali tu tylko po to, żeby wywołać zadymę - czytamy w Goniec.com. | pl | David Healy, piłkarz narodowej drużyny Irlandii Północnej, zaapelował o zaprzestanie ataków na Polaków.
Od meczu Polska - Irlandia Północna grupy irlandzkich pseudokibiców zaatakowały w belfaskiej dzielnicy Village, 19 domów zamieszkiwanych przez Polaków. Ataki są odwetem za zamieszki wywołane przez polskich pseudokibiców po meczu. |
en | Wolfgang Van Halen: The Grammys Almost Had Bigger Eddie Van Halen Tribute
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Guitarist's son, who says he's disappointed with the Grammys' tribute to Eddie Van Halen, wants to talk to the Academy about "the legacy of the rock genre going forward" | en | Billy Corgan
On the same day he released his debut solo album, former Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan announced, "I want my band back, and my songs, and my dreams." Those words appeared in a full-page ad that ran in Tuesday's edition of the Chicago Tribune under the title, ''A Message to Chicago From Billy Corgan''. The alternative-rock icon also wrote, "For a year now I have walked around with a secret, a secret I chose to keep. But now I want you to be among the first to know that I have made plans to renew and revive The Smashing Pumpkins."
The group, which included guitarist James Iha, drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, and bassists D'Arcy Wretzky and Melissa Auf der Maur, last played together in 2000. On February 17, 2004, Corgan posted a bitter message on his personal blog calling Wretzky a "mean spirited drug addict" and blaming Iha for the breakup.
It was not clear if Corgan's former band members knew of his plans, or who would be involved with the new group. No other details on the plans were forthcoming from the singer, who lives in the Chicago area. |
en | Last month, Billy Corgan scoffed at the notion of his former band, the Smashing Pumpkins, ever reconciling and regrouping.
"You won't see the four Smashing Pumpkins onstage again," he told MTV News (see
Now it seems Corgan is singing a different tune.
In a full-page advertisement in the Tuesday (June 21) morning edition of his hometown newspaper, the Chicago Tribune, the alt-rock leader declared his plans to bring back the band.
"For a year now, I have walked around with a secret, a secret I chose to keep," the ad — signed "Rock on and may God bless you! Billy Corgan" — reads. "But now I want you to be among the first to know that I have made plans to renew and revive the Smashing Pumpkins. I want my band back, and my songs, and my dreams."
The ad, essentially a love letter to the Windy City, doesn't provide any additional information on what form the resurrected band might take, or whether Corgan would be rekindling the fire with the Pumpkins' original lineup — drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, guitarist James Iha and bassist D'Arcy Wretzky. There also was no indication in the missive as to a timeline for the Pumpkins' rebirth.
The group disbanded in 2000 (see
The Pumpkins' final performance — a four-and-a-half hour, 36-song extravaganza — came on December 2, 2000, with fans traveling from as far away as Japan to send Corgan's crew off (see
Corgan's solo debut, TheFutureEmbrace, hit record store shelves Tuesday.
A spokesperson for Corgan could not be reached at press time. "Billy Corgan Tries To Sound Un-Pumpkins, But Not Totally, Just A Bit, Maybe" ).Now it seems Corgan is singing a different tune.In a full-page advertisement in the Tuesday (June 21) morning edition of his hometown newspaper, thethe alt-rock leader declared his plans to bring back the band. (Click here to see the ad). "For a year now, I have walked around with a secret, a secret I chose to keep," the ad — signed "Rock on and may God bless you! Billy Corgan" — reads. "But now I want you to be among the first to know that I have made plans to renew and revive the Smashing Pumpkins. I want my band back, and my songs, and my dreams."The ad, essentially a love letter to the Windy City, doesn't provide any additional information on what form the resurrected band might take, or whether Corgan would be rekindling the fire with the Pumpkins' original lineup — drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, guitarist James Iha and bassist D'Arcy Wretzky. There also was no indication in the missive as to a timeline for the Pumpkins' rebirth.The group disbanded in 2000 (see "Smashing Pumpkins To Disband At Year's End" ), with two Grammys and millions in record sales to their credit. Corgan and Chamberlin worked together post-Pumpkins in Zwan, which split shortly after releasing its debut album in 2003 (see "Zwan Gone: Billy Corgan Opts For Solo Career" ).The Pumpkins' final performance — a four-and-a-half hour, 36-song extravaganza — came on December 2, 2000, with fans traveling from as far away as Japan to send Corgan's crew off (see "Pumpkins Circus Folds Up With Epic Show" ).Corgan's solo debut,hit record store shelves Tuesday.A spokesperson for Corgan could not be reached at press time. | en | Billy Corgan
On the same day he released his debut solo album, former Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan announced, "I want my band back, and my songs, and my dreams." Those words appeared in a full-page ad that ran in Tuesday's edition of the Chicago Tribune under the title, ''A Message to Chicago From Billy Corgan''. The alternative-rock icon also wrote, "For a year now I have walked around with a secret, a secret I chose to keep. But now I want you to be among the first to know that I have made plans to renew and revive The Smashing Pumpkins."
The group, which included guitarist James Iha, drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, and bassists D'Arcy Wretzky and Melissa Auf der Maur, last played together in 2000. On February 17, 2004, Corgan posted a bitter message on his personal blog calling Wretzky a "mean spirited drug addict" and blaming Iha for the breakup.
It was not clear if Corgan's former band members knew of his plans, or who would be involved with the new group. No other details on the plans were forthcoming from the singer, who lives in the Chicago area. |
en | Mr Rudd praised Mr Howard's dignity in defeat
Rudd victory speech
Mr Howard said he had telephoned Labor leader Kevin Rudd "to congratulate him on an emphatic victory".
Mr Rudd said the country had "looked to the future" and he pledged to be a prime minister "for all Australians".
With 70% of votes counted, Labor were on course to win the 76 seats needed to form a government.
More than 20 constituencies from a total of 150 are still to produce a result, but Labor already has 72 seats compared with 48 for Mr Howard's Liberal-National coalition.
Rare fate
Amid cheers from Liberal Party faithful, Mr Howard said it had been a privilege to have served as prime minister since 1996.
AUSTRALIAN ELECTION More than 13.5m of Australia's roughly 21m people are registered to vote Electors will choose candidates for all 150 seats in the lower House of Representatives and 40 of the 76 seats in the upper house, the Senate PM John Howard has led the conservative Liberal-National party coalition to four election wins since 1996 and is seeking a final term Kevin Rudd is taking the centre-left Labor Party to the polls for the first time as leader Election issues are the economy, environment and war in Iraq
Profile: John Howard Profile: Kevin Rudd Election in pictures
"We've bequeathed to [Mr Rudd] a nation that is stronger and prouder and more prosperous than it was 11 and a half years ago," he said.
Mr Howard, who had been bidding for a fifth term in office, conceded the national election and accepted it was "very likely" he would also be defeated in his Bennelong constituency.
If unseated, the 68-year-old would be only the second prime minister in Australia's history to suffer such a fate.
Voters in Bennelong had elected Mr Howard in 13 consecutive elections over 33 years.
But with more than 50% of the votes counted in the constituency, figures from the electoral commission suggested he had lost the seat to Maxine McKew, a former TV journalist.
An exit poll conducted by Sky News and Channel 7 suggested a similar result.
Anti-government backlash
Labor leader Mr Rudd, a 50-year-old former diplomat, had led in opinion polls throughout the election campaign.
In his victory speech, he thanked Mr Howard for his "dignity" in defeat and for his "extensive contribution to public service".
He promised to "forge a new consensus" by ending the "old battles of the past" between business and unions, and between economic growth and environmental concerns.
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During the campaign, Labor sought to capitalise on the Howard administration's refusal to sign the Kyoto protocol on climate change.
Mr Howard campaigned on his record of sound economic management.
The BBC's Nick Bryant, in Sydney, said Labor had swept back into power by harnessing an anti-government backlash.
Mr Howard had found himself on the wrong side of public opinion on the Kyoto protocol and the war in Iraq, our correspondent said. Many people also seemed to be simply tired of Mr Howard after 11 years of his rule.
Participating in elections is compulsory under Australian law and more than 13.5 million people were expected to vote. | en | __NOTOC__
Early results in the Australian federal election held today show that the opposition Labor Party led by Kevin Rudd looks set to take government. Such a result would end 11 years under the leadership of the Liberal/National coalition led by John Howard.
Early results indicate a 5.25 percent swing to Labor, with 12 percent of the vote counted. If the pattern is continued through the night, Labor could end up with a ten seat majority in the Australian House of Representatives allowing Mr Rudd to form government.
Mr Howard may also face an uphill battle to hold onto his Sydney seat of Bennelong, with Labor recruit Maxine McKew 47.3 percent of the primary vote to Mr Howard's 42.7 percent. |
en | House of Representatives FIRST PREFERENCES BY PARTY View results for... NATIONAL
NSW
VIC
QLD
WA
TAS
ACT
NT First Preferences
Enrolment: 13,645,073 Turnout: 94.75% Party Votes Percentage % Swing % Liberal 4,505,415 36.28 -4.19 Australian Labor Party 5,387,408 43.38 +5.74 The Greens 967,708 7.79 +0.60 The Nationals 682,429 5.50 -0.39 Family First 246,761 1.99 -0.02 Democrats 89,813 0.72 -0.52 One Nation 32,658 0.26 -0.93 CDP Christian Party 104,746 0.84 +0.22 Citizens Electoral Council 27,900 0.22 -0.14 CLP - The Territory Party 40,298 0.32 -0.02 Socialist Alliance 9,990 0.08 -0.04 The Fishing Party 2,083 0.02 +0.00 DLP - Democratic Labor Party 6,018 0.05 +0.04 Climate Change Coalition 9,473 0.08 +0.08 Conservatives for Climate and Environment Incorporated 3,239 0.03 +0.03 Liberty and Democracy Party 17,047 0.14 +0.14 Non-Custodial Parents Party 794 0.01 +0.00 Socialist Equality Party 4,287 0.03 +0.03 What Women Want (Australia) 3,870 0.03 +0.03 Independent 275,147 2.22 -0.24 Non Affiliated 1,238 0.01 -0.02 .... 0 0.00 -0.40 FORMAL 12,418,322 96.06 +1.24 INFORMAL 509,990 3.94 -1.24 TOTAL 12,928,312 94.75
Two Party Preferred
Enrolment: 13,645,073 Turnout: 93.52% Coalition Votes Percentage % Swing % Liberal/National Coalition 5,771,830 47.11 -5.63 Australian Labor Party 6,479,045 52.89 +5.63 | en | __NOTOC__
Early results in the Australian federal election held today show that the opposition Labor Party led by Kevin Rudd looks set to take government. Such a result would end 11 years under the leadership of the Liberal/National coalition led by John Howard.
Early results indicate a 5.25 percent swing to Labor, with 12 percent of the vote counted. If the pattern is continued through the night, Labor could end up with a ten seat majority in the Australian House of Representatives allowing Mr Rudd to form government.
Mr Howard may also face an uphill battle to hold onto his Sydney seat of Bennelong, with Labor recruit Maxine McKew 47.3 percent of the primary vote to Mr Howard's 42.7 percent. |
en | House of Representatives FIRST PREFERENCES BY PARTY View results for... NATIONAL
NSW
VIC
QLD
WA
TAS
ACT
NT First Preferences
Enrolment: 13,645,073 Turnout: 94.75% Party Votes Percentage % Swing % Liberal 4,505,415 36.28 -4.19 Australian Labor Party 5,387,408 43.38 +5.74 The Greens 967,708 7.79 +0.60 The Nationals 682,429 5.50 -0.39 Family First 246,761 1.99 -0.02 Democrats 89,813 0.72 -0.52 One Nation 32,658 0.26 -0.93 CDP Christian Party 104,746 0.84 +0.22 Citizens Electoral Council 27,900 0.22 -0.14 CLP - The Territory Party 40,298 0.32 -0.02 Socialist Alliance 9,990 0.08 -0.04 The Fishing Party 2,083 0.02 +0.00 DLP - Democratic Labor Party 6,018 0.05 +0.04 Climate Change Coalition 9,473 0.08 +0.08 Conservatives for Climate and Environment Incorporated 3,239 0.03 +0.03 Liberty and Democracy Party 17,047 0.14 +0.14 Non-Custodial Parents Party 794 0.01 +0.00 Socialist Equality Party 4,287 0.03 +0.03 What Women Want (Australia) 3,870 0.03 +0.03 Independent 275,147 2.22 -0.24 Non Affiliated 1,238 0.01 -0.02 .... 0 0.00 -0.40 FORMAL 12,418,322 96.06 +1.24 INFORMAL 509,990 3.94 -1.24 TOTAL 12,928,312 94.75
Two Party Preferred
Enrolment: 13,645,073 Turnout: 93.52% Coalition Votes Percentage % Swing % Liberal/National Coalition 5,771,830 47.11 -5.63 Australian Labor Party 6,479,045 52.89 +5.63 | en | __NOTOC__
Early results in the Australian federal election held today show that the opposition Labor Party led by Kevin Rudd looks set to take government. Such a result would end 11 years under the leadership of the Liberal/National coalition led by John Howard.
Early results indicate a 5.25 percent swing to Labor, with 12 percent of the vote counted. If the pattern is continued through the night, Labor could end up with a ten seat majority in the Australian House of Representatives allowing Mr Rudd to form government.
Mr Howard may also face an uphill battle to hold onto his Sydney seat of Bennelong, with Labor recruit Maxine McKew 47.3 percent of the primary vote to Mr Howard's 42.7 percent. |
en | House of Representatives PARTY REPRESENTATION Party Representation - Summary of Divisions Won Party NSW VIC QLD WA SA TAS ACT NT Total Divisions Won This Election Last Election Liberal 15 13 9 10 5 0 0 0 52 74 Australian Labor Party 28 21 14 4 6 5 2 2 82 60 The Greens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 The Nationals 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 12 Family First 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Democrats 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 One Nation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CDP Christian Party 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Citizens Electoral Council 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CLP - The Territory Party 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Socialist Alliance 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 The Fishing Party 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DLP - Democratic Labor Party 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Climate Change Coalition 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Conservatives for Climate and Environment Incorporated 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Liberty and Democracy Party 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Non-Custodial Parents Party 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Socialist Equality Party 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 What Women Want (Australia) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Independent 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 Non Affiliated 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DOUBTFUL 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 TOTAL 49 37 29 15 11 5 2 2 150 150 TURNOUT % 93.11 95.11 91.27 93.28 95.40 95.75 95.86 86.64 93.52 | en | __NOTOC__
Early results in the Australian federal election held today show that the opposition Labor Party led by Kevin Rudd looks set to take government. Such a result would end 11 years under the leadership of the Liberal/National coalition led by John Howard.
Early results indicate a 5.25 percent swing to Labor, with 12 percent of the vote counted. If the pattern is continued through the night, Labor could end up with a ten seat majority in the Australian House of Representatives allowing Mr Rudd to form government.
Mr Howard may also face an uphill battle to hold onto his Sydney seat of Bennelong, with Labor recruit Maxine McKew 47.3 percent of the primary vote to Mr Howard's 42.7 percent. |
en | House of Representatives FIRST PREFERENCES BY PARTY View results for... NATIONAL
NSW
VIC
QLD
WA
TAS
ACT
NT First Preferences
Enrolment: 13,645,073 Turnout: 94.75% Party Votes Percentage % Swing % Liberal 4,505,415 36.28 -4.19 Australian Labor Party 5,387,408 43.38 +5.74 The Greens 967,708 7.79 +0.60 The Nationals 682,429 5.50 -0.39 Family First 246,761 1.99 -0.02 Democrats 89,813 0.72 -0.52 One Nation 32,658 0.26 -0.93 CDP Christian Party 104,746 0.84 +0.22 Citizens Electoral Council 27,900 0.22 -0.14 CLP - The Territory Party 40,298 0.32 -0.02 Socialist Alliance 9,990 0.08 -0.04 The Fishing Party 2,083 0.02 +0.00 DLP - Democratic Labor Party 6,018 0.05 +0.04 Climate Change Coalition 9,473 0.08 +0.08 Conservatives for Climate and Environment Incorporated 3,239 0.03 +0.03 Liberty and Democracy Party 17,047 0.14 +0.14 Non-Custodial Parents Party 794 0.01 +0.00 Socialist Equality Party 4,287 0.03 +0.03 What Women Want (Australia) 3,870 0.03 +0.03 Independent 275,147 2.22 -0.24 Non Affiliated 1,238 0.01 -0.02 .... 0 0.00 -0.40 FORMAL 12,418,322 96.06 +1.24 INFORMAL 509,990 3.94 -1.24 TOTAL 12,928,312 94.75
Two Party Preferred
Enrolment: 13,645,073 Turnout: 93.52% Coalition Votes Percentage % Swing % Liberal/National Coalition 5,771,830 47.11 -5.63 Australian Labor Party 6,479,045 52.89 +5.63 | en | __NOTOC__
Early results in the Australian federal election held today show that the opposition Labor Party led by Kevin Rudd looks set to take government. Such a result would end 11 years under the leadership of the Liberal/National coalition led by John Howard.
Early results indicate a 5.25 percent swing to Labor, with 12 percent of the vote counted. If the pattern is continued through the night, Labor could end up with a ten seat majority in the Australian House of Representatives allowing Mr Rudd to form government.
Mr Howard may also face an uphill battle to hold onto his Sydney seat of Bennelong, with Labor recruit Maxine McKew 47.3 percent of the primary vote to Mr Howard's 42.7 percent. |
es | La firma italiana Bulgari ya pertenece al gran grupo francés Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy. La compañía de lujo ha llegado a un acuerdo con la legendaria familia Bulgari, fundadores de la marca que lleva su nombre al frente y fue creada en 1887.
Luois Vuitton ha pagado 3.700 millones a la firma italiana, representando la mayor compra que ha realizado la multinacional de lujo gala durante la última década .
Es la mayor compra de LVMH en los últimos diez años
LVMH ha engullido el 50,4% del capital de Bulgari, lo que en acciones supone 152, 5 millones, a cambio de los 16,5 millones de acciones que Vuitton emitirá y que entregará a la familia Bulgari.
Sobre el resto de títulos, LVMH lanzará una oferta de adquisición en poder de minoritarios a un precio de 12,25 euros por acción, lo que representa una prima de prácticamente un 61% sobre el precio de cierre de 7,59 euros del pasado viernes.
El grupo de lujo más importante
El cierre de esta operación implica que la familia Bulgari será desde este momento el segundo mayor accionista del prestigioso LVMH, lo que supone el derecho a nombrar a dos miembros del consejo del grupo. Además, con esta nueva adquisición, este conglomerado empresas se convierte en el de mayor presencia mundial dentro del lujo.
La alianza asegura el futuro de Bulgari a largo plazo
Por su parte, la familia Bulgari seguirá ostentando los cargos de poder dentro de su firma de alta joyería. Paolo y Nicola Bulgari seguirán ejerciendo como presidente y vicepresidente de la marca de lujo.
Ambas partes se han mostrado optimistas con esta alianza. Bernard Arnault, consejero delgado LVMH, ha expresado que esta adquisición representa una "combinación perfecta desde todos los puntos de vista", mientras que la presidencia de Bulgari ha afirmado que el acuerdo va a asegurar el futuro de la compañía familiar de lujo a largo plazo. | es | Tienda de Bulgari en Milán.
La compañía de lujo Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy (LVMH) ha adquirido el 50,4% de la empresa de joyería y artículos de lujo Bulgari, para pasar a ser la mayor empresa de lujo a nivel mundial. Bulgari, fundada en 1860, es la mayor compra por parte del imperio de lujo francés de los 10 últimos años, por un valor de más de 150 millones de acciones de la compañía italiana.
Más que una compra, se trata de una alianza. Los Bulgari mantendrán su organización interna, con Paolo Bulgari bajo la presidencia de la marca de alta joyería. Sin embargo, al ser el segundo mayor accionista de LVMH, cuenta con un futuro asegurado (a pesar de haber registrado un margen negativo en 2009, por primera vez en una década). El consejero delegado de Louis Vuitton, Bernard Arnault, se refirió a la operación económica como “una combinación perfecta desde todos los puntos de vista”.
Los principales destinos de venta de la empresa italiana son Asia, con un 42% de ventas; Europa, con un 38%, y un 12% en América. En lo que a países se refiere, el primer puesto lo ostenta Japón, con un 19%, seguido del 12%de ingresos que registra del mercado italiano. Así mismo, Bulgari formará parte de LVMH junto a casas como Chaumet, Zenith o Tag Heuer. |
es | Bulgari sufrió en 2009 las primeras pérdidas en 10 años, lastrado, entre otros factores, por la caída de ventas (un 14% a 926,6 millones de euros) y el aumento de los costes financieros. En el último ejercicio completo disponible, el de 2009, la empresa de joyería y perfumes sufrió números rojos de 47,1 millones de euros en todo el mundo
Europa representa un 38% de las ventas de Bulgari, de los que el mercado italiano se lleva el 12%. América supone un 12% del total de ingresos y Asia, un 42%, de donde el 19% corresponde a Japón.
En este contexto, el mercado español ha supuesto también un lastre para el grupo de lujo. En el ejercicio 2009, la compañía perdió en el mercado español 2,5 millones de euros, casi el 5% del total de los números rojos grupo, según los datos del Registro Mercantil. Las ventas ascendieron a 27,7 millones de euros, casi un 30% menos que en el año anterior. El grupo reconoce en su memoria anual 2009 que la sociedad "muestra un fondo de maniobra negativo" por importe de 5,22 millones de euros y un patrimonio neto inferior a las dos terceras partes del capital, si bien "aproximadamente un 95% del pasivo corriente" corresponde de a saldos a pagar a empresas del grupo y la empresa "cuenta con el apoyo financiero continuado del Grupo Bulgari".
Según el informe anual del grupo, Bulgari España pertenece a la división Bulgari Holding Europe, cuenta con un capital social de 5,4 millones de euros y cuenta con tiendas en Madrid, Barcelona, Sevilla, Marbella y Valencia. | es | Tienda de Bulgari en Milán.
La compañía de lujo Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy (LVMH) ha adquirido el 50,4% de la empresa de joyería y artículos de lujo Bulgari, para pasar a ser la mayor empresa de lujo a nivel mundial. Bulgari, fundada en 1860, es la mayor compra por parte del imperio de lujo francés de los 10 últimos años, por un valor de más de 150 millones de acciones de la compañía italiana.
Más que una compra, se trata de una alianza. Los Bulgari mantendrán su organización interna, con Paolo Bulgari bajo la presidencia de la marca de alta joyería. Sin embargo, al ser el segundo mayor accionista de LVMH, cuenta con un futuro asegurado (a pesar de haber registrado un margen negativo en 2009, por primera vez en una década). El consejero delegado de Louis Vuitton, Bernard Arnault, se refirió a la operación económica como “una combinación perfecta desde todos los puntos de vista”.
Los principales destinos de venta de la empresa italiana son Asia, con un 42% de ventas; Europa, con un 38%, y un 12% en América. En lo que a países se refiere, el primer puesto lo ostenta Japón, con un 19%, seguido del 12%de ingresos que registra del mercado italiano. Así mismo, Bulgari formará parte de LVMH junto a casas como Chaumet, Zenith o Tag Heuer. |
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O país está cheio de sucateiros há muito tempo! Os xuxas estão no poder há muito tempo ! A ano passado foram apanhados dezenas deles na rede da operação chicote, mas isso até dá jeito ao governo : carro roubado, a vitima compra outro ( + iva cobrado), o ladrão & cmpª vai vivendo sem ter de recorrer ao rendimento mínimo (mais barato fica ao estado=governo), e mais negócio para o xuxa godinho de ovar, que é porreiro e entrega a comissão no largo do rato ! É sempre a facturar ... Agora veem dar uma de preocupados com o ambiente ! Ou será que estão preocupados com a concorrência, não vá algum espertalhão (sucateiro) querer tomar o lugar do godinho enquanto ele está a jogar xadrez ? Já sabem
Por Conde da Lagoinha - Palmela
Como sempre em Portugal é costume avisar antes de fiscalizar Já é tarde
Por Anónimo - Lx
Não vale apena, já é tarde, não conseguem limpar nada e atenção que ao andar na porcaria outra se pode levantar. Comentários 1 a 4 de um total de 11 Ler mais >> Twingly Blogsearch Governo inspecciona empresas de resíduos em Dezembro
22.11.2009
Ricardo Garcia, Ana Fernandes O Ministério do Ambiente vai lançar, no princípio de Dezembro, uma vasta operação de fiscalização às empresas que operam na área dos resíduos, na sequência dos casos de irregularidades que têm a vindo a público. "Têm realmente acontecido coisas que acho lamentáveis", afirma a ministra do Ambiente, Dulce Pássaro, numa entrevista ao PÚBLICO. Situações de deposição ilegal de resíduos perigosos, algumas envolvendo empresas licenciadas pelas autoridades ambientais, foram denunciadas em Outubro por uma reportagem da TVI e pela associação ambientalista Quercus. Além disso, o caso Face Oculta pôs no centro das atenções mais uma empresa legalmente licenciada, envolvida em suspeitas de corrupção.
A preocupação do ministério vai além disso, incidindo sobre a generalidade das entidades gestoras de resíduos. A Inspecção-Geral do Ambiente e do Ordenamento do Território (IGAOT) efectua já operações sectoriais regulares. Mas neste caso, a acção vai revestir-se da forma de uma verdadeira campanha, com maior alocação de recursos humanos. "A acção vai ter características especiais. Vai ser muito dirigida para a verificação do funcionamento da unidade e das suas incidências ambientais", diz a ministra do Ambiente.
Para harmonizar a inspecção, vai ser elaborado um "caderno de encargos", de modo a que todas as empresas visitadas sejam escrutinadas da mesma forma. As empresas serão seleccionadas por amostragem, dentro dos diferentes tipos de unidades de tratamento. "Vamos ver aterros, unidades de valorização, unidades de triagem e compostagem. Vamos a grandes e a pequenas", explica Dulce Pássaro. "Também temos indicadores daquelas que têm máxima vulnerabilidade em termos de práticas inadequadas", completa.
Além da inspecção, o Ministério do Ambiente vai obrigar as empresas de resíduos a fazerem uma auditoria interna anual - uma espécie de auto-controlo, cujos resultados terão de ser enviados à IGAOT e à entidade que as licenciou. "E vão-se encontrar mecanismos de responsabilização para contrariar esta tendência que se tem vindo a verificar", acrescenta.
A actual ministra foi uma figura central na construção de todo o quadro legislativo e operacional da gestão de resíduos em Portugal, desde a década de 1990. Agora, vê com alguma surpresa que o sistema apresente fragilidades. "Anteriormente, não tínhamos unidades licenciadas para os resíduos em número sufici-ente, a deposição inadequada era mais explicável", afirma. "Se calhar, a fiscalização não foi suficiente, não exerceu toda a pressão que seria necessária".
Dulce Pássaro escusa-se, alegando não ser uma questão da sua competência, a falar do caso Face Oculta, no qual um empresário do sector é suspeito de ter montado uma rede tentacular de corrupção para angariar contratos. "A ausência de contratos e todas as questões que têm sido referidas a propósito desse processo passam-se em unidades de tratamento de resíduos, mas a sua incidência ambiental não é o mais relevante", diz a ministra.
"O problema principal [para o Ministério do Ambiente] é este: a deposição inadequada em zonas licenciadas. E o inadequado pode ir desde receber resíduos para os quais a unidade está licenciada, até não serem armazenados ou tratados devidamente", acrescenta Dulce Pássaro.
O Ministério do Ambiente também suspeita de que haja empresas que estão a misturar resíduos industriais banais com perigosos, para os quais não estão licenciadas. "Há várias evidências de que há unidades que estão a trabalhar inadequadamente", adianta a ministra.
Leia amanhã, segunda-feira, no PÚBLICO, entrevista com a ministra do Ambiente, Dulce Pássaro. comente este artigo comente este artigo Critérios para publicação de comentários Restam 1200 caracteres Texto Anónimo Aguarde... | pt | Segundo a Ministra Portuguesa do Ambiente, até ao mês de fevereiro irão decorrer várias acções de fiscalização ás empresas de tratamento de resíduos. Esta medida surge após o caso Face Oculta, que envolveu inúmeras personalidades ligadas à gestão de empresas públicas, onde há fortes suspeitas de corrupção envolvendo favorecimentos em contractos, para além de apropriação indevida de materiais.
Para além disso, as fiscalizações irão incidir nas verificações do funcionamento das unidades e das suas incidências ambientais.
Paralelamente, estão a ser elaborados novos pacotes legais para o sector, estando planeada a obrigatoriedade das empresas de resíduos a fazerem uma auditoria interna anual, cujos resultados terão de ser enviados à IGAOT e à entidade que as licenciou. |
pt | André Alves do Paço e Silva é natural de Espinho e aos 19 anos, ocupou o lugar de lateral-esquerdo da equipa sénior de futebol, na caminhadado clube pela manutenção no Campeonato de Portugal. O seu primeiro ano de sénior, vindo do Leixões após ter integrado as equipas de juvenis dos tigres, acabou p | pt | Segundo a Ministra Portuguesa do Ambiente, até ao mês de fevereiro irão decorrer várias acções de fiscalização ás empresas de tratamento de resíduos. Esta medida surge após o caso Face Oculta, que envolveu inúmeras personalidades ligadas à gestão de empresas públicas, onde há fortes suspeitas de corrupção envolvendo favorecimentos em contractos, para além de apropriação indevida de materiais.
Para além disso, as fiscalizações irão incidir nas verificações do funcionamento das unidades e das suas incidências ambientais.
Paralelamente, estão a ser elaborados novos pacotes legais para o sector, estando planeada a obrigatoriedade das empresas de resíduos a fazerem uma auditoria interna anual, cujos resultados terão de ser enviados à IGAOT e à entidade que as licenciou. |
en | Policemen are often targeted by militants in Pakistan
At least four policemen have been killed in an attack by suspected militants in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province, police say.
They say the attackers fired bursts from automatic weapons on a police van, and then set it on fire.
Attacks on security personnel continue despite reports of peace talks between the government and militants.
Observers say local groups have been staging such attacks to avenge the killing or arrest of their comrades.
Police and witnesses told the BBC Urdu service that the police patrol came under attack at about midnight on Sunday in the southern suburbs of Peshawar, the capital of NWFP.
Four policemen were killed but their team leader, Station House Officer Haji Gulab Khan, survived with injuries.
It is not clear how he evaded detection by the militants who left the scene only after the police van had been set on fire. | en | Four Pakistani police officers have been shot dead by suspected militants, according to police. The attackers allegedly shot into a police car before setting it on fire.
Two officers were also injured in the shooting, which was the region's second such attack in less than a month.
The local police chief commented on the incident. "An unknown number of gunmen used automatic rifles and rocket-propelled grenades to target the police party," he said.
An adviser to the Pakistani Prime Minister said that the peace deal signed with militants last month may be discontinued if incidents like this occur. He said that if there are incidents like this, there is "no point" in the government attempting to follow the agreement. |
en | ISLAMABAD, June 9 (Xinhua) -- At least four policemen were killed and two others were injured in attack on their van in northwestern Pakistan, local media reported Monday.
The police mobile van came under attack at the outskirts of Peshawar, capital of North West Frontier Province, while patrolling late Sunday night, the News Network International (NNI) news agency quoted police as saying.
The police said that unidentified gunmen opened fire at the mobile van, killing four policemen at the spot and injuring two others.
No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
The attack on police mobile was the second near Peshawar in less than a month. | en | Four Pakistani police officers have been shot dead by suspected militants, according to police. The attackers allegedly shot into a police car before setting it on fire.
Two officers were also injured in the shooting, which was the region's second such attack in less than a month.
The local police chief commented on the incident. "An unknown number of gunmen used automatic rifles and rocket-propelled grenades to target the police party," he said.
An adviser to the Pakistani Prime Minister said that the peace deal signed with militants last month may be discontinued if incidents like this occur. He said that if there are incidents like this, there is "no point" in the government attempting to follow the agreement. |
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If you have any questions or queries please contact us. | en | Four Pakistani police officers have been shot dead by suspected militants, according to police. The attackers allegedly shot into a police car before setting it on fire.
Two officers were also injured in the shooting, which was the region's second such attack in less than a month.
The local police chief commented on the incident. "An unknown number of gunmen used automatic rifles and rocket-propelled grenades to target the police party," he said.
An adviser to the Pakistani Prime Minister said that the peace deal signed with militants last month may be discontinued if incidents like this occur. He said that if there are incidents like this, there is "no point" in the government attempting to follow the agreement. |
en | Growing pains within Fred Thompson's "non-campaign" for president in 2008 revealed themselves in a big way Tuesday.
For months, the former Tennessee senator has been rising in the polls by merely "testing the waters" and refusing to undertake the traditional trappings of a presidential campaign.
But there has been much speculation about the role of Thompson's wife, Jeri Kehn Thompson, and today, a senior adviser to Fred Thompson today stepped out of a day-to-day role in the campaign because of friction with her.
• Get the latest campaign news in FOXNews.com's You Decide 2008 Center, learn about the candidates in the Eye on the Issues Center and read the daily Update '08 newsletter.
When asked to confirm reports that Tom Collamore would reduce his role to senior adviser, two senior Thompson insiders adamantly denied it to FOX News today, insisting that the emergence of Randy Enright as campaign manager and the reduction of Tom Collamore's role had always been part of the plan.
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But multiple sources close to Thompson now tell FOX News that denial was inaccurate. In fact, Collamore and Kehn butted heads, and that was partially responsible for Collamore's move.
Thompson's wife Jeri is a hard-nosed former Republican party operative and a long time political professional with a strong will. Insiders have long speculated that her personality would play a big role in the narrative of Thompson's candidacy.
Get full election coverage in FOXNews.com's You Decide 2008 Center, learn about the candidates in the Eye on the Issues Center and get the daily Update '08 newsletter. | en | Fred Thompson
On Tuesday and Wednesday, two of Fred Thompson pre-campaign staffers resigned. J.T. Mastranadi, who was hired less than two weeks ago as the campaign's director of research, resigned this morning. Whereas, yesterday Thompson's top adviser, Tom Collamore, resigned "because of differences with Thompson's wife, Jeri Kehn, a Naperville native."
While some reports have noted Thompson's success, according to Mark Murray, "Sources close to the presumptive campaign tell NBC News that Fred Thompson's fundraising is down 'markedly.' One claimed it has 'slowed down big-time'."
In the polls, Thompson continues to be a major contender. A July 24th poll by Washington Post-ABC News has: Rudy Giuliani 37%, John McCain 16%, Fred Thompson 15%, and Mitt Romney 8%. While a July 17th poll by FOX News/Opinion Dynamics has: Rudy Giuliani 27%, John McCain 17%, Fred Thompson 17%, and Mitt Romney 10%. |
en | With vaccinations underway across the U.S. and world, Illinois is still in the first phase of its program. Here’s where the state stands. | en | Fred Thompson
On Tuesday and Wednesday, two of Fred Thompson pre-campaign staffers resigned. J.T. Mastranadi, who was hired less than two weeks ago as the campaign's director of research, resigned this morning. Whereas, yesterday Thompson's top adviser, Tom Collamore, resigned "because of differences with Thompson's wife, Jeri Kehn, a Naperville native."
While some reports have noted Thompson's success, according to Mark Murray, "Sources close to the presumptive campaign tell NBC News that Fred Thompson's fundraising is down 'markedly.' One claimed it has 'slowed down big-time'."
In the polls, Thompson continues to be a major contender. A July 24th poll by Washington Post-ABC News has: Rudy Giuliani 37%, John McCain 16%, Fred Thompson 15%, and Mitt Romney 8%. While a July 17th poll by FOX News/Opinion Dynamics has: Rudy Giuliani 27%, John McCain 17%, Fred Thompson 17%, and Mitt Romney 10%. |
en | The Fred file: money and the Jeri factor
Posted: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 12:01 PM by Mark Murray
From NBC's Kelly O'Donnell
Sources close to the presumptive campaign tell NBC News thatfundraising is down "markedly." One claimed it has "slowed down big-time." The pace is described as a consequence of the delayed announcement to enter the race."The Friends of Fred, Inc." will report to the IRS its revenue by July 31st. Sources reveal to NBC News that number will be in the range of about $3 million. Five million dollars had been the talked-about June goal. Sources describe an early burst of donations in June and say the summer fundraising has fallen off. While additional fundraisers are planned, sources say the scheduling of fundraisers was "frozen" for a time while the team was going through some internal strains.
The Jeri Factor
Some sources describe the role of the presumed candidate's wife, Jeri, as vast and powerful. Sources say "she's integrally involved in every decision" and that Fred Thompson has "set it up so everything goes through her." Critically, that was cast as "running it like a congressional campaign" and from the "kitchen table."
Sources also describe Jeri favorably as smart, and that her level of involvement could be an asset. However, they also claim she is "reluctant" to shift to the eventual front-stage role she would have to assume as the candidate's spouse with her own events and public responsibilities. An interpretation of Jeri's role was described as a "scattershot management style" that "lacks prioritization."
At present, those close to the planning say Jeri is involved in hiring, salaries, schedule, office assignments at the two headquarters, and small details like the color of bumper stickers. Some sources defend her, adding that "it's easy to say she's controlling things." Sources describe that she, like many in Washington, knows many people in politics. They acknowledge Jeri meets with and interviews senior staff candidates and is clearly a key adviser.
Another Staff Departure
Senior staffer J.T. Mastranadi is said to be out according to sources. Others near the Fred camp say word of Mastranadi's departure is "not accurate" and as of last evening "everything was fine." (But the Atlantic's Marc Ambinder has the campaign confirming Mastranadi's departure.)
Announcement Plans
Sources say September 4th in Nashville is the working plan, with Thompson possibly heading to South Carolina (if time permits) and then to New Hampshire for the September 5th GOP debate. The talk about a stop in Thompson's boyhood hometown seems unlikely. Yet sources acknowledge the launch could still change and that only a tiny group of advisers know the thinking.
Advisers contend it's better to have the "shake-ups and shake-downs now" than a month from now when they'd be in a "very different environment" with high scrutiny from media and other campaigns. One interpretation was, "a seamless pre-campaign does us no good if the official thing is a mess."
Structure And Organization
Roughly two dozen and "no more than 30" senior staffers are in place aside from those in state operations.
Advisers say Tom Collamore (who is gone now) was brought in for his organizational skills, and that he did set up the needed structure for two headquarters and hiring. Randy Enwright will be the political director and effectively running the operation. Former US Senator Spencer Abraham's role is being compared to the way Don Evans served George W. Bush as a confidant/counselor in 1999 and 2000.
The Fred team's internal research on the candidate to anticipate what opponents may dig up in their oppo shops has been going on for about a month and it's centered in Knoxville where the Senator's papers are housed. | en | Fred Thompson
On Tuesday and Wednesday, two of Fred Thompson pre-campaign staffers resigned. J.T. Mastranadi, who was hired less than two weeks ago as the campaign's director of research, resigned this morning. Whereas, yesterday Thompson's top adviser, Tom Collamore, resigned "because of differences with Thompson's wife, Jeri Kehn, a Naperville native."
While some reports have noted Thompson's success, according to Mark Murray, "Sources close to the presumptive campaign tell NBC News that Fred Thompson's fundraising is down 'markedly.' One claimed it has 'slowed down big-time'."
In the polls, Thompson continues to be a major contender. A July 24th poll by Washington Post-ABC News has: Rudy Giuliani 37%, John McCain 16%, Fred Thompson 15%, and Mitt Romney 8%. While a July 17th poll by FOX News/Opinion Dynamics has: Rudy Giuliani 27%, John McCain 17%, Fred Thompson 17%, and Mitt Romney 10%. |
en | A reality TV star is reportedly wanted by police after the body of a former US swimsuit model was found stuffed in a suitcase.
Fiore in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 2006
Jasmine Fiore's remains were packed in the case and then dumped in a rubbish bin in Buena Park, Orange County, California.
Police said the 28-year-old, who disappeared over the weekend, had been strangled.
Lieutenant Gary Worrall said officers want to speak with Ryan Jenkins, from Alberta, Canada, who reported her missing on Saturday.
Fiore is said to have vanished after Jenkins took her to a poker party in San Diego the night before.
Real estate developer Jenkins, 32, was a contestant on VH1 reality show Megan Wants a Millionaire, according to showbiz website TMZ.
TMZ said the show, in which the winner has not yet been announced, was currently airing on the TV channel.
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Megan Wants a Millionaire involves a woman dating various men in the hope she finds a wealthy bachelor.
On the show, Jenkins was described as an "investment banker", the Los Angeles Times added.
Fiore had recently moved to Los Angeles from Las Vegas and had appeared in an advertisement for Howard Stern's radio show.
Her body was found by a man who was searching for recyclables. | en | A millionaire reality TV star is being sought by police over the murder of a model whose body was found in a Californian dumpster. 28-year-old Jasmine Fiore was found dead in an unzipped suitcase in Buena Park, Orange County.
Police are seeking real estate tycoon Ryan Jenkins, 32, a contestant on the reality show ''Megan Wants a Millionaire'', in which former ''Rock of Love'' hopeful Megan Hauserman dates several rich men with the aim of ultimately becoming the girlfriend of one of them. Jenkins reportedly met Fiore at a Las Vegas strip club and married her two days later.
Jenkins reported the swimsuit model missing hours after the discovery of her body. Since then he has not returned calls from investigators and is considered a person of interest. Police suspect he may be on the run and are trying to trace him as well as a black and white Mercedes car he may be driving.
It is thought that Jenkins may have returned to his homeland of Canada. Fiore, who had worked for Playboy, had been strangled according to police. Her body was found by someone searching for goods to recycle. She was last seen alive at 8:30 p.m. on Friday and had not contacted her family since then. |
en | Jasmine Fiore, a 28-year-old model whose body was found stuffed in a suitcase and dumped in a Californian dumpster, had been strangled, US police say.
Now the hunt is on for the man who reported her missing - 32-year-old Ryan Alexander Jenkins.
Entertainment website TMZ.com reported today that Jenkins had married Fiore just two days after they met in Las Vegas earlier this year.
Jenkins, a contestant on the VH1 reality show Megan Wants a Millionaire, told police she was missing on Saturday night after he reportedly took her to a poker party in San Diego the night before.
The reality show features a woman, Megan Houserman, who dates a group of millionaire bachelors in the hope that one of them will win her heart by the end of the series.
The suitcase with her body inside was discovered in the dumpster in Buena Park by someone looking for things to recycle. It was apparently not zipped up.
Fiore, who had worked as a Playboy representative, had recently moved to the Los Angeles area from Las Vegas to start a personal training business and had been planning to go to San Diego for a poker tournament, examiner.com reported.
She had last been seen at her home about 8.30pm on Friday and did not have any contact with family members after that time, the Los Angeles Times reported.
smh.com.au and agencies | en | A millionaire reality TV star is being sought by police over the murder of a model whose body was found in a Californian dumpster. 28-year-old Jasmine Fiore was found dead in an unzipped suitcase in Buena Park, Orange County.
Police are seeking real estate tycoon Ryan Jenkins, 32, a contestant on the reality show ''Megan Wants a Millionaire'', in which former ''Rock of Love'' hopeful Megan Hauserman dates several rich men with the aim of ultimately becoming the girlfriend of one of them. Jenkins reportedly met Fiore at a Las Vegas strip club and married her two days later.
Jenkins reported the swimsuit model missing hours after the discovery of her body. Since then he has not returned calls from investigators and is considered a person of interest. Police suspect he may be on the run and are trying to trace him as well as a black and white Mercedes car he may be driving.
It is thought that Jenkins may have returned to his homeland of Canada. Fiore, who had worked for Playboy, had been strangled according to police. Her body was found by someone searching for goods to recycle. She was last seen alive at 8:30 p.m. on Friday and had not contacted her family since then. |
en | A former Calgary realtor is wanted for questioning in connection to the gruesome murder of a Los Angeles area swimsuit model.
American authorities are looking for Ryan Alexander Jenkins and say he might be on the run.
The 31-year-old Calgary man is a person of interest in the investigation into the death of Jasmine Fiore.
Her body was found stuffed in a suitcase on Saturday August 15th in Buena Park, California.
The 28-year-old was strangled and dumped into a trash bin southeast of Los Angeles.
Police say Jenkins reported Fiore missing several hours after police found her body.
He had moved to L.A. to be a contestant on the VH-1 reality show "Megan Wants A Millionaire."
On the show's website Jenkins' bio states he is an investment broker.
It's not clear how Jenkins knew Fiore, but the entertainment website TMZ reported the pair met at a Las Vegas strip club and got married two days later.
CTV News spoke with police in Buena Park and they confirm they've been looking for Ryan Jenkins since Saturday, but have not been able to locate him.
Jenkins is a Canadian resident, and it's believed he may have fled the U.S. and returned to Canada.
Police believe he was the last person to see Fiore alive.
Jenkins was seen with the victim in San Diego last Friday, the night before she was found murdered.
They are also looking for a vehicle, a white and black Mercedes that might have belonged to Fiore, that Jenkins was also seen driving.
At this time, Jenkins is not considered a suspect but investigators say his behaviour has raised many questions. Jenkins has not returned any of their calls.
Jenkins was a former Calgary realtor, and according to one website, he once owned Skyhomes Calgary in Kensington.
In what appears to be a more recent website posting, Jenkins listed himself as an employee with Concrete Equities, a Calgary real estate investment firm.
Late Tuesday night, TMZ reported on its website that Jenkins' publicist said he will co-operate with police, but is currently speaking to his lawyer.
Buena Park Police are asking anyone with information on Jenkins' whereabouts to contact them at 714-562-3992. | en | A millionaire reality TV star is being sought by police over the murder of a model whose body was found in a Californian dumpster. 28-year-old Jasmine Fiore was found dead in an unzipped suitcase in Buena Park, Orange County.
Police are seeking real estate tycoon Ryan Jenkins, 32, a contestant on the reality show ''Megan Wants a Millionaire'', in which former ''Rock of Love'' hopeful Megan Hauserman dates several rich men with the aim of ultimately becoming the girlfriend of one of them. Jenkins reportedly met Fiore at a Las Vegas strip club and married her two days later.
Jenkins reported the swimsuit model missing hours after the discovery of her body. Since then he has not returned calls from investigators and is considered a person of interest. Police suspect he may be on the run and are trying to trace him as well as a black and white Mercedes car he may be driving.
It is thought that Jenkins may have returned to his homeland of Canada. Fiore, who had worked for Playboy, had been strangled according to police. Her body was found by someone searching for goods to recycle. She was last seen alive at 8:30 p.m. on Friday and had not contacted her family since then. |
en | Many of the bodies were moved up the beach to a shallow grave
Police and Red Cross officials at the scene of the blast, on Atlas Creek Island, said many of the bodies had been burnt beyond recognition.
Reports suggest the blast may have been caused by an attempt to tap illegally into the high pressure pipeline.
Almost 2,000 people have died in a number of similar incidents in the country in recent years.
Government spokesman Chief Femi Fani Kayode told the BBC that, while he regretted the loss of life, the authorities had done all they could to make people aware of the dangers of this practice.
"If they decide to take that risk then they have to look at the attending consequences, and the blame for that cannot be put on the doorstep of anybody, least of all the government," he said.
Jerrycans
Eyewitnesses in Lagos said they had seen thick black smoke rising from a nearby area after the blast, which occurred early on Friday morning.
We should also remember that most of the pipes are very very old and rusted and do leak out on their own and the poor people have no choice but to 'steal'
Andrew Nanna, Lagos
'Burnt to ash' Blast recalls Nigeria's ills
The BBC's Alex Last in Lagos says the blast incinerated all those within a 20m radius, but the exact number of casualties may not be known for some time.
Bodies were strewn over a beach near the site of the blast and many had been thrown into the water.
Afterwards, emergency workers carried corpses up the beach on stretchers and buried them in a shallow grave.
The Nigerian Red Cross said local people arrived on the scene after thieves had initially ruptured the pipeline.
"We found that vandals have drilled holes on [into] the pipeline, from where they have been stealing fuel," said Nigerian Red Cross Secretary General Abiodun Orebiyi.
"We advise strongly Nigerians to desist from this dangerous act."
Local people were apparently gathered around the site of the leak when the fuel ignited. Five hundred jerrycans were found at the scene.
Appeal to injured
The BBC's Sola Odunfa in Lagos says any villagers who survived would have fled in case they were arrested for stealing petrol.
NIGERIA PIPELINE DISASTERS Dec 2004: At least 20 killed in Lagos Sept 2004: At least 60 killed in Lagos June 2003: At least 105 killed in Abia State Jul 2000: At least 300 killed in Warri Mar 2000: At least 50 killed in Abia State Oct 1998: At least 1,000 killed in Jesse
"We have combed through the bushes and nearby creeks to see if we can find those injured so that we give them medical assistance," Mr Orebiyi said.
"We have seen none yet. We are appealing to those who may be in hiding to come out for medical attention."
Our correspondent says Atlas Creek is a small fishing community but some people have moved there because rent is cheaper than Lagos, where they commute by speedboat.
The pipeline serves the Atlas Cove petrol depot, which supplies south-western Nigeria.
Despite being the eighth largest oil exporter in the world, Nigeria has to re-import refined oil products, such as petrol, because of decades of neglect of its own refineries.
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Militants have frequently targeted the centre of Nigeria's oil industry in the Niger Delta, further to the east. | de | Heute explodierte bei Ilado, einem Dorf in der Nähe der Stadt Lagos, eine beschädigte Erdölpipeline. Okon Umoh, ein Sprecher des nigerianischen Roten Kreuzes, sagte, dass ein großes Feuer entstanden sei und einige Menschen gestorben seien. Einwohner der Großstadt Lagos berichten von aufsteigendem dicken schwarzen Rauch. Die Explosion ereignete sich, als Anwohner sich bei der beschädigten Pipeline versammelt hatten, um ausströmendes Erdöl abzuschöpfen. Die Feuerwehr und Helfer des nigerianischen Roten Kreuzes befinden sich vor Ort, um das Feuer zu löschen und Verletzten zu helfen.
Die Nachrichtenagentur Reuters berichtet unter Berufung auf das nigerianische Rote Kreuz davon, dass Diebe ein Loch in die Pipeline gebohrt haben. Benzin und Erdöldiebstahl soll laut Reuters in Nigeria häufig vorkommen. Abiodun Orebiyi, Generalsekretär des nigerianischen Roten Kreuzes, rief die Bevölkerung strengstens dazu auf, dieses gefährliche Vorgehen zu unterlassen. Seinen Angaben zufolge wurden am Unglücksort Reste von etwa 500 Kanistern gefunden, in die das Erdöl abgefüllt werden sollte. Emmanuel Adebayo, ein Kommissar der Polizei des Bundesstaates Lagos, schätzt, dass bei dem Brand zwischen 100 und 200 Menschen ums Leben gekommen sind. Viele der Toten können nicht identifiziert werden, einige wurden ins Meer geschwemmt. Ein Reporter der Nachrichtenagentur AFP, der sich vor Ort befand, berichtet von verbrannten Überresten eines Bootes, in dem sich tote Menschen befanden. Das nigerianische Fernsehen zeigte keine Bilder vom Unglücksort. Auch wollten die Behörden den Brand zuerst nicht bestätigen.
Die Erdölpipeline, die dicht unter der Oberfläche des Inagbe-Strands verläuft, befindet sich im Besitz des staatlichen Unternehmens „Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation“ (NNPC). Die Pipeline beliefert das „Atlas Cove Depot“, das den Südwesten Nigerias mit Erdöl versorgt. Das Gebiet am Strand ist unbewohnt. Im letzten Jahr starben in Ilado bei einem ähnlichen Unfall 50 Menschen. Nigeria zählt zu den größten Erdölproduzenten der Welt. Dennoch lebt ein Großteil der Bevölkerung des Landes in Armut. Im erdölreichen Nigerdelta im Osten Nigerias kommt es häufig zu Unruhen. |
de | Nach der Frontalkollision zweier Züge im waadtländischen Granges-près-Marnand konnte einer der Lokführer nur noch tot geborgen werden. 26 Menschen wurden verletzt. Über die Ursache des Unglücks herrscht noch Unklarheit.
Bewegte Bilder vom Unfallort (Ohne Kommentar)
Zwei Regionalzüge sind frontal kollidiert. Das Unglück ereignete sich in Granges-près-Marnand im Kanton Waadt. Ein Lokführer wurde in einem der Wracks eingeklemmt und konnte nur tot geborgen werden. Mindestens 26 weitere Menschen sind verletzt worden. Sie wurden in Spitäler transportiert. Insgesamt befanden sich 45 Passagiere in den Zügen.
Noch am Montagabend war die Zahl der Verletzten von der Polizei auf 35 beziffert worden. Diese wurde von der SBB inzwischen korrigiert. Die Verletzten wurden in die Spitäler von Payerne, Yverdon, Montreux, Freiburg sowie das Universitätsspital inLausanne gebracht. Keiner von ihnen schwebe in Lebensgefahr, teilte die Kantonspolizei Waadt mit.
Unfalluntersuchung wurde eröffnet
Einer der Züge war von Lausanne nach Payerne (VD) unterwegs. Der andere fuhr dieselbe Strecke in der Gegenrichtung. Die Kollision ereignete sich, als ein Zug im Bahnhof ankam, während ein anderer losfuhr, teilte Pierre-Olivier Gaudard von der Kantonspolizei Waadt mit.
Wie die beiden Züge der SBB auf das selbe Gleis geraten konnten, blieb zunächst unklar. Die Schweizerische Unfalluntersuchungsstelle (SUST) hat eine Untersuchung eröffnet. Nach Angaben von Augenzeugen war der Zusammenprall sehr heftig.
Polizei, Feuerwehr, mehrere Ambulanzen und ein Helikopter waren im Einsatz. Der Bahnverkehr zwischen Moudon und Payerne auf der Linie Palézieux-Payerne ist unterbrochen. Die SBB hat einen Bahnersatz bereitgestellt. | pl | '''W dniu 29 lipca 2013 w szwajcarskiej miejscowości Granges-pres-Marnand doszło do katastrofy kolejowej. Zderzyły się ze sobą dwa pociągi relacji Lozanna-Payerne. Jedyną ofiarą śmiertelną tego wypadku jest maszynista jednego z pociągów, a 26 osób zostało rannych. Na razie nie znane są przyczyny wypadku.'''
Według Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen wczoraj wieczorem, podana do informacji publicznej liczba rannych została źle oceniona. Według SBB - przewoźnika kolejowego w Szwajcarii rannych zostało 26 osób i ich życiu nie zagraża żadne niebezpieczeństwo. Łącznie pociągami, które się czołowo zderzyły podróżowało 45 pasażerów. Jedyna potwierdzona ofiara śmiertelna tego wypadku to maszynista jednego z pociągów. |
pl | Do czołowego zderzenia dwóch pociągów regionalnych doszło w Granges-pres-Marnand w Szwajcarii. Jak wynika z najnowszych informacji 26 osób zostało rannych a maszynista jednego z pociągów nie żyje. Przyczyny wypadku są nadal badane.
Jak podają szwajcarskie media w poniedziałek wieczorem, liczba rannych w katastrofie kolejowej podana do informacji publicznej przez policję, była źle oszacowana. Błąd został skorygowany przez SBB (Schweizerische Bundesbahnen) narodowego przewoźnika kolejowego w Szwajcarii.Rannych jest 26 osób i ich życiu nie zagraża żadne niebezpieczeństwo. Trafili oni do szpitali w Payerne, Yverdon, Montreux, Fryburgu oraz Lozannie. Jak podano do informacji ogółem było 45 pasażerów tych pociągów. Jedyną ofiarą śmiertelną jest maszynista jednego z pociągów. Zginął zaklinowany w kabinie.Linia kolejowa między Lucens a Payerne ma pozostać zamknięta przez cały dzisiejszy dzień. | pl | '''W dniu 29 lipca 2013 w szwajcarskiej miejscowości Granges-pres-Marnand doszło do katastrofy kolejowej. Zderzyły się ze sobą dwa pociągi relacji Lozanna-Payerne. Jedyną ofiarą śmiertelną tego wypadku jest maszynista jednego z pociągów, a 26 osób zostało rannych. Na razie nie znane są przyczyny wypadku.'''
Według Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen wczoraj wieczorem, podana do informacji publicznej liczba rannych została źle oceniona. Według SBB - przewoźnika kolejowego w Szwajcarii rannych zostało 26 osób i ich życiu nie zagraża żadne niebezpieczeństwo. Łącznie pociągami, które się czołowo zderzyły podróżowało 45 pasażerów. Jedyna potwierdzona ofiara śmiertelna tego wypadku to maszynista jednego z pociągów. |
pl | Wypadek kolejowy w Szwajcarii. Nie żyje maszynista
IAR
Zderzenie pociągów w Szwajcarii. Jedna osoba nie żyje, pięć jest ciężko rannych , foto: PAP/EPA/LAURENT GILLIERON
Służby ratunkowe odnalazły ciało maszynisty, prowadzącego jeden z pociągów, które zderzyły się czołowo w Szwajcarii. To pierwsza potwierdzona ofiara śmiertelna tego wypadku. 5 osób jest ciężko rannych, 35 ma lżejsze obrażenia. | pl | '''W dniu 29 lipca 2013 w szwajcarskiej miejscowości Granges-pres-Marnand doszło do katastrofy kolejowej. Zderzyły się ze sobą dwa pociągi relacji Lozanna-Payerne. Jedyną ofiarą śmiertelną tego wypadku jest maszynista jednego z pociągów, a 26 osób zostało rannych. Na razie nie znane są przyczyny wypadku.'''
Według Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen wczoraj wieczorem, podana do informacji publicznej liczba rannych została źle oceniona. Według SBB - przewoźnika kolejowego w Szwajcarii rannych zostało 26 osób i ich życiu nie zagraża żadne niebezpieczeństwo. Łącznie pociągami, które się czołowo zderzyły podróżowało 45 pasażerów. Jedyna potwierdzona ofiara śmiertelna tego wypadku to maszynista jednego z pociągów. |
en | TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - An interim government set up after a military coup in Honduras said on Thursday it would be open to bringing forward a November general election to resolve a crisis over the ouster of President Manuel Zelaya.
Roberto Micheletti, head of the caretaker government, also told reporters it would be possible to hold a national referendum on reinstating Zelaya, although it would be difficult to do so right away. | en | The interim government of Honduras has rejected calls from the Organization of American States (OAS) and other governments to reinstate ousted President Manuel Zelaya, who was forced out of the country on Sunday in what has been labelled a military coup.
The Organization of American States, which includes all 35 independent states of North and South America, has refused to recognize the legitimacy of the newly-installed Honduran government. On Wednesday, the organization threatened to suspend the country's membership if Zelaya was not reinstated within 72 hours.
Manuel Zaleya plans to return to Honduras within three days.
The Honduran government has defied these threats, saying there is "no chance at all" of Zelaya's return to the presidency. "We are not negotiating national sovereignty or the presidency," said Enrique Ortez, interim foreign minister. Roberto Micheletti, president of the interim government, says he "won’t allow for people to call this a coup. This was a constitutional succession that happened after the Supreme Court took action."
Micheletti vowed to prosecute Zelaya under charges of treason and abuse of power if he returns to Honduras. Zelaya was accused of breaching the constitution by attempting to extend his term limits. He was arrested after the Supreme Court overturned his decision to fire the armed forces commander.
"Zelaya will be met by justice," Micheletti told reporters on Wednesday. "We would be open to dialogue but there are separate measures in our justice system that will deal with him."
Zelaya, who was flown to Costa Rica after being ousted and is now in Panama, plans to return to Honduras at the end of the three-day deadline. The Honduran ambassador to Panama, Juan Alfaro Posadas, said that Zelaya is willing to appear in court and cooperate with the interim government. "What he wants is unity ... he is willing to negotiate because he doesn’t want a divided country," Posadas said.
At an emergency session of the OAS, all other member states were in agreement over their refusal to recognize the Honduran government. Although Micheletti counts Israel and Taiwan as his supporters, a United Nations General Assembly resolution called for Zelaya's reinstatement and asked all countries to refrain from legitimizing Micheletti's presidency.
The United States has canceled its joint military operations with Honduras, and it plans to decide next week whether to cut off all aid to the country. Although the Obama administration has condemned the new government's actions, State Department officials say they want the OAS to play a larger role in mediation. "The multi-lateral route is the way to go," said State Department spokesman Ian Kelly.
Advancing the November 29 general election to an earlier date is an option Micheletti is considering to ease strife. |
en | New President of Honduras Roberto Micheletti, 28 Jun 2009
The interim Honduran president has rejected an ultimatum from American governments to reinstate ousted leader Manuel Zelaya to the presidency. The ongoing political crisis has sparked new protests.
Interim President Roberto Micheletti is facing new foreign pressure to allow the return of President Manuel Zelaya, who was forced to leave the country on Sunday.
The United States, United Nations and many Latin American nations have refused to acknowledge the government that took control from Mr. Zelaya, who has been accused of criminal charges. The Organization of American States (O.A.S.) went a step further Wednesday and said Honduras has 72 hours to reinstate Mr. Zelaya or the regional group may suspend the nation's membership.
In Tegucigalpa, Mr. Micheletti said his government will not bow to outside pressure, and that he is not fazed by the overwhelming negative reaction from foreign governments.
The interim leader said he is confident that Honduras will not be isolated for long, and that other countries will begin to understand how the new government has saved the country. He added that God is with the new government to help it resolve the crisis.
He said officials from the new government were beginning to reach out to Washington and other foreign partners to offer details on why Mr. Zelaya was removed from power. Officials have announced a criminal investigation into the ousted leader, who is accused of 18 offenses including treason and abuse of power.
Still, pressure is mounting on the interim government, as Spain and France recalled their ambassadors to Honduras. In Washington, the Pentagon said it was suspending military activities while officials reassess the situation. U.S. military forces operate a security and counter-drug operation from the Soto Cano airbase outside the Honduran capital.
Meantime, the president of the Honduran Commission for Human Rights offered a proposal aimed at easing the political crisis between the interim government and foreign allies. Ramon Custodio said election officials should consider holding a referendum on whether to allow Mr. Zelaya to return to power or not.
Custodio said the vote would offer a response to the international community, and show that only the Honduran people can decide the country's future.
The announcement marked a shift from the human rights chief, who has said officials acted properly in removing Mr. Zelaya and that the interim government has full authority. Custodio says he has received scores of threats for his actions, but says he will not be intimidated.
Supporters of the interim government held a large rally in the southern city of Choluteca on Wednesday, and smaller rallies took place in the capital. Also, some medical workers and school employees walked off their jobs after labor unions called for a strike until Mr. Zelaya is returned to power. Many schools have been closed since the coup, but businesses in the capital continue to operate | en | The interim government of Honduras has rejected calls from the Organization of American States (OAS) and other governments to reinstate ousted President Manuel Zelaya, who was forced out of the country on Sunday in what has been labelled a military coup.
The Organization of American States, which includes all 35 independent states of North and South America, has refused to recognize the legitimacy of the newly-installed Honduran government. On Wednesday, the organization threatened to suspend the country's membership if Zelaya was not reinstated within 72 hours.
Manuel Zaleya plans to return to Honduras within three days.
The Honduran government has defied these threats, saying there is "no chance at all" of Zelaya's return to the presidency. "We are not negotiating national sovereignty or the presidency," said Enrique Ortez, interim foreign minister. Roberto Micheletti, president of the interim government, says he "won’t allow for people to call this a coup. This was a constitutional succession that happened after the Supreme Court took action."
Micheletti vowed to prosecute Zelaya under charges of treason and abuse of power if he returns to Honduras. Zelaya was accused of breaching the constitution by attempting to extend his term limits. He was arrested after the Supreme Court overturned his decision to fire the armed forces commander.
"Zelaya will be met by justice," Micheletti told reporters on Wednesday. "We would be open to dialogue but there are separate measures in our justice system that will deal with him."
Zelaya, who was flown to Costa Rica after being ousted and is now in Panama, plans to return to Honduras at the end of the three-day deadline. The Honduran ambassador to Panama, Juan Alfaro Posadas, said that Zelaya is willing to appear in court and cooperate with the interim government. "What he wants is unity ... he is willing to negotiate because he doesn’t want a divided country," Posadas said.
At an emergency session of the OAS, all other member states were in agreement over their refusal to recognize the Honduran government. Although Micheletti counts Israel and Taiwan as his supporters, a United Nations General Assembly resolution called for Zelaya's reinstatement and asked all countries to refrain from legitimizing Micheletti's presidency.
The United States has canceled its joint military operations with Honduras, and it plans to decide next week whether to cut off all aid to the country. Although the Obama administration has condemned the new government's actions, State Department officials say they want the OAS to play a larger role in mediation. "The multi-lateral route is the way to go," said State Department spokesman Ian Kelly.
Advancing the November 29 general election to an earlier date is an option Micheletti is considering to ease strife. |
en | ・Honduras' post-coup government will not negotiate with OAS and allow Zelaya to return. ・OAS gave Honduras an ultimate 72 hours to reinstall Zelaya on Tuesday. ・Zelaya will delay return after OAS gave Honduras an ultimatum to restore him to power.
TEGUCIGALPA, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Honduras' post-coup government will not negotiate with the OAS and allow ousted President Manuel Zelaya to return to office, the interim government said Wednesday.
Supporters of Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya stage a rally in Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras, July 1, 2009. Honduras' President Zelaya said he will postpone his return to Honduras 72 hours to the weekend, instead of Thursday, as originally planned. (Xinhua/David De La Paz)
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"Anyone who has violated the law cannot be reinstated," the newly-appointed foreign minister Enrique Ortez Colindrez told the media.
"Honduras' sovereignty cannot be negotiated with the Organization of American States (OAS), nor with anyone," said the minister, who was named by the acting president Roberto Micheletti immediately after the coup.
Ortez said "international commitments signed with Honduras are being respected."
On Tuesday, the OAS gave Honduras an ultimate 72 hours to reinstall Zelaya or face expulsion from the bloc. see the story
Honduras' neighboring countries have closed their borders with it, and the Central American Integration System barred Honduras from receiving disbursements or new loans from its bank, the Central American Bank for Economic Integration.
Zelaya plans to return to Honduras at the weekend accompanied by Jose Miguel Insulza, the OAS secretary general.
The president was driven out of Honduras on Sunday after hooded and heavily armed soldiers seized him from bed at the presidential palace and forced him into exile in Costa Rica.
A new government was appointed hours later by a legislative session that began with the reading of a letter, allegedly by Zelaya, saying Zelaya had resigned on health grounds.
A large number of international organizations, including the United Nations and the OAS, have denounced the coup. Many governments, particularly those in Latin America, insist they would not recognize the post-coup Honduran leadership.
Interim Honduran president accuses Venezuela of intervening affairs
TEGUCIGALPA, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Interim Honduran President Roberto Micheletti Wednesday accused Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez of intervening Honduras' affairs.
"The intervention of the government of Hugo Chavez is clear and definite in the situation that Honduras is experiencing," Micheletti said. Full story
Honduras president postpones return home after OAS ultimatum
The ousted President of Honduras Manuel Zelaya speaks during a press conference at the UN headquarters in New York, the United States, June 30, 2009. Manuel Zelaya expressed his gratitude toward the international community and tearfully described the last moments in his home country before being thrown onto a plane and whisked away. (Xinhua/Gu Xinrong)
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WASHINGTON, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said here on Wednesday that he would postpone his plan to return home after the Organization of American States (OAS) gave the country an ultimatum to restore him to power. Full story
Coup-deposed Honduran president vows to return despite arrest warrant
TEGUCIGALPA, June 30 (Xinhua) -- The deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya on Tuesday vowed to return to the country despite an arrest threat that could put him in jail for 20 years.
Zelaya has won wide international supports, and he will make a high-profile comeback flanked by the president of the UN General Assembly, the secretary-general of the Organization of American States (OAS) and presidents of Argentina and Ecuador on a flight to Honduras on Thursday. Full story
General Assembly condemns military coup in Honduras
UNITED NATIONS, June 30 (Xinhua) -- The UN General Assembly on Tuesday adopted a resolution to condemn the military coup in Honduras and demand the immediate restoration of the government of ousted President Manuel Zelaya.
The resolution also asked all the countries not to recognize the military regime that took power by force. Full story | en | The interim government of Honduras has rejected calls from the Organization of American States (OAS) and other governments to reinstate ousted President Manuel Zelaya, who was forced out of the country on Sunday in what has been labelled a military coup.
The Organization of American States, which includes all 35 independent states of North and South America, has refused to recognize the legitimacy of the newly-installed Honduran government. On Wednesday, the organization threatened to suspend the country's membership if Zelaya was not reinstated within 72 hours.
Manuel Zaleya plans to return to Honduras within three days.
The Honduran government has defied these threats, saying there is "no chance at all" of Zelaya's return to the presidency. "We are not negotiating national sovereignty or the presidency," said Enrique Ortez, interim foreign minister. Roberto Micheletti, president of the interim government, says he "won’t allow for people to call this a coup. This was a constitutional succession that happened after the Supreme Court took action."
Micheletti vowed to prosecute Zelaya under charges of treason and abuse of power if he returns to Honduras. Zelaya was accused of breaching the constitution by attempting to extend his term limits. He was arrested after the Supreme Court overturned his decision to fire the armed forces commander.
"Zelaya will be met by justice," Micheletti told reporters on Wednesday. "We would be open to dialogue but there are separate measures in our justice system that will deal with him."
Zelaya, who was flown to Costa Rica after being ousted and is now in Panama, plans to return to Honduras at the end of the three-day deadline. The Honduran ambassador to Panama, Juan Alfaro Posadas, said that Zelaya is willing to appear in court and cooperate with the interim government. "What he wants is unity ... he is willing to negotiate because he doesn’t want a divided country," Posadas said.
At an emergency session of the OAS, all other member states were in agreement over their refusal to recognize the Honduran government. Although Micheletti counts Israel and Taiwan as his supporters, a United Nations General Assembly resolution called for Zelaya's reinstatement and asked all countries to refrain from legitimizing Micheletti's presidency.
The United States has canceled its joint military operations with Honduras, and it plans to decide next week whether to cut off all aid to the country. Although the Obama administration has condemned the new government's actions, State Department officials say they want the OAS to play a larger role in mediation. "The multi-lateral route is the way to go," said State Department spokesman Ian Kelly.
Advancing the November 29 general election to an earlier date is an option Micheletti is considering to ease strife. |
en | Mr Zelaya has postponed his return home until the deadline expires The newly installed government in Honduras has rejected international calls to reinstate deposed President Manuel Zelaya. The Organization of American States has given Honduras a 72-hour deadline for reinstatement or warned it could face suspension from the regional group. Mr Zelaya has delayed his planned return home on Thursday, until the deadline expires at the weekend. Interim leaders said he would be arrested for treason on his return. The army ousted Mr Zelaya on Sunday over his plans for constitutional reform, which his critics said were aimed at prolonging his presidency. Roberto Micheletti, the Speaker of Congress who was sworn in as interim president, said of the OAS deadline: "We can't negotiate anything. "We can't reach an agreement because there are orders to capture the ex-President Zelaya here for crimes he committed when he was an official." Troops guarded government buildings during pro- and anti-Zelaya protests He told the Associated Press: "He can no longer return to the presidency of the republic unless a president from another Latin American country comes and imposes him using guns." The president's expulsion has been widely condemned by leaders ranging from US President Barack Obama to Mr Zelaya's regional allies, including Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Mr Zelaya, in Panama for the presidential inauguration, said: "I'm going to respect those 72 hours that the OAS asked for." The US has suspended military co-operation with Honduras and says it will decide next week whether to cut aid. Mr Zelaya's decision to postpone his return was described as "wise" by a senior official from US President Barack Obama's administration, quoted by Reuters news agency. Protests The World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank have cut new loans and some European countries have recalled their ambassadors. The head of the OAS, Jose Miguel Insulza, condemned what he described as "an old-fashioned coup" in Honduras, after an emergency meeting of the regional grouping on Tuesday. "We need to show clearly that military coups will not be accepted," he said. But thousands of people demonstrated in the capital, Tegucigalpa, against the return of the ousted leader, whose popularity has slumped in opinion polls to around 30% in recent months.
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StumbleUpon What are these? E-mail this to a friend Printable version | en | The interim government of Honduras has rejected calls from the Organization of American States (OAS) and other governments to reinstate ousted President Manuel Zelaya, who was forced out of the country on Sunday in what has been labelled a military coup.
The Organization of American States, which includes all 35 independent states of North and South America, has refused to recognize the legitimacy of the newly-installed Honduran government. On Wednesday, the organization threatened to suspend the country's membership if Zelaya was not reinstated within 72 hours.
Manuel Zaleya plans to return to Honduras within three days.
The Honduran government has defied these threats, saying there is "no chance at all" of Zelaya's return to the presidency. "We are not negotiating national sovereignty or the presidency," said Enrique Ortez, interim foreign minister. Roberto Micheletti, president of the interim government, says he "won’t allow for people to call this a coup. This was a constitutional succession that happened after the Supreme Court took action."
Micheletti vowed to prosecute Zelaya under charges of treason and abuse of power if he returns to Honduras. Zelaya was accused of breaching the constitution by attempting to extend his term limits. He was arrested after the Supreme Court overturned his decision to fire the armed forces commander.
"Zelaya will be met by justice," Micheletti told reporters on Wednesday. "We would be open to dialogue but there are separate measures in our justice system that will deal with him."
Zelaya, who was flown to Costa Rica after being ousted and is now in Panama, plans to return to Honduras at the end of the three-day deadline. The Honduran ambassador to Panama, Juan Alfaro Posadas, said that Zelaya is willing to appear in court and cooperate with the interim government. "What he wants is unity ... he is willing to negotiate because he doesn’t want a divided country," Posadas said.
At an emergency session of the OAS, all other member states were in agreement over their refusal to recognize the Honduran government. Although Micheletti counts Israel and Taiwan as his supporters, a United Nations General Assembly resolution called for Zelaya's reinstatement and asked all countries to refrain from legitimizing Micheletti's presidency.
The United States has canceled its joint military operations with Honduras, and it plans to decide next week whether to cut off all aid to the country. Although the Obama administration has condemned the new government's actions, State Department officials say they want the OAS to play a larger role in mediation. "The multi-lateral route is the way to go," said State Department spokesman Ian Kelly.
Advancing the November 29 general election to an earlier date is an option Micheletti is considering to ease strife. |
en | July 1 (Bloomberg) -- Honduras’s interim president Roberto Micheletti said his government is open to “dialogue” with Manuel Zelaya, who was forced from the presidency in a military coup on June 28 and flown out of the country.
Micheletti, appointed president by congress after the coup, told reporters in Tegucigalpa today that Zelaya would still face treason, abuse of power and other charges if he returns. Zelaya repeatedly breached the constitution by pushing ahead with a vote about changing the nation’s charter that the Supreme Court ruled illegal, Justice Rosalinda Cruz said today.
“Zelaya will be met by justice,” said Micheletti. “We would be open to dialogue but there are separate measures in our justice system that will deal with him.”
Zelaya is “not afraid” to stand trial, said Honduras’s Ambassador to Panama, Juan Alfaro Posadas. The deposed president is willing to negotiate with anyone who wants to cooperate, Posadas told reporters in Panama City.
“He is willing to appear before any court if he is presented with a charge,” Posadas said. “He is a brave man and he has no fear.”
“What he wants is unity,” Posadas continued. “When he arrives in Honduras, he is willing to negotiate because he doesn’t want a divided country.”
Zelaya, who plans to reenter the Central American nation within three days, received backing yesterday from the United Nations General Assembly, which called for his reinstatement and asked that no government recognize Micheletti as the legitimate president. The U.S. was a co-sponsor of the resolution.
Gunpoint Arrest
The U.S. also joined 33 other countries in an emergency session of the Organization of American States to demand Zelaya’s reinstatement within 72 hours or face suspension from the Washington-based group.
Zelaya was seized at gunpoint and flown to Costa Rica from a military base in the early hours of June 28. The arrest came after the country’s armed forces commander, General Romeo Vasquez, said he would remain at his post after the Supreme Court overturned the president’s decision to fire him. Zelaya is currently in Panama.
“Eighty percent of the nation agrees with what happened,” Micheletti said. “I won’t allow for people to call this a coup. This was a constitutional succession that happened after the Supreme Court took action.”
Israel, Taiwan
Micheletti said his government has received support from Israel and Taiwan and intermediaries have made contact with U.S. officials. President Barack Obama rejected the new government without closely reviewing the situation, he said.
“I am very worried that President Obama rejected us without hearing our opinions,” he said.
Dozens have been injured in protests during the days following Zelaya’s forced exit from Honduras. The interim government extended for 72 hours a 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew in a bid to stem scattered violence.
The right to protest hasn’t been suspended, Micheletti said. Authorities detained journalists during June 29 protests because they incited violence, he said. Fuel and food supplies are guaranteed, he added.
“I want to say that there is peace and calm in the nation,” Micheletti said. “No citizen will have his rights suspended. I don’t think the military will go beyond the curfew that we ordered.”
Some 25,000 supporters marched in favor of the interim government today in the city of Choluteca, he said.
To contact the reporter on this story: Andres Martinez in Tegucigalpa at [email protected] Murphy in Bogota at [email protected]
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Andrew J. Barden at [email protected] | en | The interim government of Honduras has rejected calls from the Organization of American States (OAS) and other governments to reinstate ousted President Manuel Zelaya, who was forced out of the country on Sunday in what has been labelled a military coup.
The Organization of American States, which includes all 35 independent states of North and South America, has refused to recognize the legitimacy of the newly-installed Honduran government. On Wednesday, the organization threatened to suspend the country's membership if Zelaya was not reinstated within 72 hours.
Manuel Zaleya plans to return to Honduras within three days.
The Honduran government has defied these threats, saying there is "no chance at all" of Zelaya's return to the presidency. "We are not negotiating national sovereignty or the presidency," said Enrique Ortez, interim foreign minister. Roberto Micheletti, president of the interim government, says he "won’t allow for people to call this a coup. This was a constitutional succession that happened after the Supreme Court took action."
Micheletti vowed to prosecute Zelaya under charges of treason and abuse of power if he returns to Honduras. Zelaya was accused of breaching the constitution by attempting to extend his term limits. He was arrested after the Supreme Court overturned his decision to fire the armed forces commander.
"Zelaya will be met by justice," Micheletti told reporters on Wednesday. "We would be open to dialogue but there are separate measures in our justice system that will deal with him."
Zelaya, who was flown to Costa Rica after being ousted and is now in Panama, plans to return to Honduras at the end of the three-day deadline. The Honduran ambassador to Panama, Juan Alfaro Posadas, said that Zelaya is willing to appear in court and cooperate with the interim government. "What he wants is unity ... he is willing to negotiate because he doesn’t want a divided country," Posadas said.
At an emergency session of the OAS, all other member states were in agreement over their refusal to recognize the Honduran government. Although Micheletti counts Israel and Taiwan as his supporters, a United Nations General Assembly resolution called for Zelaya's reinstatement and asked all countries to refrain from legitimizing Micheletti's presidency.
The United States has canceled its joint military operations with Honduras, and it plans to decide next week whether to cut off all aid to the country. Although the Obama administration has condemned the new government's actions, State Department officials say they want the OAS to play a larger role in mediation. "The multi-lateral route is the way to go," said State Department spokesman Ian Kelly.
Advancing the November 29 general election to an earlier date is an option Micheletti is considering to ease strife. |
en | By Patrick Markey
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduras faced growing pressure to reinstate ousted President Manuel Zelaya on Wednesday after the Organization of American States set a 72-hour deadline to end a crisis triggered by a military coup.
The coup has spiraled into the worst political turmoil in Central America since the U.S. invasion of Panama in 1989, after troops captured Zelaya and whisked him out of the country to Costa Rica in a dawn raid on Sunday.
The ouster of Zelaya -- a timber magnate forced out over his push to extend presidential re-election beyond a single four-year term -- was widely condemned by figures ranging from U.S. President Barack Obama to Zelaya's left-wing allies in Latin America.
Zelaya has vowed to return, accompanied by foreign leaders, to serve out his term ending in 2010, defying a warning from an interim government that he faces arrest if he arrives in Honduras, a major coffee producer.
The OAS resolution, formally agreed in the early morning hours of Wednesday in an emergency session at its headquarters in Washington, D.C., condemned the coup and demanded the "immediate, safe, and unconditional return of the president to his constitutional functions."
It declared that "no government arising from this unconstitutional interruption will be recognized."
'CRUEL, BLOODY, BACKWARD STEP'
Zelaya, who was at the session, denounced the coup as a "cruel, bloody, backward step" and offered his "heartfelt thanks" to the 34-member OAS.
"It is the very first time that this organization has spoken so vehemently, with such conviction, condemning an aggressive act, where power has prevailed over reason and where the peace of a society has been broken."
After earlier vowing to return to Honduras on Thursday, Zelaya told reporters that because of the 72-hour time frame in the resolution, he did not now expect to go back before the weekend.
"Basically, the decision is to condemn, very clearly, the military coup," OAS chief Jose Miguel Insulza earlier told reporters during the meeting of the region's top diplomatic body over the crisis in Honduras.
The resolution instructed Insulza to undertake "diplomatic initiatives aimed at restoring democracy and the rule of law and the reinstatement" of Zelaya.
"Should these prove unsuccessful within 72 hours, the Special General Assembly shall forthwith ... suspend Honduras' membership," it said.
Zelaya had said on Tuesday the Argentine and Ecuadorean presidents and the U.N. General Assembly and OAS chiefs would accompany him back to Honduras.
The U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday called on its 192 member states to recognize only Zelaya's government, calling in a resolution for "the immediate and unconditional restoration of the legitimate and constitutional government." Continued... | en | The interim government of Honduras has rejected calls from the Organization of American States (OAS) and other governments to reinstate ousted President Manuel Zelaya, who was forced out of the country on Sunday in what has been labelled a military coup.
The Organization of American States, which includes all 35 independent states of North and South America, has refused to recognize the legitimacy of the newly-installed Honduran government. On Wednesday, the organization threatened to suspend the country's membership if Zelaya was not reinstated within 72 hours.
Manuel Zaleya plans to return to Honduras within three days.
The Honduran government has defied these threats, saying there is "no chance at all" of Zelaya's return to the presidency. "We are not negotiating national sovereignty or the presidency," said Enrique Ortez, interim foreign minister. Roberto Micheletti, president of the interim government, says he "won’t allow for people to call this a coup. This was a constitutional succession that happened after the Supreme Court took action."
Micheletti vowed to prosecute Zelaya under charges of treason and abuse of power if he returns to Honduras. Zelaya was accused of breaching the constitution by attempting to extend his term limits. He was arrested after the Supreme Court overturned his decision to fire the armed forces commander.
"Zelaya will be met by justice," Micheletti told reporters on Wednesday. "We would be open to dialogue but there are separate measures in our justice system that will deal with him."
Zelaya, who was flown to Costa Rica after being ousted and is now in Panama, plans to return to Honduras at the end of the three-day deadline. The Honduran ambassador to Panama, Juan Alfaro Posadas, said that Zelaya is willing to appear in court and cooperate with the interim government. "What he wants is unity ... he is willing to negotiate because he doesn’t want a divided country," Posadas said.
At an emergency session of the OAS, all other member states were in agreement over their refusal to recognize the Honduran government. Although Micheletti counts Israel and Taiwan as his supporters, a United Nations General Assembly resolution called for Zelaya's reinstatement and asked all countries to refrain from legitimizing Micheletti's presidency.
The United States has canceled its joint military operations with Honduras, and it plans to decide next week whether to cut off all aid to the country. Although the Obama administration has condemned the new government's actions, State Department officials say they want the OAS to play a larger role in mediation. "The multi-lateral route is the way to go," said State Department spokesman Ian Kelly.
Advancing the November 29 general election to an earlier date is an option Micheletti is considering to ease strife. |
en | US Warns Honduras of Cascade of Consequences if Coup is Not Reversed
Ousted Honduran Pres. Manuel Zelaya speaks at an Organization of American States meeting in Washington 01 Jul 2009 The United States is warning Honduras that there will be a cascade of negative consequences for the Central American state if the coup that ousted elected President Manuel Zelaya on Sunday is not reversed. The Obama administration is backing mediation on the situation by the Organization of American States, the OAS.
Officials here say the removal of President Zelaya was unconstitutional, illegal and cannot be tolerated, and they say the country faces severe penalties from its hemispheric neighbors if the ousted leader is not restored.
A senior Obama administration official who briefed State Department reporters said if the coup is not reversed within 72 hours, as the regional body demanded late Tuesday, it would clearly mean the expulsion of Honduras from the OAS. He said that would trigger a cascade of events in which Honduras would find itself thrown out of many components of the inter-American system.
He said that given how interconnected the region is, Honduras can isolate, and hurt itself, in as he put it, some pretty dramatic ways.
The United States had tried to mediate in the simmering dispute that led to the coup, centering on what Mr. Zelaya's opponents saw as an effort to remain in power even though obligated by term limits to leave office in January.
But the Obama administration was quick to condemn his ouster by the military, and replacement with an interim government led by Roberto Micheletti, as an illegal coup.
The senior official said despite the complaints against Mr. Zelaya at home, the United States wants his unconditional return to power with all powers and privileges of office.
The official also commended Mr. Zelaya for what he said was his wise decision to postpone returning home to give time for OAS diplomacy, which State Department Spokesman Ian Kelly said earlier Wednesday is showing some progress.
State Deptartment Spokesman Ian Kelly (File) "I think this is an important moment for the OAS, for the principles of the states of the Western Hemisphere, the democratic principles," said Ian Kelly. "And we believe the best way to work through this is through this OAS process. And we're seeing great progress through the OAS. And I think we should just give this process a chance to play out. The multi-lateral route is the way to go."
Unlike Spain and several other concerned countries, the United States has not recalled its ambassador from Tegucigalpa, stressing the need to keep channels of communication open with the Honduran people.
The Pentagon has cut off military contacts with Honduras but the State Department says it is still involved in a legal review of a cut-off of U.S. aid to Honduras, with officials saying privately that they hoped an early reversal of the coup would obviate the need for such a step.
An act of Congress requires a cut-off of most U.S. aid to countries where elected governments are unseated by the military.
The United States is warning Honduras that there will be a cascade of negative consequences for the Central American state if the coup that ousted elected President Manuel Zelaya on Sunday is not reversed. The Obama administration is backing mediation on the situation by the Organization of American States, the OAS.Officials here say the removal of President Zelaya was unconstitutional, illegal and cannot be tolerated, and they say the country faces severe penalties from its hemispheric neighbors if the ousted leader is not restored.A senior Obama administration official who briefed State Department reporters said if the coup is not reversed within 72 hours, as the regional body demanded late Tuesday, it would clearly mean the expulsion of Honduras from the OAS. He said that would trigger a cascade of events in which Honduras would find itself thrown out of many components of the inter-American system.He said that given how interconnected the region is, Honduras can isolate, and hurt itself, in as he put it, some pretty dramatic ways.The United States had tried to mediate in the simmering dispute that led to the coup, centering on what Mr. Zelaya's opponents saw as an effort to remain in power even though obligated by term limits to leave office in January.But the Obama administration was quick to condemn his ouster by the military, and replacement with an interim government led by Roberto Micheletti, as an illegal coup.The senior official said despite the complaints against Mr. Zelaya at home, the United States wants his unconditional return to power with all powers and privileges of office.The official also commended Mr. Zelaya for what he said was his wise decision to postpone returning home to give time for OAS diplomacy, which State Department Spokesman Ian Kelly said earlier Wednesday is showing some progress."I think this is an important moment for the OAS, for the principles of the states of the Western Hemisphere, the democratic principles," said Ian Kelly. "And we believe the best way to work through this is through this OAS process. And we're seeing great progress through the OAS. And I think we should just give this process a chance to play out. The multi-lateral route is the way to go."Unlike Spain and several other concerned countries, the United States has not recalled its ambassador from Tegucigalpa, stressing the need to keep channels of communication open with the Honduran people.The Pentagon has cut off military contacts with Honduras but the State Department says it is still involved in a legal review of a cut-off of U.S. aid to Honduras, with officials saying privately that they hoped an early reversal of the coup would obviate the need for such a step.An act of Congress requires a cut-off of most U.S. aid to countries where elected governments are unseated by the military. E-mail Print
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StumbleUpon | en | The interim government of Honduras has rejected calls from the Organization of American States (OAS) and other governments to reinstate ousted President Manuel Zelaya, who was forced out of the country on Sunday in what has been labelled a military coup.
The Organization of American States, which includes all 35 independent states of North and South America, has refused to recognize the legitimacy of the newly-installed Honduran government. On Wednesday, the organization threatened to suspend the country's membership if Zelaya was not reinstated within 72 hours.
Manuel Zaleya plans to return to Honduras within three days.
The Honduran government has defied these threats, saying there is "no chance at all" of Zelaya's return to the presidency. "We are not negotiating national sovereignty or the presidency," said Enrique Ortez, interim foreign minister. Roberto Micheletti, president of the interim government, says he "won’t allow for people to call this a coup. This was a constitutional succession that happened after the Supreme Court took action."
Micheletti vowed to prosecute Zelaya under charges of treason and abuse of power if he returns to Honduras. Zelaya was accused of breaching the constitution by attempting to extend his term limits. He was arrested after the Supreme Court overturned his decision to fire the armed forces commander.
"Zelaya will be met by justice," Micheletti told reporters on Wednesday. "We would be open to dialogue but there are separate measures in our justice system that will deal with him."
Zelaya, who was flown to Costa Rica after being ousted and is now in Panama, plans to return to Honduras at the end of the three-day deadline. The Honduran ambassador to Panama, Juan Alfaro Posadas, said that Zelaya is willing to appear in court and cooperate with the interim government. "What he wants is unity ... he is willing to negotiate because he doesn’t want a divided country," Posadas said.
At an emergency session of the OAS, all other member states were in agreement over their refusal to recognize the Honduran government. Although Micheletti counts Israel and Taiwan as his supporters, a United Nations General Assembly resolution called for Zelaya's reinstatement and asked all countries to refrain from legitimizing Micheletti's presidency.
The United States has canceled its joint military operations with Honduras, and it plans to decide next week whether to cut off all aid to the country. Although the Obama administration has condemned the new government's actions, State Department officials say they want the OAS to play a larger role in mediation. "The multi-lateral route is the way to go," said State Department spokesman Ian Kelly.
Advancing the November 29 general election to an earlier date is an option Micheletti is considering to ease strife. |
en | The sharply divided political climate in Honduras may make any quick resolution difficult. But a senior Obama administration official predicted that Honduras’s interim government would not be able to withstand the mounting international pressure very long.
“In the 21st century, these kinds of coups don’t last long,” the official said. “It’s very hard for a country like Honduras to maintain this kind of position in the face of overwhelming rejection by the world, and especially by the region and its major trading partners.”
Image Supporters of the deposed president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, used an umbrella to collect money for their cause in the capital, Tegucigalpa. Credit... Esteban Felix/Associated Press
Even so, a resolution appeared to be a long way off in Honduras on Wednesday. Demonstrations for and against the new government continued in Tegucigalpa and other cities across the country. Then, in a move to crack down on the opposition, the nation’s Congress approved a decree on Wednesday that applies during the overnight curfew and allows security forces to arrest people at home and hold them for more than 24 hours.
“It’s for the tranquillity of the country,” said the new president, Roberto Micheletti.
The government has accused pro-Zelaya demonstrators of vandalism and violence, noting that a grenade, which did not explode, was hurled at the Supreme Court on Tuesday. Those who oppose the government, meanwhile, accuse the security forces of stifling dissent through brutality.
Mr. Micheletti suggested Wednesday that he was open to negotiations, but gave up no ground.
“We are open to dialogue,” he told a group of international journalists, adding in the next breath that the courts would insist on Mr. Zelaya’s arrest if he returned. Mr. Zelaya had initially vowed to go back to Honduras on Thursday, but he agreed to postpone his return at least 72 hours after the O.A.S. set a deadline for his reinstatement.
Pressure has already been put on the new Honduran government to reach a compromise. The World Bank has said it will suspend $270 million it approved for Honduras, one of the poorer countries in the region, and hold off pursuing any new projects there until the crisis is resolved. The Inter-American Development Bank has also paused its programs in Honduras. | en | The interim government of Honduras has rejected calls from the Organization of American States (OAS) and other governments to reinstate ousted President Manuel Zelaya, who was forced out of the country on Sunday in what has been labelled a military coup.
The Organization of American States, which includes all 35 independent states of North and South America, has refused to recognize the legitimacy of the newly-installed Honduran government. On Wednesday, the organization threatened to suspend the country's membership if Zelaya was not reinstated within 72 hours.
Manuel Zaleya plans to return to Honduras within three days.
The Honduran government has defied these threats, saying there is "no chance at all" of Zelaya's return to the presidency. "We are not negotiating national sovereignty or the presidency," said Enrique Ortez, interim foreign minister. Roberto Micheletti, president of the interim government, says he "won’t allow for people to call this a coup. This was a constitutional succession that happened after the Supreme Court took action."
Micheletti vowed to prosecute Zelaya under charges of treason and abuse of power if he returns to Honduras. Zelaya was accused of breaching the constitution by attempting to extend his term limits. He was arrested after the Supreme Court overturned his decision to fire the armed forces commander.
"Zelaya will be met by justice," Micheletti told reporters on Wednesday. "We would be open to dialogue but there are separate measures in our justice system that will deal with him."
Zelaya, who was flown to Costa Rica after being ousted and is now in Panama, plans to return to Honduras at the end of the three-day deadline. The Honduran ambassador to Panama, Juan Alfaro Posadas, said that Zelaya is willing to appear in court and cooperate with the interim government. "What he wants is unity ... he is willing to negotiate because he doesn’t want a divided country," Posadas said.
At an emergency session of the OAS, all other member states were in agreement over their refusal to recognize the Honduran government. Although Micheletti counts Israel and Taiwan as his supporters, a United Nations General Assembly resolution called for Zelaya's reinstatement and asked all countries to refrain from legitimizing Micheletti's presidency.
The United States has canceled its joint military operations with Honduras, and it plans to decide next week whether to cut off all aid to the country. Although the Obama administration has condemned the new government's actions, State Department officials say they want the OAS to play a larger role in mediation. "The multi-lateral route is the way to go," said State Department spokesman Ian Kelly.
Advancing the November 29 general election to an earlier date is an option Micheletti is considering to ease strife. |
es | Viernes, 02 de agosto de 2013 10:24 |
Luego de ser trasplantado el pasado 2 de junio, Renzo había tenido una recaída porque el corazón no había reaccionado como se esperaba. Hoy falleció.
Renzo tenía una miocardiopatía congénita y había sido operado hace dos meses.
Renzo tenía una miocardiopatía congénita y había sido operado hace dos meses.
Renzo tenía una miocardiopatía congénita y había sido operado hace dos meses.
Renzo, el niño correntino de dos años que fue trasplantado del corazón hace casi dos meses, falleció esta mañana en el Hospital Garrahan, luego de permanecer internado en estado crítico en ese centro asistencial porteño.
Según confirmaron sus familiares, la muerte del chiquito se produjo esta mañana luego de sufrir varios paros cardiorespiratorios. "Renzo se fue tranquilo, tenemos que pensar que él está bien", dijo hoy uno de sus tíos al confirmar la triste noticia.
Los familiares habían dicho que estaban viviendo “una situación desesperante”, tras la descripción del cuadro que realizó días atrás el abuelo del niño, Jorge Ramos, al señalar que “no hay evolución, está muy delicado, la situación es totalmente crítica”.
Renzo nació con una miocardiopatía congénita y luego de haber estado conectado varios meses a un corazón artificial, fue trasplantado el pasado 2 de junio en el hospital Garrahan.
Tras el trasplante, los familiares se habían mostrado con esperanzas sobre la evolución de la salud del chico, ya que los primeros días el corazón funcionó perfectamente. "No se rinde ni dos segundos, es un león”, dijo el padre del nene.
Sin embargo, en las últimas semanas comenzó a complicarse. Tras un paro cardiorespiratorio su familia pidió a fines de junio que "recen por él". Hoy, a dos meses del trasplante, el nene falleció. | es | , el niño correntino de 2 años trasplantado de corazón el pasado 2 de junio, falleció en la mañana del día 2 de agosto después de que su cuerpo rechazase el nuevo corazón.
Renzo, sufría una enfermedad cardíaca congénita, por lo que estuvo siete meses con un corazón aritificial a la espera de un nuevo órgano. Tras haber llegado este, lo aceptó bien, pero no logró funcionar de la manera que se esperaba, por lo que su situación se complicó en las últimas horas.
Su situación, movilizó a todo el país y varias celebridades, donde hicieron grandes movidas a través de las redes sociales, en el momento de la espera del corazón hasta en el momento posterior de la operación.
Finalmente ante una recaída, falleció esta mañana en el Hospital Garrahan, tras un paro cardíaco. |
es | El nene había sido trasplantado del corazón hacía dos meses en el hospital Garrahan. Tenía dos años y sufría una enfermedad cardíaca congénita.
Renzo Salvatore Antonelli, el nene de dos años que había sido trasplantado del corazón el pasado 2 de junio, murió esta mañana en el hospital Garrahan, confirmó su abuela Patricia a TN.
"Ahora tenemos que rezar por Renzo que ya es un ángel y por y para que Belén, Haroldo y Valentino (madre, padre y hermano del pequeño, de 7 años) puedan seguir adelante", dijo la abuela.
El nene correntino sufría una enfermedad cardíaca congénita y antes de su operación, que duró 14 horas, estuvo conectado a un corazón artificial durante siete meses a la espera de una donación.
En las últimas semanas, su estado de salud había empeorado después de sufrir una serie de paros cardíacos. El miércoles, su abuelo materno pidió "un milagro"y reveló que Renzo seguía "luchando y peleando" para salir.
La historia de Renzo movilizó a miles de personas, especialmente en las redes sociales, y contribuyó a concientizar sobre la importancia de la donación de órganos. | es | , el niño correntino de 2 años trasplantado de corazón el pasado 2 de junio, falleció en la mañana del día 2 de agosto después de que su cuerpo rechazase el nuevo corazón.
Renzo, sufría una enfermedad cardíaca congénita, por lo que estuvo siete meses con un corazón aritificial a la espera de un nuevo órgano. Tras haber llegado este, lo aceptó bien, pero no logró funcionar de la manera que se esperaba, por lo que su situación se complicó en las últimas horas.
Su situación, movilizó a todo el país y varias celebridades, donde hicieron grandes movidas a través de las redes sociales, en el momento de la espera del corazón hasta en el momento posterior de la operación.
Finalmente ante una recaída, falleció esta mañana en el Hospital Garrahan, tras un paro cardíaco. |
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Renzo, sufría una enfermedad cardíaca congénita, por lo que estuvo siete meses con un corazón aritificial a la espera de un nuevo órgano. Tras haber llegado este, lo aceptó bien, pero no logró funcionar de la manera que se esperaba, por lo que su situación se complicó en las últimas horas.
Su situación, movilizó a todo el país y varias celebridades, donde hicieron grandes movidas a través de las redes sociales, en el momento de la espera del corazón hasta en el momento posterior de la operación.
Finalmente ante una recaída, falleció esta mañana en el Hospital Garrahan, tras un paro cardíaco. |
de | Anrufung des Bundesverfassungsgerichts Niedersächsisches FG hält Neuregelung zur Pendlerpauschale für verfassungswidrig Das Niedersächsische Finanzgericht (NFG) hält die Neuregelung zur Entfernungspauschale (sog. Pendlerpauschale) im Einkommensteuerrecht für verfassungswidrig. Es hat deshalb mit Beschluss vom 27. Februar. 2007 - Az. 8 K 549/06 - ein anhängiges Verfahren nach Art. 100 Abs. 1 des Grundgesetzes - GG - ausgesetzt und das Bundesverfassungsgericht (BVerfG) angerufen. Zum Hintergrund: Aufwendungen für Fahrten zwischen Wohnung und Arbeitsstätte sind seit dem 01.01.2007 nicht mehr als Werbungskosten/Betriebsausgaben abzugsfähig (sog. "Werkstorprinzip"). Aufgrund einer Härtefallregelung sind entsprechende Kosten pauschal mit 0,30 EUR lediglich noch ab dem 21. Entfernungskilometer "wie" Werbungskosten/ Betriebsausgaben zu berücksichtigen. Im Streitfall erzielten die Kläger (Ehegatten) Einkünfte aus nichtselbstständiger Tätigkeit. Für ihre Aufwendungen für Fahrten zur Arbeitsstätte - vom gemeinsamen Wohnort 41 km (Ehemann) bzw. 54 km (Ehefrau) entfernt - beantragen sie jeweils die Eintragung eines Freibetrages auf der Lohnsteuerkarte für das Jahr 2007 unter Berücksichtigung der vollständigen Entfernung. Das beklagte Finanzamt gewährte den Freibetrag in Anwendung der Neuregelung in § 9 Abs. 2 EStG jedoch lediglich unter Berücksichtigung der Fahrten ab dem 21. Entfernungskilometer. Nach Auffassung des NFG ist die Regelung in § 9 Abs. 2 EStG verfassungswidrig. Die durch das Steueränderungsgesetz 2007 (Gesetz v. 19.07.2006, BGBl I 2007, 1652) mit Wirkung ab 01.01.2007 vorgenommene Neuregelung verstoße gegen den allgemeinen Gleichheitssatz des Art. 3 Abs. 1 GG. Dieser werde - so der 8. Senat des NFG - im Steuerrecht konkretisiert durch das Prinzip der Besteuerung nach der finanziellen Leistungsfähigkeit und das Gebot der Folgerichtigkeit. Aus dem Prinzip der Besteuerung nach der finanziellen Leistungsfähigkeit folge, dass in subjektiver und objektiver Hinsicht nur das Nettoeinkommen besteuert werden dürfe (subjektives und objektives Nettoprinzip). Mit der Streichung des Werbungskostenabzugs für Fahrten zwischen Wohnung und Arbeitsstätte verstoße der Gesetzgeber sowohl gegen das subjektive als auch gegen das objektive Nettoprinzip: Die Verletzung des subjektiven Nettoprinzips folge daraus, dass in bestimmten Fällen das verfassungsrechtlich geschützte Existenzminimum besteuert werde. Dabei handele es sich um diejenigen Fälle, in denen bei Ansatz der Aufwendungen als Werbungskosten keine Einkommensteuer anfallen würde, weil das zu versteuernde Einkommen unter den Grundfreibetrag sinke, im umgekehrten Fall, d.h. bei fehlender Abzugsfähigkeit der Kosten, aber Steuer zu entrichten wäre. Ein Verstoß gegen das objektive Nettoprinzip liege vor, weil der Gesetzgeber Kosten, die für eine Vielzahl von Steuerpflichtigen zwangsläufig seien, um Arbeitseinkommen erzielen zu können, nicht mehr zum Abzug zulasse. Die in der Gesetzbegründung angeführte Konsolidierung der öffentlichen Haushalte sei kein sachlich ausreichender Grund für die Durchbrechung des objektiven Nettoprinzips. Das Verfahren ist beim BVerfG unter dem Az. 2 BvL 1/07 anhängig. Herr Jörg Grune E-Mail an Ansprechpartner/-in schreiben zurück zur Druckversion | de | Das Niedersächsische Finanzgericht sieht die Neuregelung der so genannten Pendlerpauschale für verfassungswidrig an. Mit Beschluss vom 27. Februar 2007 hat das Gericht ein anhängiges Verfahren ausgesetzt und das Bundesverfassungsgericht angerufen. Geklagt hatte ein Ehepaar aus Oldenburg.
Die Entscheidung des Gerichts bezieht sich insbesondere auf den Paragrafen 9, Absatz 2 des Einkommensteuergesetzes (EStG), der durch ein Steueränderungsgesetz der Bundesregierung vom 19. Juli 2007 zustande gekommen war. Die Regelung verstoße gegen den allgemeinen Gleichheitsgrundsatz des Grundgesetzes (GG, Artikel 3).
Nach der Neuregelung der Pendlerpauschale – von Juristen Entfernungspauschale genannt – durch das Bundesgesetz besteht Anspruch auf eine Anrechnung als Werbungskosten oder Betriebsausgaben beim Finanzamt erst ab dem 21. Kilometer des Weges zur Arbeitsstätte.
Das Gericht argumentiert weiter, im Steuerrecht gelte das Prinzip der Besteuerung nach der finanziellen Leistungsfähigkeit. Daraus ergebe sich, dass nur das Nettoeinkommen besteuert werden dürfe. Durch die Einschränkung des Werbungskostenabzugs verletze das Gesetz dieses so genannte Nettoprinzip. Das Gericht bezieht sich auch auf die Begründung in der Gesetzesvorlage, in der mit dem Zwang zur Konsolidierung der öffentlichen Haushalte argumentiert werde. Solche Erwägungen seien jedoch nach Ansicht des Gerichts in diesem Zusammenhang sachfremd.
Das Bundesfinanzministerium misst dem Urteil des Niedersächsischen Finanzgerichts keine große Bedeutung bei. Ein Sprecher erklärte, Niedersachsen sei bekannt für solche Einschätzungen, die in der Regel in übergeordneten Instanzen nur geringe Erfolgsaussichten hätten. |
es | Peña Nieto estuvo acompañado de Angélica Rivera en el balcón central de Palacio Nacional (Foto: Captura de Pantalla)
CIUDAD DE MÉXICO
Sin cambiar un solo año de escenario en la Ceremonia del Grito de Independencia, el presidente Enrique Peña Nieto lanzó esta noche en Palacio Nacional la tradicional arenga libertaria, la última de su sexenio.
Vivan los héroes que nos dieron Patria y Libertad!, ¡Viva Hidalgo!, ¡Viva Morelos!, ¡Viva Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez!, ¡Viva Allende!, ¡Viva Aldama!, ¡Viva Galeana!, ¡Viva Matamoros!, ¡Viva Guerrero!”, expresó Peña Nieto.
¡Viva la Independencia Nacional!, ¡Viva México!, ¡Viva México!, ¡Viva México!”.
En punto de las 22:58 horas, el mandatario salió del despacho presidencial acompañado de su esposa Angélica Rivera para caminar por los salones azul, verde, morado y embajadores, escoltado por el general Roberto Miranda, Jefe del Estado Mayor Presidencial hacia el salón recepciones donde ya lo esperaba la escolta de bandera.
Entre los invitados se encontraban los integrantes de su gabinete, diplomáticos y los presidentes de la Cámara de diputados, Porfirio Muñoz Ledo y de la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación, Luis Maria Aguilar.
El Presidente de la República contrario a sus antecesores, Felipe Calderón y Vicente Fox no viajó algún año a Dolores, Hidalgo, la cuna de la independencia para encabezar esta ceremonia. Los seis años lo hizo teniendo como escenario la Plaza de la Constitución.
Luego de la arenga, Peña Nieto y su familia entonaron el himno nacional junto a todos los mexicanos en el zócalo.
Instantes después disfrutaron del espectáculo de fuegos artificiales que fueron lanzados desde el atrio de la Catedral Metropolitana.
Las luces multicolores de los cohetones fueron acompañadas con música mexicana.
En respuesta del grito de ¡Peña, Peña! ¡te vamos a extrañar! de las personas reunidas frente a Palacio Nacional, el Jefe del Ejecutivo extendió sus brazos en señal de abrazo y con sus manos formó un corazón.
Luego de 10 minutos de pirotecnia la familia presidencial se despidió del balcón central, no sin antes el presidente Peña Nieto darle un beso en la mejilla a su esposa. | es | durante la ceremonia conmemorativa del .
, presidente de México, celebró este sábado (15 de septiembre) su última ceremonia conmemorativa del . Desde el balcón del y acompañado de su esposa , el mandatario lanzó su última arenga libertaria:
La ceremonia, efectuada anualmente, ha representado un acto público de acercamiento entre el jefe de Estado y la ciudadanía, congregada en la . Asimismo, conmemora el , un llamado con el que el cura dio inicio a la . A las 22:58, Peña Nieto salió de su despacho acompañado de Rivera y Roberto Miranda, jefe del .
La celebración incluyó una cena de gala que tuvo entre sus invitados a miembros del gabinete y diplomáticos, así como a , presidente de la , y , presidente de la . En el Salón de Recepciones, recibió de la escolta la bandera mexicana que enarboló luego de tocar la . Posteriormente se tocó el himno nacional y tras el repique de campanas de la comenzó un espectáculo de fuegos artificiales que duró diez minutos. Fueron más de 2500 fuegos que se acompañaron de temas como el '''' de o ''Si nos dejan'' de .
=== Ánimos contrastados ===
Vía el mandatario indicó que la celebración "nos une el orgullo de pertenecer a una patria generosa, solidaria y diversa. Recordemos que sólo unidos podemos construir un país justo y próspero". Por otra parte, mientras que algunos asistentes lanzaban consignas en apoyo de Peña Nieto, a diez minutos de la Plaza, en el , padres y madres de los 43 estudiantes desaparecidos de Ayotzinapa realizaron su "ceremonia del anti-grito". En ella exigieron que las autoridades demuestren "con pruebas sólidas" qué le sucedió a los jóvenes.
'''' también reporta que decenas de camiones estacionados en las zonas aledañas a la Plaza, trasladaron a cientos de "invitados especiales" del que vitorearon a Peña Nieto durante la ceremonia. Al bajar de los transportes, recibieron una torta, un refresco y un plátano y esperaron al presidente durante horas en la plancha del también denominado Zócalo.
"Pero mira, no te miento: muchos venimos porque el viaje es gratis, hay música, y además nos dan un refrigerio. Y todo lo que sea gratis, pues está bien, ¿no?", le indicó uno de los mexiquenses al medio.
A diferencia del año anterior, Peña Nieto no realizó ninguna modificación a la arenga. En esa ocasión el mandatario añadió vivas en solidaridad con los afectados por los terremotos de Oaxaca y Chiapas, que habían ocurrido unos días antes. La reportó una asistencia de 62 mil personas, 4200 efectivos desplegados en el primer cuadro de la y cierres en múltiples vialidades como 16 de Septiembre, 20 de Noviembre, Moneda y Monte de Piedad. |
es | Decenas de camiones de ‘turismo’ estacionados entre el Palacio de Bellas Artes, las instalaciones del SAT y calles aledañas al Zócalo capitalino, llegaron ayer a la ciudad para traer a cientos de ‘invitados especiales’ del Estado de México, que despidieron con vítores y aplausos al presidente Peña Nieto en su último Grito de Independencia.
En una escena que se convirtió habitual en cada 15 de septiembre durante el presente sexenio, los camiones, que traían visible un sello conmemorativo del Grito, llegaron procedentes de múltiples puntos del vecino Estado de México, como Ecatepec, Cuatitlán Izcalli, La Paz, Amecameca o Tultitlán.
Las personas que descendieron de los vehículos traían en sus ropas un distintivo que los identificaba como ‘invitados especiales’ al evento, además de una pulsera en la muñeca, muy similar a las que utilizan los hoteles que ofrecen a los turistas servicios de ‘todo incluido’.
Al bajar de los camiones, los ‘invitados especiales’ mexiquenses recibieron una torta, un plátano y un refresco, y desde las primeras horas de la tarde se dirigieron de manera organizada rumbo a la plancha capitalina, donde aguardaron durante horas la salida al balcón de Peña Nieto y su familia.
“Muchos venimos porque hay viaje, música y comida gratis”
Cosme, un señor de unos 60 años de edad, es uno de los ‘invitados’. Viene con familiares y amigos desde Amecameca, una localidad muy próxima al volcán Popocátepetl, ubicada a unos 60 kilómetros de la capital.
Al momento de la entrevista, ya está colocado estratégicamente, junto a muchas otras personas que portaban el mismo distintivo y las pulseras, en la primera fila del Zócalo, a escasos metros del balcón del ‘Grito’.
-No somos acarreados, venimos por voluntad propia –, se apresura a comentar Don Cosme.
-¿Pero quién los invitó a venir y qué les ofrecieron? –cuestiona el reportero a colación, mientras le hace ver a don Cosme que, a su alrededor, hay otros ‘invitados’ que portan gorras y playeras del PRI, y mochilas rojas con el emblema del gobierno del Estado de México.
-Sí, hay quienes vinieron por invitación del PRI. Pero, en mi caso, vengo porque nos hicieron la invitación en el pueblo y aquí estoy –responde sin querer entrar en más detalles.
-Entonces, ¿viene a apoyar al presidente?
Don Cosme sonríe y se lleva al reportero a unos pasos de distancia de su grupo para confesar que él no votó hace seis años por Peña Nieto.
-Venimos voluntariamente a ver el ‘Grito’. Pero mira, no te miento: muchos venimos porque el viaje es gratis, hay música, y además nos dan un refrigerio. Y todo lo que sea gratis, pues está bien, ¿no? –pregunta el mexiquense encogiendo los hombros sin perder la sonrisa.
Cuestionado sobre el número de autobuses en los que se desplazaron desde múltiples puntos del Estado de México, el hombre, que porta en la solapa de su chamarra el número 37 de su camión, dice que, más que decenas, llegaron cientos de camiones que no solo se estacionaron en las cercanías de Bellas Artes. También lo hicieron entre Insurgentes y la calle Maestro Antonio Caso, donde había otro “aparcadero” de camiones a ambos lados de la banqueta, tal y como corroboró posteriormente el reportero.
A unos pocos metros de distancia de don Cosme, cerca de otro grupo de personas con el distintivo de ‘invitados especiales’ que forman un círculo, en cuyo centro hay una caja repleta con charolas de plástico y tamales, el señor Juan escucha con los brazos cruzados el concierto de Emmanuel y Mijares, aunque por su semblante serio no parece disfrutarlo. De hecho, admite mientras se mesa el mostacho frondoso que no conoce quiénes son los cantantes que amenizan las horas previas al ‘Grito’.
A la pregunta de quién lo invitó a venir al evento, el hombre mira de reojo a otro compañero, y con una mueca parecida a una sonrisa responde que él y su grupo vienen de Los Reyes “por invitación del presidente municipal”.
-¿Les ofrecieron algún apoyo para venir? –insiste el periodista, que le comenta que, en años anteriores, otros ‘invitados especiales’ del Edomex admitieron que viajaron a la ciudad el 15 de septiembre a cambio de recibir compensaciones laborales de los jefes que los invitaron al evento, como un par de días de salario extra.
El hombre niega hosco con la cabeza y dice que no recibió nada a cambio. Solo “un refrigerio” y la “paseada” por la capital del país.
Poco después, cuando aún falta una hora para las once de la noche, momento en el que saldrá Peña Nieto al balcón del Palacio Nacional, un hombre que viste un abrigo amarrillo chirriante y una gorra de camuflaje estilo militar, levanta ambos brazos y de inmediato varios grupos de ‘invitados’ se levantan de las banquetas y salen disparados hacia él, para tomar sitio en las vallas metálicas más cercanas al Palacio.
Otros, en cambio, hacen caso omiso a la indicación del hombre, que no para de consultar dos teléfonos celulares que sostiene con dificultades ente las manos, y permanecen amodorrados en la banqueta, donde se apoyan unos con otros para dormitar después de más de siete horas de larga espera. Incluso, hay quienes tiran lonas de plástico sobre el suelo del Zócalo para dormir envueltos en mantas, a la espera de que termine el acto y marcharse de regreso a los camiones.
En los minutos previos a las once, la parte más próxima al balcón del ‘Grito’ se llena de ‘invitados especiales’, y también de ciudadanos que no portan el distintivo ni la pulsera, como Francisco Cruz, un exingeniero civil, quien explica que muchos como él vienen cada año al ‘Grito’ a festejar la independencia de México, al margen de ideologías políticas, o de quién sea el presidente en turno.
-Yo vengo siempre con mi hija a festejar que soy mexicano. El presidente y la política me dan igual –comenta.
Desde la zona próxima al balcón, los asistentes escuchan al presidente vitorear a los héroes de la nación, y luego observan durante más de diez minutos los impresionantes fuegos de artificio que inundan de colores estridentes el cielo gris encapotado de la Ciudad de México.
Al terminar la pirotécnica, Peña Nieto permanece durante unos segundos en el balcón del Palacio Nacional. Escoltado por su esposa Angélica Rivera, que luce un llamativo vestido de color rojo, se despide de los mexicanos tras seis años de gobierno tratando de trazar con los dedos un ‘corazón’, y saludando a izquierda y derecha con ambas manos.
Entre los asistentes, la reacción a la despedida es variada.
Los ‘invitados especiales’ lo apoyan con matracas y regresándole el saludo agitando las manos al aire. Otros ciudadanos lo aplauden y le dan las gracias por seis años de servicio. Y otros más, le rechiflan y lo despiden con alivio. “Adiós Peña, hasta nunca”, le gritan.
El ‘anti-grito’
A unos 10 minutos caminando por las calles del Centro Histórico, en el Hemiciclo a Juárez, se llevó a cabo la ‘ceremonia del anti-grito’. Un acto cultural y de protesta, donde padres y madres de los 43 estudiantes de Ayotzinapa exigieron, a unos días de que el próximo 26 de septiembre se cumplan cuatro años, que las autoridades del gobierno federal den respuesta “con pruebas sólidas” de qué sucedió con los jóvenes desaparecidos.
“Nos faltan 43 y miles más”, gritaban los tres raperos de Guerrilla Bang Bang, uno de los grupos de Hip Hop que participaron en el evento, donde se pudieron apreciar múltiples pancartas con los rostros de los jóvenes desaparecidos, y emblemas como “ni una masacre de estudiantes más”.
“El anti-grito es un llamado a la sociedad mexicana y al gobierno para romper la normalidad sobre las desapariciones forzadas en México”, dijo en entrevista Arcelia Guerrero, activista que participó en el evento.
“Entendemos que esta fecha para el país es una fiesta, pero nos parece importante que se recuerde que estamos por cumplir cuatro años de no conocer el paradero de 43 estudiantes, y de no tener verdad ni justicia -añadió-. Y no podemos hablar de un país verdaderamente democrático, libre e independiente, donde hay jóvenes que no llegan a sus casas”. | es | durante la ceremonia conmemorativa del .
, presidente de México, celebró este sábado (15 de septiembre) su última ceremonia conmemorativa del . Desde el balcón del y acompañado de su esposa , el mandatario lanzó su última arenga libertaria:
La ceremonia, efectuada anualmente, ha representado un acto público de acercamiento entre el jefe de Estado y la ciudadanía, congregada en la . Asimismo, conmemora el , un llamado con el que el cura dio inicio a la . A las 22:58, Peña Nieto salió de su despacho acompañado de Rivera y Roberto Miranda, jefe del .
La celebración incluyó una cena de gala que tuvo entre sus invitados a miembros del gabinete y diplomáticos, así como a , presidente de la , y , presidente de la . En el Salón de Recepciones, recibió de la escolta la bandera mexicana que enarboló luego de tocar la . Posteriormente se tocó el himno nacional y tras el repique de campanas de la comenzó un espectáculo de fuegos artificiales que duró diez minutos. Fueron más de 2500 fuegos que se acompañaron de temas como el '''' de o ''Si nos dejan'' de .
=== Ánimos contrastados ===
Vía el mandatario indicó que la celebración "nos une el orgullo de pertenecer a una patria generosa, solidaria y diversa. Recordemos que sólo unidos podemos construir un país justo y próspero". Por otra parte, mientras que algunos asistentes lanzaban consignas en apoyo de Peña Nieto, a diez minutos de la Plaza, en el , padres y madres de los 43 estudiantes desaparecidos de Ayotzinapa realizaron su "ceremonia del anti-grito". En ella exigieron que las autoridades demuestren "con pruebas sólidas" qué le sucedió a los jóvenes.
'''' también reporta que decenas de camiones estacionados en las zonas aledañas a la Plaza, trasladaron a cientos de "invitados especiales" del que vitorearon a Peña Nieto durante la ceremonia. Al bajar de los transportes, recibieron una torta, un refresco y un plátano y esperaron al presidente durante horas en la plancha del también denominado Zócalo.
"Pero mira, no te miento: muchos venimos porque el viaje es gratis, hay música, y además nos dan un refrigerio. Y todo lo que sea gratis, pues está bien, ¿no?", le indicó uno de los mexiquenses al medio.
A diferencia del año anterior, Peña Nieto no realizó ninguna modificación a la arenga. En esa ocasión el mandatario añadió vivas en solidaridad con los afectados por los terremotos de Oaxaca y Chiapas, que habían ocurrido unos días antes. La reportó una asistencia de 62 mil personas, 4200 efectivos desplegados en el primer cuadro de la y cierres en múltiples vialidades como 16 de Septiembre, 20 de Noviembre, Moneda y Monte de Piedad. |
fr | A Vienne, le champion olympique kényan de 34 ans est devenu le premier homme à boucler un marathon en moins de deux heures.
Le prodige Eliud Kipchoge est devenu le premier homme à passer sous la barre mythique des deux heures au marathon samedi lors d'une course non officielle à Vienne taillée sur mesure pour permettre l'exploit. Bien aidé par une armée de 41 «lièvres» tout de noir vêtus jusqu'à 500 m de l'arrivée, le champion olympique kényan, en short noir et maillot blanc, a bouclé son parcours en 1 h 59 min 40 sec, soit quasiment deux minutes de moins que son record du monde (2 h 01 min 39 sec) établi dans des conditions homologuées à Berlin l'an dernier.
«Marcher sur la Lune»
Dans la capitale autrichienne, le coureur de 34 ans s'est élancé à 08h15 locales, par une température fraîche, sur un circuit plat de 9,9 km, à parcourir un peu plus de 4 fois, avec, au terme des 42,195 km, le fol espoir d'écrire l'histoire de l'athlétisme. «Marquer l'histoire, c'était mon but. Je suis un homme heureux. Il n'y a pas de limites humaines», a confié au micro des organisateurs le recordman du marathon après son exploit, qu'il compare à «marcher sur la Lune» pour la première fois.
C'est dans l'ancienne réserve de chasse du Prater, dans le centre de Vienne, qu'a lieu l'expérience qui ne manque pas de susciter quelques critiques, certains estimant qu'il s'agit davantage d'un événement médiatique et commercial que d'un exploit sportif. Le sponsor de l'épreuve est le géant britannique de la pétrochimie Ineos dont le patron milliardaire, Jim Ratcliffe, a fait du sport son nouveau champ d'investissement. Seules les caméras de l'organisateur sont autorisées à filmer la course, qui s'est déroulée sous les yeux de nombreux spectateurs parmi lesquels Chris Froome, le quadruple vainqueur du Tour de France et leader de l'équipe cycliste Ineos.
Une performance pas homologuée par la Fédération internationale d'athlétisme
Pour mettre son champion dans les meilleures conditions, le sponsor n'a rien laissé au hasard: trois mois et demi de préparation du tracé, un parcours asphalté pour ne présenter aucune imperfection, une piste testée à maintes reprises notamment grâce à des logiciels de simulation, un jour et un horaire choisis en fonction de conditions météo favorables (température, taux d'humidité, qualité de l'air) et même ... la chute automnale des feuilles des arbres contrôlée de près.
En raison de ces conditions particulières, la performance ne sera pas homologuée par la Fédération internationale d'athlétisme (IAAF). Pour gravir son Everest, Kipchoge a bénéficié de l'aide de 41 «sherpas» de très haut niveau, comme l'ancienne légende du fond Bernard Lagat, deux des frères Ingebritgsen qui règnent sur le demi-fond et le fond européen, ou encore le champion olympique du 1500 m, Matthew Centrowitz.
«Courir pour l'histoire»
Tel un président courant son jogging entouré de gardes du corps, le longiligne Kényan (1,67 m, 52 kg) a ainsi bénéficié d'un tempo régulier autour de 2 min 50 sec au km assuré par ces lièvres qui se relayaient par groupes de sept autour de lui, tous les 5 km. Et une voiture de tête donnait le tempo devant eux. C'était la deuxième fois que Kipchoge s'attaquait à la barre des deux heures dans des conditions de ce type.
Sur le circuit automobile de Monza (Italie), en mai 2017, le Kényan avait manqué pour 25 secondes de passer sous les deux heures, lors d'un événement similaire organisé par des sponsors. «J'ai suivi le même entraînement, mon équipe est la même, mais j'ai amélioré encore mon mental» a-t-il expliqué avant sa tentative. «Je me sens mieux préparé et je suis confiant.»
Le Kényan est l'un des plus grands coureurs de tous les temps, révélé au public lors de sa victoire sur 5.000 m des Mondiaux de Paris en 2003. Vainqueur du marathon des JO de Rio (2016), Eliud Kipchoge est quasiment invaincu sur cette distance depuis 2013. Cette fois, il disait vouloir «courir pour l'histoire». Il y est définitivement entré ce samedi. | fr | en 2015
Le kényan , déjà recordman du marathon, a battu le record du monde du marathon en effectuant un temps de 1h 59min 40s, lors du ''1h59 challenge'' organisé par à . |
fr | Si deux ou plusieurs équipes se trouvent à égalité à l’issue de la saison régulière, leur classement sera établi en tenant compte des facteurs ci-après. Chaque facteur n’est à prendre en compte que si celui qui le précède n’a pas permis de départager les équipes concernées et d’établir ce classement :
- Nombre de points terrain obtenus sur l'ensemble des rencontres ayant opposé entre elles les équipes concernées (y compris le cas échéant points de bonus et points de pénalisation) ;
- Goal-average sur l'ensemble des rencontres de la compétition ;
- Goal-average sur l'ensemble des rencontres ayant opposé entre elles les équipes restant concernées ;
- Plus grande différence entre le nombre d'essais marqués et concédés sur l'ensemble des rencontres ayant opposé entre elles les équipes restant concernées ;
- Plus grande différence entre le nombre d'essais marqués et concédés dans toutes les rencontres de la compétition ;
- Plus grand nombre de points marqués dans toutes les rencontres de la compétition ;
- Plus grand nombre d'essais marqués dans toutes les rencontres de la compétition ;
- Nombre de forfaits n'ayant pas entraîné de forfait général de la compétition ;
- Place obtenue la saison précédente dans le Championnat de France. | fr | Le championnat de France de rugby à XV, Pro D2, a disputé son barrage d'accession en Top 14. En disposant largement de l'US Oyonnax, le FC Grenoble jouera la saison prochaine en Top 14. |
en | Man charged with stealing Wi-Fi signal
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ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (AP) -- Police have arrested a man for using someone else's wireless Internet network in one of the first criminal cases involving this fairly common practice.
Benjamin Smith III, 41, faces a pretrial hearing this month following his April arrest on charges of unauthorized access to a computer network, a third-degree felony.
Police say Smith admitted using the Wi-Fi signal from the home of Richard Dinon, who had noticed Smith sitting in an SUV outside Dinon's house using a laptop computer.
The practice is so new that the Florida Department of Law Enforcement doesn't even keep statistics, according to the St. Petersburg Times, which reported Smith's arrest this week.
Innocuous use of other people's unsecured Wi-Fi networks is common. But experts say that illegal use often goes undetected, such as people sneaking on others' networks to traffic in child pornography, steal credit card information and send death threats.
Security experts say people can prevent such access by turning on encryption or requiring passwords, but few bother or even know how to do so.
Wi-Fi, short for Wireless Fidelity, has enjoyed prolific growth since 2000. Millions of households have set up wireless home networks that allow people to use the Web from their backyards but also reach the house next door or down the street.
Prosecutors declined to comment, and a working phone number could not be located for Smith. | en | A Florida man is being charged with 3rd degree felony for logging into a private Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) Internet access point without permission. Benjamin Smith III, 41, is set for a pre-trial hearing this month in the first case of its kind in the United States.
This kind of activity occurs frequently, but often goes undetected by the owners of these wireless access points (WAPs). Unauthorized users range from casual Web browsers, to users sending e-mails, to users involved in pornography or even illegal endeavours.
According to Richard Dinon, owner of the WAP Smith allegedly broke into, Smith was using a laptop in an automobile while parked outside Dinon's residence.
There are many steps an owner of one of these access points can take to secure them from outside users. Dinon reportedly knew how to take these steps, but had not bothered because his "neighbors are older." |
en | Wi-Fi cloaks a new breed of intruder
Though wireless mooching is preventable, it often goes undetected.
ST. PETERSBURG - Richard Dinon saw the laptop's muted glow through the rear window of the SUV parked outside his home. He walked closer and noticed a man inside.
Then the man noticed Dinon and snapped his computer shut.
Maybe it's census work, the 28-year-old veterinarian told his girlfriend. An hour later, Dinon left to drive her home. The Chevy Blazer was still there, the man furtively hunched over his computer.
Dinon returned at 11 p.m. and the men repeated their strange dance.
Fifteen minutes later, Dinon called police.
Police say Benjamin Smith III, 41, used his Acer brand laptop to hack into Dinon's wireless Internet network. The April 20 arrest is considered the first of its kind in Tampa Bay and among only a few so far nationwide.
"It's so new statistics are not kept," said Special Agent Bob Breeden, head of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's computer crime division.
But experts believe there are scores of incidents occurring undetected, sometimes to frightening effect. People have used the cloak of wireless to traffic in child pornography, steal credit card information and send death threats, according to authorities.
For as worrisome as it seems, wireless mooching is easily preventable by turning on encryption or requiring passwords. The problem, security experts say, is many people do not take the time or are unsure how to secure their wireless access from intruders. Dinon knew what to do. "But I never did it because my neighbors are older."
A drive through downtown St. Petersburg shows how porous networks can be. In less than five minutes, a Times reporter with a laptop found 14 wireless access points, six of which were wide open. "I'll guarantee there are tons of people out there who have their wireless network being exploited but have no idea," Breeden said. "And as we see more people utilizing wireless, we'll see more people being victimized."
Prolific Wi-Fi growth
Wireless fidelity, or "Wi-Fi," has enjoyed prolific growth since catching on in 2000. More than 10-million U.S. homes are equipped with routers that transmit high-speed Internet to computers using radio signals. The signals can extend 200 feet or more, giving people like Dinon the ability to use the Web in the back yard of his Crescent Heights home but also reaching the house next door, or the street.
Today someone with a laptop and inexpensive wireless card can surf the Web via Wi-Fi at Starbucks or eat a bagel and send instant messages at Panera Bread. Libraries, hotels, airports and colleges campuses are dotted with Wi-Fi "hotspots." Even entire cities are unplugging.
"The information age is over. The information is out there," said Jim Guerin, technology director for the city of Dunedin, which will soon be the first city in Florida to go completely Wi-Fi. "Now it's the connectivity age. It opens up a whole new area for ethics, legal boundaries and responsibilities. It's a whole new frontier."
There's a dark side to the convenience, though.
The technology has made life easier for high-tech criminals because it provides near anonymity. Each online connection generates an Internet Protocol Address, a unique set of numbers that can be traced back to a house or business.
That's still the case with Wi-Fi but if a criminal taps into a network, his actions would lead to the owner of that network. By the time authorities show up to investigate, the hacker would be gone.
"Anything they do traces back to your house and chances are we're going to knock on your door," Breeden said.
Breeden recalled a case a few years ago in which e-mail containing death threats was sent to a school principal in Tallahassee. The e-mail was traced back to a home, and when investigators arrived, they found a dumbfounded family. The culprit: a neighborhood boy who had set up the family's Wi-Fi network and then tapped into it.
In another Florida case, a man in an apartment complex used a neighbor's Wi-Fi to access bank information and pay for pornography sites.
But he slipped up. The man had sex products sent to his address. "The morning we did a search warrant, we found an antenna hanging out his window so he could get a better signal from his neighbor's network," Breeden said.
Last year, a Michigan man was convicted of using an unsecured Wi-Fi network at a Lowe's home improvement store to steal credit card numbers. The 20-year-old and a friend stumbled across the network while cruising around in a car in search of wireless Internet connections - a practice known as "Wardriving."
(The name has roots in the movie WarGames, in which Matthew Broderick's character uses a computer to call hundreds of phone numbers in search of computer dialups, hence "war dialing.")
A more recent threat to emerge is the "evil twin" attack. A person with a wireless-equipped laptop can show up at, say, a coffee shop or airport and overpower the local Wi-Fi hotspot. The person then eavesdrops on unsuspecting computer users who connect to the bogus network.
At a technology conference in London this spring, hackers set up evil twins that infected other computers with viruses, some that gather information on the user, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Not all encryption is rock solid, either. One of the most common methods called WEP, or Wired Equivalent Privacy, is better than nothing but still can be cracked using a program available on the Web.
"Anybody with an Internet connection and an hour online can learn how to break that," said Guerin, the Dunedin network administrator. Two years ago when the city of Dunedin first considered Wi-Fi, Guerin squashed the idea because of WEP's inadequacy.
Dunedin's network, however, will be protected by the AES encryption standard, used by the Department of Defense. Passwords will be required, and each computer will have to be authenticated by the network. There also will be firewalls. "I'm confident to say our subscribers are at zero risk for that kind of fraud," Guerin said.
Leaving the door open
Not everyone has sinister intentions. Many Wardrivers do it for sport, simply mapping the connections out there. Others see it as part public service, part business opportunity. When they find an unsecured network, they approach a homeowner and for a fee, offer to close the virtual door.
Some Wi-Fi users intentionally leave their networks open or give neighbors passwords to share an Internet connection. There is a line of thought that tapping into the network of a unsuspecting host is harmless provided the use is brief and does not sap the connection, such as downloading large music files. "There is probably some minority of people who hop on and are up to no good. But I don't know there is any sign it's significant," said Mike Godwin of Public Knowledge, a public interest group in Washington, D.C., focused on technology.
"We have to be careful," Godwin said. "There's a lot of stuff that just because it's new triggers social panic. Normally the best thing to do is sit back and relax and let things take their course ... before acting on regulation."
Randy Cohen, who writes "The Ethicist" column in the New York Times Magazine , was swayed by Godwin's thinking. When asked by a Berkeley, Calif., reader if it was okay to hop on a neighbor's Wi-Fi connection, Cohen wrote:
"The person who opened up access to you is unlikely even to know, let alone mind, that you've used it. If he does object, there's easy recourse: nearly all wireless setups offer password protection."
But, Cohen went on to ask, "Do you cheat the service provider?" Internet companies say yes.
"It's no different if I went out and bought a Microsoft program and started sharing it with everyone in my apartment. It's theft," said Kena Lewis, spokeswoman for Bright House Networks in Orlando. "Just because a crime may be undetectable doesn't make it right."
"I'll probably never know'
In a way Dinon was fortunate the man outside his home stuck around since it remains a challenge to catch people in the act. Smith, who police said admitted to using Dinon's Wi-Fi, has been charged with unauthorized access to a computer network, a third-degree felony. A pretrial hearing is set for July 11.
It remains unclear what Smith was using the Wi-Fi for, to surf, play online video games, send e-mail to his grandmother, or something more nefarious. Prosecutors declined to comment, and Smith could not be reached.
"I'm mainly worried about what the guy may have uploaded or downloaded, like kiddie porn," Dinon said. "But I'll probably never know."
--Times staff writer Matthew Waite contributed to this report. Alex Leary can be reached at 727 893-8472 or [email protected]
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Letters to the Editor: Roadways unfriendly to drivers | en | A Florida man is being charged with 3rd degree felony for logging into a private Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) Internet access point without permission. Benjamin Smith III, 41, is set for a pre-trial hearing this month in the first case of its kind in the United States.
This kind of activity occurs frequently, but often goes undetected by the owners of these wireless access points (WAPs). Unauthorized users range from casual Web browsers, to users sending e-mails, to users involved in pornography or even illegal endeavours.
According to Richard Dinon, owner of the WAP Smith allegedly broke into, Smith was using a laptop in an automobile while parked outside Dinon's residence.
There are many steps an owner of one of these access points can take to secure them from outside users. Dinon reportedly knew how to take these steps, but had not bothered because his "neighbors are older." |
en | Virus writers have developed a worm that spoofs the behaviour of internet search engine Google, varying the results displayed to suit the requirements of hackers.
P2Load-A modifies the HOSTS file on infected PCs by replacing the original with a file downloaded from a remote website under the control of hackers. When users run a search, the results are normally shown correctly - but sponsored links are different. For some searches, other links appear which have been specified by the creator of this malware, resulting in increased traffic to these websites.
The changes in behaviour happen because users are not getting their results from Google but from a hacker-controlled website based in Germany. P2Load-A also modifies a user's start page. Spanish anti-virus firm Panda reports the page is an almost exact copy of Google, which supports the 17 languages of Google and redirects users even if they make a mistake when entering the address, such as 'wwwgoogle.com'.
"Its [P2Load's] aims are none other than to increase visits to the pages linked by the creator of this malware or earn an income from companies that want to appear in the first few results in computer where the identity of Google has been spoofed," said Luis Corrons, director of PandaLabs. "In both cases, the motivation of the author of this malware is purely financial."
The worm spreads across file trading networks, targeting users of the Shareaza and Imesh P2P programs. P2Load-A copies itself to the shared directory of these programs as an executable file called Knights of the Old Republic 2, a reference to a well-known computer game related to the Star Wars saga. If this file is run, it displays an error message informing the user that a file does not exist and offering to download it. Meanwhile, unknown to its user, their Windows PC will have become infected.
PandaLabs has warned both the ISP hosting the page and Google in order to take measures and neutralise the attack. P2Load-A uses techniques for fooling users into visiting untrusted web sites more commonly seen in pharming attacks against DNS servers. Although it is rare for malware to change the HOSTS file of infected PCs the tactic is not unprecedented and has generated alerts from Australian consumer security firm PC Tools and others since the start of the year. | es | La empresa de seguridad informática Panda Software informó haber detectado un gusano informático bautizado '''P2load.A''' que remplaza la página de inicio y modifica la configuración del navegador Internet Explorer mostrando una página idéntica en aspecto a la del portal de búsqueda Google. Además intercepta toda dirección similar a la de google y la redirecciona hacia la página simulada, ubicada en un servidor en Alemania. Cuando el usuario realiza una búsqueda, obtiene una versión modificada de los resultados en la que aparece al principio los enlaces que los diseñadores del gusano deseen que aparezcan. El objetivo del creador del gusano es seguramente monetario, dado que está en posición de vender los primeros puestos en las búsquedas que se realicen en una máquina infectada.
El gusano está escrito en Delphi, se transmite por medio de programas de intercambio de archivo P2P, como por ejemplo Shareaza e Imesh. Se instala como un ejecutable de nombre ''Knights of the Old Republic 2'', haciendo referencia a un juego relacionado con Star Wars. Al ejecutarse este programa se abre una pantalla en donde se solicita la instalación de un archivo cuyo nombre parece relacionado con Visual Basic, como el usuario cree que se trata de un juego, generalmente acepta la actualización. Una vez instalado, el gusano crea carpetas compartidas mediante programas P2P y se copia con nombres susceptibles de atraer a otros usuarios que los copian voluntariamente. A continuación, modifica la configuración de red de Microsoft Windows para poder interceptar las direcciones URL hacia Google y redireccionarlas hacia un servidor que imita al sitio de búsqueda.
La empresa Panda informó sobre el gusano a la empresa Google y al proveedor Internet del sitio que imita al buscador. La configuración de otros navegadores como Mozilla Firefox y Opera no es afectada por este gusano, pero los accesos a Google son de todas formas interceptados y el usuario con una máquina infectada se convierte en portador del gusano hacia otros usuarios de redes P2P. Otros sistemas operativos diferentes de Microsoft Windows, como GNU/Linux o Mac OS X no se ven afectados en absoluto. |
en | Spoofed webpage is identical, but displays alternative ads
Security firm Panda Labs has detected a worm which attempts to spoof Google. P2Load.A spreads via P2P networks using the file-sharing programs Shareaza and Imesh.
The worm copies itself to the shared directory of these programs as an executable file called 'Knights of the Old Republic 2', referring to a computer game related to the Star Wars saga.
When P2Load.A is run, it displays an error message informing the user that a file does not exist and offers it for download. The download modifies the user's start page, showing advertising and spoofing the identity of Google.
To do this, the worm modifies the HOSTS file on the computer so that when users try to access Google, they are redirected to a page hosted on a server in Germany that looks exactly the same as Google, but is not controlled by the search giant.
The page is an exact copy of Google and redirects users even if they make a mistake when entering the address - such as 'wwwgoogle.com', 'www.gogle.com' or 'www.googel.com' - leaving users unaware of the change.
When users run a search, the results are shown correctly or with slight variations in the order in which they would be shown in Google. However, the sponsored links, which are usually shown at the top of the search results and correspond to companies that pay for this service, are different.
For certain searches, other links appear which have been specified by the creator of this malware, resulting in increased traffic to these websites.
"The creator of this worm has taken advantage of the importance of a company appearing among the first few links in the search results of an internet browser," said Luis Corrons, director of Panda Labs.
"Its aims are to increase visits to the pages linked by the creator of this malware, or to earn an income from companies that want to appear in the first few results in computer where the identity of Google has been spoofed.
"In both cases, the motivation of the author of this malware is purely financial." | es | La empresa de seguridad informática Panda Software informó haber detectado un gusano informático bautizado '''P2load.A''' que remplaza la página de inicio y modifica la configuración del navegador Internet Explorer mostrando una página idéntica en aspecto a la del portal de búsqueda Google. Además intercepta toda dirección similar a la de google y la redirecciona hacia la página simulada, ubicada en un servidor en Alemania. Cuando el usuario realiza una búsqueda, obtiene una versión modificada de los resultados en la que aparece al principio los enlaces que los diseñadores del gusano deseen que aparezcan. El objetivo del creador del gusano es seguramente monetario, dado que está en posición de vender los primeros puestos en las búsquedas que se realicen en una máquina infectada.
El gusano está escrito en Delphi, se transmite por medio de programas de intercambio de archivo P2P, como por ejemplo Shareaza e Imesh. Se instala como un ejecutable de nombre ''Knights of the Old Republic 2'', haciendo referencia a un juego relacionado con Star Wars. Al ejecutarse este programa se abre una pantalla en donde se solicita la instalación de un archivo cuyo nombre parece relacionado con Visual Basic, como el usuario cree que se trata de un juego, generalmente acepta la actualización. Una vez instalado, el gusano crea carpetas compartidas mediante programas P2P y se copia con nombres susceptibles de atraer a otros usuarios que los copian voluntariamente. A continuación, modifica la configuración de red de Microsoft Windows para poder interceptar las direcciones URL hacia Google y redireccionarlas hacia un servidor que imita al sitio de búsqueda.
La empresa Panda informó sobre el gusano a la empresa Google y al proveedor Internet del sitio que imita al buscador. La configuración de otros navegadores como Mozilla Firefox y Opera no es afectada por este gusano, pero los accesos a Google son de todas formas interceptados y el usuario con una máquina infectada se convierte en portador del gusano hacia otros usuarios de redes P2P. Otros sistemas operativos diferentes de Microsoft Windows, como GNU/Linux o Mac OS X no se ven afectados en absoluto. |
de | Es ging von Kassel nach Darmstadt
Kassel. Ein Flüchtling aus Syrien ist mit dem Taxi von Kassel durch ganz Hessen gefahren, um seine Unterkunft bei Darmstadt zu erreichen. Bezahlt wurde die Fahrt vom Steuerzahler.
Das Land Hessen hatte die Fahrt erlaubt. Kosten: über 400 Euro.
Bei dem Mann handelt es sich nach HNA-Recherchen um einen 22 Jahre alten Syrer, der ohne Familie nach Deutschland kam. Der Mann war in Neustadt bei Marburg untergebracht. Dort war er in eine Auseinandersetzung verwickelt – die Staatsanwaltschaft ermittelte wegen Landfriedensbruch.
Der Mann kam in Untersuchungshaft und wurde in die Justizvollzugsanstalt Kassel eingeliefert. Als der Haftbefehl aufgehoben wurde, war der Syrer frei. Er sollte aber nicht mehr in seine alte Unterkunft nach Neustadt zurück, sondern nach Darmstadt.
Nach HNA-Informationen hatte der Leiter der Erstaufnahme in Neustadt angeboten, dem Flüchtling ein Taxi nach Kassel zu schicken, um ihn nach Darmstadt zu bringen. Bei der JVA rief man dann schließlich die Kasseler Taxizentrale an.
Taxichef: "Ausnahmefall"
Der Chef der Kasseler Taxizentrale (88111), Markus Semmelroth, bestätigt gegenüber unserer Zeitung den Fall und spricht von einer Ausnahme: „So ein Fall ist mir zum ersten Mal begegnet.“ Für die Fahrt liegt der Taxizentrale eine Kostenübernahmeerklärung der hessischen Erstaufnahmeeinrichtung für Flüchtlinge in Gießen, Außenstelle Neustadt, vor. Der Preis dieser Fahrt liegt auf dem Taxameter nach Angaben von Semmelroth bei „gut 400 Euro“.
Regelmäßig fährt die Taxizentrale nach den Worten Semmleroths Flüchtlinge aus nordhessischen Erstaufnahmeeinrichtungen zu Ärzten, Notrufzentralen und Kliniken in Kassel. Für diese Fahrten habe die Taxizentrale eine Sonderpreis-Vereinbarung mit dem Regierungspräsidium Kassel: So würden behandlungsbedürftige Flüchtlinge etwa aus der Erstaufnahme Calden ins Kasseler Stadtgebiet für 28 Euro statt für normalerweise 40 Euro transportiert.
25 bis 30 solcher Fahrten gebe es im Monat, sagt Semmelroth. Vom Regierungspräsidium würden aber noch weitere Transporteure, etwa Mietwagenfirmen, beauftragt.
Und was sagen die Behörden zu der teuren Taxifahrt? Nichts. Beim RP Kassel verweist man auf den RP in Gießen, der zuständig sei. In der Pressestelle heißt es am Telefon, man habe divere Anfragen zu verschiedensten Flüchtlingsthemen und arbeite diese ab. Man bitte um die Zusendung schriftlicher Fragen.
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Weil ein Flüchtling aus Syrien zu seiner Unterkunft bei Darmstadt sollte, musste er angeblich ein Taxi benutzen, für dessen Fahrtkosten in Höhe von 400 Euro das Land Hessen aufkommt. Er war ursprünglich alleine nach Deutschland geflohen und es wurde nach einer gewalttäigen Auseinandersetzung wegen Landfriedensbruch gegen ihn ermittelt. Er saß in Kassel in der Justizvollzugsanstalt. Nach seiner Freilassung sollte er in die zukünftige Asylbewerber-Unterkunft bei Darmstadt. Die hessische Erstaufnahmeeinrichtung für Flüchtlinge in Gießen, Außenstelle Neustadt, bot an, für die Fahrt ein Taxi zu schicken. Nach Angaben der Taxizentrale in Kassel werden Flüchtlinge aus nordhessischen Erstaufnahmeeinrichtungen regelmäßig zu Ärzten, Notrufzentralen und Kliniken gefahren. Es gebe 25 bis 30 solcher Fahrten im Monat, daneben aber auch Aufträge an andere Fahrdienste. Ein solcher Fall sei der Taxizentrale jedoch zum ersten Mal begegnet. Bei einer Nachfrage der ''Hessisch/Niedersächsischen Allgemeine'' (HNA) Anfang Dezember verwies das Regierungspräsidium in Kassel an das Regierungspräsidium in Gießen, weil dieses für die Flüchtlinge zuständig sei. Die Anfrage lag dort zehn Tage, ohne dass eine Antwort erfolgte.
Bereits im Oktober hatte Bundesinnenminister Thomas de Maiziere das Verhalten von Flüchtlingen kritisiert, die kürzlich nach Deutschland gekommen waren. Er sagte: „Sie gehen aus Einrichtungen raus, sie bestellen sich ein Taxi, haben erstaunlicherweise das Geld, um Hunderte von Kilometern durch Deutschland zu fahren.“ |
de | Ein 22 Jahre alter Syrer soll von Kassel aus mit dem Taxi durch ganz Hessen nach Darmstadt gefahren sein. Die Fahrt hatte offenbar der Leiter einer Erstaufnahmeeinrichtung in Neustadt bei Marburg für den Flüchtling organisiert. Das berichtet die "Hessisch-Niedersächsische Allgemeine". Für die Fahrt liege eine Kostenübernahme des Landes Hessen vor.
Der Syrer war zunächst in Neustadt untergebracht. Dort gab es eine Auseinandersetzung, woraufhin der Mann in Untersuchungshaft in der Justizvollzugsanstalt Kassel kam. Die Staatsanwaltschaft ermittelte wegen Landfriedensbruchs. Nach Aufhebung des Haftbefehls sollte der Flüchtling in eine Aufnahmeeinrichtung in Darmstadt und nicht wieder zurück nach Neustadt, so das Blatt.
Der Leiter der Erstaufnahme in Neustadt habe dann angeboten, dem Flüchtling ein Taxi nach Kassel zu schicken, um ihn nach Darmstadt zu bringen. Bestätigt wurde dies vom Chef der Kasseler Taxizentrale – der zugleich hinzufügte, dass es sich bei diesem Fall um eine absolute Ausnahme gehandelt habe. Normalerweise fährt die Taxizentrale Flüchtlinge nur über kürzere Distanzen.
Für Krankentransporte, Arztbesuche oder Ähnliches habe das Unternehmen eine Sonderpreisvereinbarung mit dem Regierungspräsidium Kassel, das die Kosten für die Fahrten übernimmt.
Weil der Mann zunächst in Neustadt untergebracht war, sei in diesem Fall aber das Regierungspräsidium Gießen zuständig. Laut Pressesprecherin Gabriele Fischer würden aber solche Kosten normalerweise auch hier nicht übernommen.
"Grundsätzlich sind in solchen Fällen Kostenübernahmeerklärungen für Bahnfahrten zu erteilen. Lediglich in begründeten Ausnahmesituationen wie vorliegend können Mietwagenfahrten genehmigt werden", erklärt sie in einer schriftlichen Stellungnahme.
Warum es sich allerdings um einen Ausnahmefall handelt und warum die Übernahme der 400 Euro genehmigt wurde, dazu wollte sie sich nicht äußern. | de | Der Bundesinnenminister kritisierte das Verhalten von Flüchtlingen
Weil ein Flüchtling aus Syrien zu seiner Unterkunft bei Darmstadt sollte, musste er angeblich ein Taxi benutzen, für dessen Fahrtkosten in Höhe von 400 Euro das Land Hessen aufkommt. Er war ursprünglich alleine nach Deutschland geflohen und es wurde nach einer gewalttäigen Auseinandersetzung wegen Landfriedensbruch gegen ihn ermittelt. Er saß in Kassel in der Justizvollzugsanstalt. Nach seiner Freilassung sollte er in die zukünftige Asylbewerber-Unterkunft bei Darmstadt. Die hessische Erstaufnahmeeinrichtung für Flüchtlinge in Gießen, Außenstelle Neustadt, bot an, für die Fahrt ein Taxi zu schicken. Nach Angaben der Taxizentrale in Kassel werden Flüchtlinge aus nordhessischen Erstaufnahmeeinrichtungen regelmäßig zu Ärzten, Notrufzentralen und Kliniken gefahren. Es gebe 25 bis 30 solcher Fahrten im Monat, daneben aber auch Aufträge an andere Fahrdienste. Ein solcher Fall sei der Taxizentrale jedoch zum ersten Mal begegnet. Bei einer Nachfrage der ''Hessisch/Niedersächsischen Allgemeine'' (HNA) Anfang Dezember verwies das Regierungspräsidium in Kassel an das Regierungspräsidium in Gießen, weil dieses für die Flüchtlinge zuständig sei. Die Anfrage lag dort zehn Tage, ohne dass eine Antwort erfolgte.
Bereits im Oktober hatte Bundesinnenminister Thomas de Maiziere das Verhalten von Flüchtlingen kritisiert, die kürzlich nach Deutschland gekommen waren. Er sagte: „Sie gehen aus Einrichtungen raus, sie bestellen sich ein Taxi, haben erstaunlicherweise das Geld, um Hunderte von Kilometern durch Deutschland zu fahren.“ |
de | Mit seiner Klage über undankbare Flüchtlinge erfährt Bundesinnenminister Thomas de Maizière (CDU) Kritik und Zustimmung zugleich. De Maizière hatte am Donnerstagabend im ZDF gesagt, die Stimmung unter den Flüchtlingen habe sich verändert. Einige stellten anmaßende Forderungen, äußerten Kritik und würden gewalttätig. Darauf entgegnete die Bremer Sozialsenatorin Anja Stahmann (Grüne) am Freitag, die meisten neu ankommenden Flüchtlinge in Bremen zeigten sich nach wie vor dankbar für die Hilfsbereitschaft der Deutschen. Eine neue Anspruchshaltung sei nicht zu erkennen. „Wir hatten schon immer Menschen hier, die sich beklagt haben über die Lebensverhältnisse, die sie hier vorfinden - auch zu Zeiten, als die Unterbringungssituation deutlich entspannter war“, sagte Stahmann. „Das hat mehr mit dem Einzelnen selbst zu tun als mit der objektiven Situation.“
Überdies habe sich die Unterbringungssituation in den vergangenen Wochen deutlich verschlechtert, so Stahmann. „Wir sind inzwischen gezwungen, Menschen in Turnhallen unterzubringen, ohne Trennwände, die Matratzen einfach auf dem Boden, das sind Lebensbedingungen, die auch zu Recht kritisiert werden.“ 80 Prozent der Flüchtlinge kämen aus Syrien, sagte Stahmann weiter. „Hinter deren Flucht steckt keine Armutsmigration - auch der finanziell gut abgesicherte Mittelstand verlässt das Land.“
„Sie machen Ärger, weil ihnen das Essen nicht gefällt“
Hamburgs Innensenator Michael Neumann (SPD) teilte de Maizières Beobachtung, wonach manche Flüchtlinge unregistriert abtauchen. „Der Bundesinnenminister hat recht“, sagte Neumann am Freitag der Deutschen Presse-Agentur. Das Phänomen sei aber nicht neu.
Aus dem Umfeld des Senators hieß es, es komme immer wieder vor, dass Flüchtlinge in eine Erstaufnahme kämen und dort eine Nacht blieben, um dann unregistriert zu verschwinden. Anders als von de Maizière wird dieser Umstand aber nicht als ein „richtiges Problem“ bewertet. Die Mehrheit der Flüchtlinge lasse sich registrieren. Andernfalls bekämen sie auch keine Hilfe.
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De Maizière hatte in der Sendung „heute journal“ am Donnerstagabend von einer großen Zahl unregistrierter Flüchtlinge in Deutschland gesprochen und sie als „ernstes“ Problem bezeichnet. „Bis zum Sommer waren die Flüchtlinge dankbar, bei uns zu sein. Sie haben gefragt: Wo ist die Polizei, wo ist das Bundesamt, wo verteilt Ihr uns hin?“ Das habe sich seither geändert. „Jetzt gibt es schon viele Flüchtlinge, die glauben, sie können sich selbst irgendwohin zuweisen“, sagte de Maizière. „Sie gehen aus Einrichtungen raus, sie bestellen sich ein Taxi, haben erstaunlicherweise das Geld, um Hunderte von Kilometern durch Deutschland zu fahren. Sie streiken, weil ihnen die Unterkunft nicht gefällt, sie machen Ärger, weil ihnen das Essen nicht gefällt, sie prügeln in Asylbewerbereinrichtungen.“ Das sei zwar noch eine Minderheit, gestand de Maizière. „Aber da müssen wir klar sagen: Wer hier nach Deutschland kommt (...), der muss sich dahin verteilen lassen, wohin wir ihn bringen, sich einem fairen Verfahren unterstellen und unsere Rechtsordnung anerkennen.“ Tatsächlich seien die Unterkünfte nun überfüllt, „aber ehrlich gesagt: Das geht nicht anders. Und da muss ich einfach alle um Geduld bitten. Unsere Standards sind so, wie sich alle Mühe geben. Man kann die Bürgermeister und die Landräte nur loben, dass sie es überhaupt so hinkriegen.“ Kritik an überfüllten Einrichtungen verstehe er, sagte de Maizière, sie sei aber „unangemessen“.
© ZDF De Maizière im ZDF-Studio
Thüringens Migrationsminister Dieter Lauinger (Grüne) warnte am Freitag vor einer Neiddebatte. Über de Maizières Äußerungen sagte Lauinger, so würden lediglich Vorurteile geschürt. Seiner Ansicht nach mag es Fälle gegeben haben, in denen Flüchtlinge mit dem Taxi gefahren sind. „Aber dabei handelt es sich um absolute Ausnahmefälle - und die entsprechen dem Recht auf Freizügigkeit, das im Grundgesetz verankert ist.“ Die Diskussion gehe deshalb an den eigentlichen Herausforderungen vorbei. Es sei wichtiger, Versorgung, Unterbringung und Betreuung von Flüchtlingen zu sichern. „Im Vergleich zu diesen dringlichen Aufgaben sind die Taxifahrten tatsächlich eine Nebensache“, sagte Lauinger. | de | Der Bundesinnenminister kritisierte das Verhalten von Flüchtlingen
Weil ein Flüchtling aus Syrien zu seiner Unterkunft bei Darmstadt sollte, musste er angeblich ein Taxi benutzen, für dessen Fahrtkosten in Höhe von 400 Euro das Land Hessen aufkommt. Er war ursprünglich alleine nach Deutschland geflohen und es wurde nach einer gewalttäigen Auseinandersetzung wegen Landfriedensbruch gegen ihn ermittelt. Er saß in Kassel in der Justizvollzugsanstalt. Nach seiner Freilassung sollte er in die zukünftige Asylbewerber-Unterkunft bei Darmstadt. Die hessische Erstaufnahmeeinrichtung für Flüchtlinge in Gießen, Außenstelle Neustadt, bot an, für die Fahrt ein Taxi zu schicken. Nach Angaben der Taxizentrale in Kassel werden Flüchtlinge aus nordhessischen Erstaufnahmeeinrichtungen regelmäßig zu Ärzten, Notrufzentralen und Kliniken gefahren. Es gebe 25 bis 30 solcher Fahrten im Monat, daneben aber auch Aufträge an andere Fahrdienste. Ein solcher Fall sei der Taxizentrale jedoch zum ersten Mal begegnet. Bei einer Nachfrage der ''Hessisch/Niedersächsischen Allgemeine'' (HNA) Anfang Dezember verwies das Regierungspräsidium in Kassel an das Regierungspräsidium in Gießen, weil dieses für die Flüchtlinge zuständig sei. Die Anfrage lag dort zehn Tage, ohne dass eine Antwort erfolgte.
Bereits im Oktober hatte Bundesinnenminister Thomas de Maiziere das Verhalten von Flüchtlingen kritisiert, die kürzlich nach Deutschland gekommen waren. Er sagte: „Sie gehen aus Einrichtungen raus, sie bestellen sich ein Taxi, haben erstaunlicherweise das Geld, um Hunderte von Kilometern durch Deutschland zu fahren.“ |
pt | Vídeo
O presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defendeu nesta quarta-feira (14) a democracia da Venezuela, reiterou a importância do país tornar-se membro pleno do Mercosul e evitou tomar partido na polêmica entre Hugo Chávez e o rei da Espanha, Juan Carlos de Bourbon.
“Podem criticar o Chávez por qualquer outra coisa. Inventem uma coisa para criticar o Chávez. Agora por falta de democracia na Venezuela não é. O que eu sei é que na Venezuela já tiveram três referendos, já tiveram três eleições, já tiveram quatro plebiscitos. O que não falta é discussão. Eu acho democracia é assim: a gente submete aquilo que a gente acredita ao povo e o povo decide. Cabe a nós acatar o resultado”, disse Lula.
O presidente defendeu ainda menos debate sobre a política interna venezuelana. “Precisamos apenas respeitar a autonomia e a soberania de cada país. Se nós dermos menos palpite nas regras do jogo dos outros países e olharmos o que nós estamos fazendo, todos nós sairemos ganhando. Se a gente achar que a gente pode dar palpite em tudo, que só pode acontecer no mundo aquilo que a gente gosta, aquilo que a gente quer, nós seremos eternamente infelizes”, refletiu Lula.
O mal-estar entre Chávez e Juan Carlos ocorreu na última reunião da Cúpula Ibero-Americana, em Santiago do Chile. O presidente venezuelano tecia críticas ao ex-primeiro-ministro da Espanha, José Maria Aznar, ao ser interpelado pelo rei que pediu para ele se calar.
Para Lula, não houve exagero de Chávez nem uma tentativa de humilhação por parte do espanhol. “Não acho que houve exagero. Houve uma fala do Chávez que o rei achou que era demais, que era uma crítica ao ex-primeiro-ministro da Espanha que tinha apoiado o golpe venezuelano num primeiro momento. Essas coisas acontecem. A diferença é que o rei estava na reunião. Quem falou 'cala-te' foi o rei, não foi um de nós. Entre nós, nós divergimos muito”, disse.
Países ricos
Lula citou o exemplo da última reunião do G8, grupo dos sete países mais industrializados do mundo mais a Rússia, que ocorreu na Alemanha, e teve a chanceler Angela Merkel como anfitriã.
“Como é que você pensa que são as reuniões do G8? Você acha que todo mundo chega lá, tem um protocolo, tem que rir na hora certa? Não. Fui agora em Berlim e disse ao G8 que do jeito que está a reunião, eu não tenho mais interesse de ir, que não estou disposto a ser tratado como cidadão de segunda classe. Ou nós fazemos uma reunião para discutir os problemas do mundo ou não fazemos”, afirmou.
O presidente conversou com os jornalistas após almoço oferecido ao presidente de Guiné Bissau, João Bernardo Vieira. Na visita do colega africano, além de assinar acordos de cooperação, o Brasil comprometeu-se em perdoar a dívida do país estimada em cerca de US$ 34 milhões.
Cuba
Lula disse ainda que cancelou a viagem que faria na próxima semana a Cuba por ter havido um aumento dos pedidos feitos pela ilha de Fidel Castro. Inicialmente, o presidente assinaria acordos para concessão de crédito à Cuba para compra de alimentos e um pacto que envolvia a Petrobras.
“No Chile, tive um encontro com o vice-presidente de Cuba (Carlos Lage) e ele nos apresentou uma lista maior de pedidos que acho que podemos facilmente conceder. Então, pedi para o ministro Celso Amorim adiar a viagem por uns 30 dias”, explicou. | pt | Hugo Chávez e Lula caminham para o local da foto oficial da 17ª Cúpula Ibero-Americana (Valter Campanato/ABr).
Em declarações para a imprensa no último dia 14 de novembro, o presidente do Brasil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defendeu o Presidente da Venezuela, Hugo Chávez e minimizou o incidente entre ele e o Rei da Espanha Juan Carlos durante a Cúpula Ibero-Americana, realizada no Chile.
De acordo com a Agência Brasil, Lula disse após encontro com o presidente da Guiné-Bissau: "Não há divergência apenas entre o rei Juan Carlos e o Chávez. Há muitas divergências entre outros chefes de Estado. A divergência faz parte de um encontro democrático".
O Presidente brasileiro enfatizou que a "Venezuela é um país democrático" e comparou-a com o Reino Unido: "Podem criticar Chávez por qualquer outra coisa. Por falta de democracia na Venezuela, não. Na Venezuela, já houve três referendos, três eleições, quatro plebiscitos (...) Por que ninguém se queixou quando Margaret Thatcher ficou tantos anos no poder? É continuidade, não tem nada de distinto. Muda apenas o sistema, o regime, de presidencialista para regime parlamentarista. Não importa o regime, mas o exercício do poder." |
pt | Lula diz que Chávez não pode ser criticado por falta de democracia
RENATA GIRALDI
da Folha Online, em Brasília
O presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defendeu nesta quarta-feira o colega venezuelano, Hugo Chávez, ao afirmar que no país vizinho há democracia. Ele reiterou ainda que é favorável ao ingresso da Venezuela no Mercosul.
"Podem criticar o Chávez por qualquer outra coisa. Inventem uma coisa para criticar o Chávez. Agora por falta de democracia na Venezuela não é. O que eu sei é que a Venezuela já teve três referendos, já teve três eleições não sei para onde, já teve quatro plebiscitos", afirmou o presidente depois de almoçar com o colega de Guiné-Bissau, João Bernardo Vieira, no Itamaraty.
Lula, entretanto, evitou tomar partido no bate-boca entre Chávez e o rei da Espanha Juan Carlos 1º no Chile. "Não há divergência apenas entre o rei Juan Carlos e o Chávez. Há muitas divergências entre outros chefes de Estados. E a divergência faz parte de um encontro democrático", disse.
Sem mencionar o nome de Chávez nem do rei, Lula afirmou que não houve exagero na discussão entre os dois. "Não acho que houve exagero. Houve uma fala do Chávez que o rei achou que era demais, que era uma crítica ao ex-primeiro ministro da Espanha [José María Aznar] afirmando que tinha apoiado o golpe venezuelano no primeiro momento. Essas coisas acontecem. A diferença é que o rei estava na reunião."
Em seguida, o presidente contou como foi o comentário de Juan Carlos, na reunião da Cúpula Ibero-Americana no último sábado (9), quando o monarca mandou Chávez ficar calado.
"Quem falou 'cala-te' foi o rei, não foi um de nós. Entre nós, nós divergimos muito. Fazemos uma reunião como em qualquer país civilizado. Como é que você pensa que são as reuniões do G-8? Você acha que todo mundo chega lá, tem um protocolo, tem que rir na hora certa? Não."
Lula afirmou também que as divergências entre chefes de governo e de Estado são "normais". De acordo com ele, na última reunião do G-8 (grupo dos sete países mais desenvolvidos e a Rússia) foi bastante incisivo com a chanceler Angela Merkel.
"Fui agora a Berlim para dizer à Angela Merkel e para o G-8 que do jeito que está a reunião eu não tenho mais interesse de ir. E que não estou disposto a ser tratado como cidadão de segunda classe. Ou nós fazemos uma reunião para discutir os problemas do mundo ou não fazemos", disse ele.
Democracia
Ao defender o ingresso da Venezuela no Mercosul --o assunto deve ser votado na próxima semana na CCJ (Comissão de Constituição e Justiça) da Câmara--, o presidente disse que mantinha sua posição em favor da aprovação dos venezuelanos no bloco.
Segundo Lula, na Venezuela o que mais ocorre são debates em torno de propostas. "O que não falta é discussão. Eu acho democracia é assim. A gente submete aquilo que a gente acredita ao povo e o povo decide. A gente acata o resultado", disse.
Para o presidente, é necessário evitar polêmicas sobre a política externa e respeitar a soberania dos países. "O que nós precisamos é apenas respeitar. O que nós precisamos é respeitar a autonomia e a soberania de cada país. Se nós dermos menos palpite nas regras do jogo dos outros países e olharmos o que nós estamos fazendo, todos nós sairemos ganhando. Se a gente achar que a gente pode dar palpite em tudo, que só pode acontecer no mundo aquilo que a gente gosta, aquilo que a gente quer, nós seremos eternamente infelizes", disse o presidente.
Acompanhe as notícias em seu celular: digite wap.folha.com.br | pt | Hugo Chávez e Lula caminham para o local da foto oficial da 17ª Cúpula Ibero-Americana (Valter Campanato/ABr).
Em declarações para a imprensa no último dia 14 de novembro, o presidente do Brasil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defendeu o Presidente da Venezuela, Hugo Chávez e minimizou o incidente entre ele e o Rei da Espanha Juan Carlos durante a Cúpula Ibero-Americana, realizada no Chile.
De acordo com a Agência Brasil, Lula disse após encontro com o presidente da Guiné-Bissau: "Não há divergência apenas entre o rei Juan Carlos e o Chávez. Há muitas divergências entre outros chefes de Estado. A divergência faz parte de um encontro democrático".
O Presidente brasileiro enfatizou que a "Venezuela é um país democrático" e comparou-a com o Reino Unido: "Podem criticar Chávez por qualquer outra coisa. Por falta de democracia na Venezuela, não. Na Venezuela, já houve três referendos, três eleições, quatro plebiscitos (...) Por que ninguém se queixou quando Margaret Thatcher ficou tantos anos no poder? É continuidade, não tem nada de distinto. Muda apenas o sistema, o regime, de presidencialista para regime parlamentarista. Não importa o regime, mas o exercício do poder." |
en | By SHARON COHEN, AP National Writer Thu Sep 8, 3:36 PM ET
NEW ORLEANS - Across miles of ravaged neighborhoods of clapboard houses, grand estates and housing projects, workers struggled to find corpses Thursday and persuade this swamped city's last stubborn residents to leave. Fears grew about the risks posed by putrid floodwaters, and officials braced for what could be a staggering death toll by preparing 25,000 body bags.
"Right now, human life is paramount so I'm concentrating all my power on getting out people who want to leave," Police Chief Eddie Compass said on NBC's "Today" show.
Michael Keegan, spokesman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said rescuers were finding more and more residents willing to leave. "Some are finally saying, `I've had enough.' They're getting dehydrated. They are running out of food," Keegan said.
Government tests confirmed that the floodwaters are thick with sewage-related bacteria in amounts at least 10 times higher than acceptable safety limits. The muck is believed to contain E. coli, certain viruses and a type of cholera-like bacteria.
"If you haven't left the city yet, you must do so," said Dr. Julie Gerberding, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She urged anyone coming into contact with the water to scrub up with soap and water.
At least four deaths among storm evacuees have been attributed to infected wounds, said Tom Skinner, spokesman for the CDC.
Bob Johannessen, spokesman for the state Department of Health and Hospitals, said officials have 25,000 body bags on hand in Louisiana. Asked if authorities expected that many bodies, he said: "We don't know what to expect."
Mayor C. Ray Nagin had earlier said New Orleans' death toll could reach 10,000. Already, a temporary warehouse morgue in rural St. Gabriel that had been prepared to take 1,000 bodies was being readied to handle 5,000. The official death toll in Mississippi climbed to 201 Wednesday, but more than 1,000 are feared dead there, too.
In Mississippi, efforts to restore power to residents along the battered coast were moving along. Gov. Haley Barbour said Thursday on "Today" that power would be restored by Sunday to all homes and businesses able to receive it.
Katrina victims could also soon get federal money in their pockets and even in the mail.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency, stung by criticism that it failed to act fast enough when Katrina hit, was prepared to hand out $2,000 debit cards for each household affected by the storm. At the Houston Astrodome where many New Orleans evacuees are being housed, long lines formed to register.
"The concept is to get them some cash in hand which allows them, empowers them, to make their own decisions about what do they need to have to start rebuilding," said Michael Brown, FEMA's head.
In addition, the Postal Service has delivered some 15,000 Social Security checks to collection points in areas affected by Katrina, despite being unable to locate 2,000 of its own workers.
Postmaster General John Potter vowed to get the checks to customers.
"Regardless of where they are, we'll move their mail to them," Potter said. "My message to everybody is, if they are relocated, please inform us."
The Bush administration on Wednesday asked Congress for $51.8 billion in Katrina relief and recovery expenses, in addition to $10.5 billion already approved, calling it the latest installment but not the last.
"We will in fact need substantially more," said budget director Josh Bolten, estimating that the money would cover expenses for a few weeks.
The need to move on with their lives has refugees in shelters across Texas slowly moving out. Some are staying in the state. Others are catching buses or taking flights elsewhere.
In Houston, the number of refugees was down Wednesday to a total of 8,096 among four shelters, including the Astrodome, said Coast Guard Lt. Joseph Leonard.
Yvette Herbert, one of the Astrodome's refugees, said buses were leaving for cities all over the country Wednesday. Among them were Chicago, Atlanta, Detroit and numerous cities in California.
"Everywhere except New Orleans," the 19-year-old said. "I want to go back home, but we can't right now."
Nagin has ordered law officers and the military to evacuate all holdouts in the city by force if necessary. There were no immediate reports of anyone being physically removed and it was not clear how the order would be carried out.
The stepped-up evacuation began as workers trying to restart essential services came under sniper fire. More than 100 officers and seven armored personnel carriers captured a suspect in a housing project who had been firing on workers trying to restore cell phone towers, authorities said.
"We're putting a lot of people on the street right now and I think that we are bringing it under control," said Capt. Jeff Winn, commander of the police SWAT team. "Eight days ago this was a mess. Every day is getting a little bit better."
The floodwaters continued to recede, though slowly, with only 23 of the city's normal contingent of 148 pumps in operation, along with three portable pumps. The water in St. Bernard Parish had fallen 5 feet.
John and Cathy Nost rode out the storm in their French Quarter home. Now they are unwilling to evacuate even though they say they are suffering from high fevers they attributed to heat exhaustion.
Military units supply them with food and water. They bathe in water from a nearby swimming pool laced with bleach as a disinfectant and lug buckets back to flush their toilet.
"It's not that you get used to it, but you don't want to walk away," said John Nost, 59.
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Associated Press writers Cain Burdeau, Jerry Bodlander, Doug Simpson and Lauran Neergaard contributed to this report. | en | Workers are scouring New Orleans for any remaining survivors of Hurricane Katrina, and are vigorously searching for dead bodies. 25,000 body bags have been prepared in advance, in the event that the death toll from Katrina is that high. Temporary warehouses are being set up around the city to deal with corpse storage.
In the last twenty-four to thirty-six hours, however, officials have revised downward, at least three times, the estimated death toll; 35,000, 10,000, and now less than 10,000. After the first sweep of the city devoted to recovery of bodies, officials retrieved approximately 800 bodies.
Floodwaters are receding, but leaving a great deal of mud and contaminated water in their wake, filled with high levels of bacteria and viruses.
All survivors are urged to leave the city. Dr. Julie Gerberding, head of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said "If you haven't left the city yet, you must do so," and stated that anyone who comes in contact with the toxic water must immediately wash themselves with clean water. If necessary, force will be used to remove all remaining citizens from New Orleans.
While Dr. Gerberding's statement about mandatory evacuation seems clear, other officials have not been as emphatic. When asked about mandatory evacuations, New Orleans Police Superintendent Eddie Compass, while reaffirming the official word, qualified his statement stating that every reasonable means would be used to logically convince a person that it is in his best interest to evacuate. The superintendent would not comment on whether force would be used if reason failed. Furthermore, utility workers are in the process of re-establishing power to the Central Business District of the city prompting residents in those areas to reconsider the evacuation option.
Animal rights campaigners are protesting against evidence that law enforcement officers are killing animals as a form of control. According to HelpingAnimals.com, pets left behind by evacuees are being shot.
Residents of Jefferson Parish, and the upper portions of Saint Bernard Parish will be allowed to return permanently to their homes starting on Monday. Conditions in those areas — re-establishment of power, clearing of roads, and abatement of water — have improved to the point of making permanent return possible. Parish President Arron Broussard and Councilor Jennifer Sneed stated that residents should be allowed to return as soon as possible so repairs and rebuilding may begin.
Companies are working with the US Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide money and support to the victims of Katrina, in order to ease them into a new life. In addition, a contract for approximately thirty-three million dollars to repair the I-10 span crossing the eastern portion of Lake Pontchartrain has been awarded. Many of the bridge sections, especially on the eastern-facing span, were knocked off their pilings as hurricane Katrina passed close to the city. The contractor expects one span to be repaired and opened for traffic within forty-five days. |
en | Yesterday The Independent revealed that remains found off the north coast of Haiti are believed by archaeologists to belong to the famous vessel, which was lost in the Caribbean more than five centuries ago.
Barry Clifford, one of America’s top underwater archaeological investigators, said he was “confident” that the remains are those of the ship captained by the great explorer on his first voyage to the Americas in 1492.
Mr Clifford narrowed the search down to a tiny area using marine magnetometers, side-scan sonar equipment and divers – and entries in Columbus’s personal diary. He is now awaiting permission to carry out a full excavation of the site.
Italian explorer Christopher Columbus (Getty) Professor Jon Adams, director of the Centre for Maritime Archaeology at the University of Southampton, said: “If it’s the Santa Maria, it would be a major find. You could say it’s additionally significant because it has both archaeological importance in terms of its materiality but it also has social importance because of its historical significance.”
His colleague Dr Fraser Sturt added: “If it is [the Santa Maria] it’s amazingly significant because of the story that goes with it. I’d be sceptical until you get really good, concrete evidence – but the discovery of any ship from that period would be intensely interesting in its own right.”
British marine archaeologist Dr Sean Kingsley said the discovery “could shed a major educational spotlight on the ‘birth’ of the Americas”. But he added that the archaeologists involved would have to answer several “hard questions” before the find could be verified, and that even if it was, a political battle is likely to erupt over ownership.
“Spain no doubt will claim its remains as a sovereign vessel,” he said. “Haiti signed the UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage in 2009. No doubt many heritage experts would prefer to see the wreck left underwater and turned into a dive trail as UNESCO prefers.”
Although the wreckage of the Santa Maria is unlikely to contain sunken treasure, there is no doubt that shipwreck hunting has become a boom industry in recent years. In 2012, the Florida-based salvage firm Odyssey Marine Exploration began recovering silver bullion worth up to £150 million from the wreck of the SS Gairsoppa, which it located the year before. The British cargo ship was sunk by a torpedo during the Second World War.
Last week, the same company said it had recovered almost 1,000 ounces of gold worth $1.3 million (£771,000) during an initial exploration of the wreck of the SS Central America, a steamship which sank off the coast of South Carolina in 1857.
Christopher Columbus’s flagship, the Santa Maria (Rex)
Sunken treasure: Which wreck could be the next one found?
1. San Miguel
Believed to be carrying vast amounts of silver plate, gold, pearls and emeralds, the San Miguel was among 12 ships to set off from Havana in 1715 bound for Spain, which at the time was badly in need of funds. But the fleet was caught in a hurricane a week after leaving Cuba, with thousands of the crew perishing. Other ships that went down have since been found, but the San Miguel remains elusive. Some believe that it rests in the shark-infested Nassau Sound.
2. San Jose
A Spanish galleon which sank off the coast of Colombia in 1708, the San Jose is believed to have been carrying a fortune in treasure – including 116 chests of emeralds and the personal wealth of the Viceroy of Peru. Many believe it to be the most valuable ship ever sunk. A US company called Sea Search Armada claims to have located the wreck, but has been locked in a decades-long legal dispute with the Colombian government over who can claim any resulting booty – so it still lies undisturbed.
3. Las Cinque Chagas
The Portuguese merchant ship was returning from the East Indies in 1594 with a haul of diamonds, rubies and pearls when it was sunk in the Azores by the English. Although the vessel was huge – 150ft long and weighing 1,200 tonnes – it is believed to lie in 2,500ft of water, so far scuppering attempts to locate it. And spare a thought for the 1,000 people on board, of whom around 400 were slaves.
4. Grosvenor
On its way back from India in 1782, this British ship was wrecked off the coast of South Africa. One of the East India Company’s finest vessels, it is believed to have been carrying 1,400 gold ingots, 19 chests of gems and 2.6 million gold coins – not to mention a jewel-encrusted throne in the shape of a gold peacock.
5. Flor de la Mar
A 400-tonne Portuguese frigate built in Lisbon in 1502, the “Flower of the Sea” was returning from the Far East in 1511 captained by Alfonso de Albuquerque when it was caught in a violent storm in the Straits of Malacca and broke in two. The ship was loaded with gold bullion, silver plate and tributes from the King of Siam, so there are plenty of reasons to look for it – but so far nobody has succeeded in finding it.
Chris Green | es | La Niña,la Pinta y la Santa María
La carabela Santa María
Barry Clifford, fue el descubridor de la Santa maría. Encontrada en las costas al norte de Haití, donde naufragó Cristóbal Colón en 1492, hace siglos. La carabela llamada fue encontrada a tan solo unas millas de la costa de Haití , en el transcurso de la semana pasada,el martes 13 de mayo exactamente fue verificado su descubrimiento.Se trata de uno de los mayores hallazgos arqueológicos de los últimos tiempos.
El arqueólogo norteamericano llevaba 20 años junto a su equipo pensando en este proyecto; empezaron a buscar el barco en el año 2003 donde inspeccionaron unos 200 kilómetros tomando como referencia el sitio donde los historiadores afirmaban como el lugar en el que habían arribado los españoles .Otra pista fue el diario que escribió Cristóbal Colón de sus viajes, del cual se extrajeron muchos datos para llegar a dar con la carabela Santa María.
En una conferencia de prensa, luego del hallazgo, Clifford apuntó:
=== La búsqueda ===
De la expedición que realizó el arqueólogo en 2003 se tomó unas fotografías de un barco sumergido, sin darse cuenta entonces de que podía tratarse de la embarcación de Colón. Junto a algunas piedras y al barco se había encontrado un cañón que su equipo confundió con otra herramienta y se dio por terminada la búsqueda, ya que esa arma no era compatible con lo que buscaban, porque no databa de la misma fecha. Años después empezó a investigar sobre los cañones españoles de aquella época en que Cristóbal Colón llego a América y como conclusión obtuvieron que habían encontrado una lombarda (arma precaria de grueso calibre)y que si era característica de la época.
Además de analizar las fotografías tomadas en 2003,se analizó la localización y luego este resultado coincidió con las notas del diario de Colón y el sitio que marcaban los historiadores.
Antes de dar a conocer el descubrimiento, su equipo utilizó magnetómetros, sonares y detectores de metales sumado a las pruebas geográficas, de topografía submarina y arqueológicas; y así se confirmó el descubrimiento de la Santa María.
=== Historia del barco ===
La Santa María fue una de las naves que transportó a Colón al nuevo continente, que cruzó el océano Atlántico en 1492 junto a dos carabelas la Pinta y la Niña. Varias semanas después de llegar al Caribe, la Santa María, con Colón a bordo, quedó a la deriva al norte de Haití y la embarcación tuvo que ser abandonada. Colón continuó su expedición por el Caribe llegando a la isla de Cuba y luego a la Isla de Santo Domingo. Después de un tiempo Colón vuelve a España con los dos barcos restantes de su primera expedición ,para informar a la reina Isabel del resultado de su viaje.
=== La gran noticia ===
Hasta el día de hoy no se había tenido ningún dato de donde se encontraba la carabela. La noticia, dada a conocer por el diario londinense The Independent, sacudió al mundo de la ciencia y la historia. Es que el hallazgo representa uno de los descubrimientos más resonantes de los últimos 10 años y un tesoro invaluable para los arqueólogos marinos.
Clifford anunció que volverá a Haití en junio para reunirse con las autoridades y decidir los pasos a tomar,se cree que los restos de la carabela seran extraidos del mar y llevados al Museo Nacional de Haiti.
=== El gran descubridor ===
Cabe indicar que este científico de 68 años es un especialista en el rescate de restos de naufragios, uno de los exploradores submarinos más experimentados del mundo, ha realizado numerosos estudios de restos históricos en distintas partes del mundo durante años. Ha obtenido premios y distinciones, como el Premio Rolex-Lowell Thomas 2005 para arqueología marina, y es miembro de la National Geographic Society y graduado en Historia y Sociología en la Universidad de Western State en Colorado (oeste de Estados Unidos). |
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Un arqueólogo submarino estadounidense aseguró este martes haber hallado frente a las costas de Haití los restos de la famosa carabela "Santa María", con la que Cristóbal Colón llegó a las costas de América en 1492, una suerte de "monte Everest" de los naufragios, según el explorador.
"Toda la evidencia geográfica, de topografía submarina y arqueológica sugiere de manera muy fuerte que son los restos de la famosa nave insignia de Colón, la 'Santa María'", indicó en un comunicado de prensa Barry Clifford, líder de dos expediciones de exploración y reconocimiento al norte de las costas de Haití. "Estoy confiado en que la excavación completa de los restos del barco revelará la primera evidencia arqueológica marina del descubrimiento de América por parte de Colón", agregó el explorador, que dará una conferencia de prensa el miércoles en Nueva York.
Clifford, de 68 años, un especialista en el rescate de restos de naufragios, realizó en 2003 una primera expedición y tomó unas fotografías del barco sumergido, sin darse cuenta entonces de que podía tratarse de la embarcación de Colón que encalló en un arrecife el 25 de diciembre de 1492.
El lugar coincide con el descrito por Colón en su diario y no muy lejos se halló el fuerte que construyó en tierra el descubridor genovés.
"Es el monte Everest de los naufragios", aseguró Clifford en declaraciones a la cadena de televisión estadounidense CNN.
Clifford fotografió en su primera expedición un cañón que, luego supo, podía ser de finales del siglo XV. Esto le llevó a pensar que el casco sumergido que había inspeccionado unos años antes era la "Santa María", "el barco que cambió el curso de la historia humana", explicó.
El investigador decidió volver a principios de mayo al lugar, para constatar que el cañón y otros objetos habían sido pillados.
NUEVO VIAJE EN JUNIO A HAITÍ
Clifford anunció que volverá a Haití en junio para reunirse con las autoridades y decidir los pasos a tomar.
Colón zarpó el 3 de agosto de 1492 del puerto de Palos, en el suroeste de España, con las carabelas "Santa María", "La Pinta" y "La Niña" con el objetivo de hallar una ruta a Asia. El 12 de octubre de ese año Colón desembarcó en la isla de Guanahani, que los historiadores han identificado como parte del archipiélago de Bahamas, en lo que se conoce popularmente como el "descubrimiento de América".
Colón continuó su expedición por el Caribe llegando a la isla de Cuba el 28 de octubre y a La Española, o Isla de Santo Domingo, el 6 de diciembre.
Tras el naufragio de la "Santa María" a fines de 1492 y la construcción del fuerte, en enero de 1493, Colón volvió a España con los dos otros barcos de su primera expedición para informar a la reina Isabel del resultado de su viaje.
Barry Clifford, graduado en Historia y Sociología en la Universidad de Western State en Colorado (oeste de Estados Unidos), es miembro del "Club de Exploradores", una asociación profesional internacional multidisciplinaria fundada en 1904 y con sede en Nueva York.
Ha obtenido galardones y distinciones, como el Premio Rolex-Lowell Thomas 2005 para arqueología marina, y es miembro de la oficina del presidente de la National Geographic Society.
nlb | es | La Niña,la Pinta y la Santa María
La carabela Santa María
Barry Clifford, fue el descubridor de la Santa maría. Encontrada en las costas al norte de Haití, donde naufragó Cristóbal Colón en 1492, hace siglos. La carabela llamada fue encontrada a tan solo unas millas de la costa de Haití , en el transcurso de la semana pasada,el martes 13 de mayo exactamente fue verificado su descubrimiento.Se trata de uno de los mayores hallazgos arqueológicos de los últimos tiempos.
El arqueólogo norteamericano llevaba 20 años junto a su equipo pensando en este proyecto; empezaron a buscar el barco en el año 2003 donde inspeccionaron unos 200 kilómetros tomando como referencia el sitio donde los historiadores afirmaban como el lugar en el que habían arribado los españoles .Otra pista fue el diario que escribió Cristóbal Colón de sus viajes, del cual se extrajeron muchos datos para llegar a dar con la carabela Santa María.
En una conferencia de prensa, luego del hallazgo, Clifford apuntó:
=== La búsqueda ===
De la expedición que realizó el arqueólogo en 2003 se tomó unas fotografías de un barco sumergido, sin darse cuenta entonces de que podía tratarse de la embarcación de Colón. Junto a algunas piedras y al barco se había encontrado un cañón que su equipo confundió con otra herramienta y se dio por terminada la búsqueda, ya que esa arma no era compatible con lo que buscaban, porque no databa de la misma fecha. Años después empezó a investigar sobre los cañones españoles de aquella época en que Cristóbal Colón llego a América y como conclusión obtuvieron que habían encontrado una lombarda (arma precaria de grueso calibre)y que si era característica de la época.
Además de analizar las fotografías tomadas en 2003,se analizó la localización y luego este resultado coincidió con las notas del diario de Colón y el sitio que marcaban los historiadores.
Antes de dar a conocer el descubrimiento, su equipo utilizó magnetómetros, sonares y detectores de metales sumado a las pruebas geográficas, de topografía submarina y arqueológicas; y así se confirmó el descubrimiento de la Santa María.
=== Historia del barco ===
La Santa María fue una de las naves que transportó a Colón al nuevo continente, que cruzó el océano Atlántico en 1492 junto a dos carabelas la Pinta y la Niña. Varias semanas después de llegar al Caribe, la Santa María, con Colón a bordo, quedó a la deriva al norte de Haití y la embarcación tuvo que ser abandonada. Colón continuó su expedición por el Caribe llegando a la isla de Cuba y luego a la Isla de Santo Domingo. Después de un tiempo Colón vuelve a España con los dos barcos restantes de su primera expedición ,para informar a la reina Isabel del resultado de su viaje.
=== La gran noticia ===
Hasta el día de hoy no se había tenido ningún dato de donde se encontraba la carabela. La noticia, dada a conocer por el diario londinense The Independent, sacudió al mundo de la ciencia y la historia. Es que el hallazgo representa uno de los descubrimientos más resonantes de los últimos 10 años y un tesoro invaluable para los arqueólogos marinos.
Clifford anunció que volverá a Haití en junio para reunirse con las autoridades y decidir los pasos a tomar,se cree que los restos de la carabela seran extraidos del mar y llevados al Museo Nacional de Haiti.
=== El gran descubridor ===
Cabe indicar que este científico de 68 años es un especialista en el rescate de restos de naufragios, uno de los exploradores submarinos más experimentados del mundo, ha realizado numerosos estudios de restos históricos en distintas partes del mundo durante años. Ha obtenido premios y distinciones, como el Premio Rolex-Lowell Thomas 2005 para arqueología marina, y es miembro de la National Geographic Society y graduado en Historia y Sociología en la Universidad de Western State en Colorado (oeste de Estados Unidos). |
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La carabela Santa María
Barry Clifford, fue el descubridor de la Santa maría. Encontrada en las costas al norte de Haití, donde naufragó Cristóbal Colón en 1492, hace siglos. La carabela llamada fue encontrada a tan solo unas millas de la costa de Haití , en el transcurso de la semana pasada,el martes 13 de mayo exactamente fue verificado su descubrimiento.Se trata de uno de los mayores hallazgos arqueológicos de los últimos tiempos.
El arqueólogo norteamericano llevaba 20 años junto a su equipo pensando en este proyecto; empezaron a buscar el barco en el año 2003 donde inspeccionaron unos 200 kilómetros tomando como referencia el sitio donde los historiadores afirmaban como el lugar en el que habían arribado los españoles .Otra pista fue el diario que escribió Cristóbal Colón de sus viajes, del cual se extrajeron muchos datos para llegar a dar con la carabela Santa María.
En una conferencia de prensa, luego del hallazgo, Clifford apuntó:
=== La búsqueda ===
De la expedición que realizó el arqueólogo en 2003 se tomó unas fotografías de un barco sumergido, sin darse cuenta entonces de que podía tratarse de la embarcación de Colón. Junto a algunas piedras y al barco se había encontrado un cañón que su equipo confundió con otra herramienta y se dio por terminada la búsqueda, ya que esa arma no era compatible con lo que buscaban, porque no databa de la misma fecha. Años después empezó a investigar sobre los cañones españoles de aquella época en que Cristóbal Colón llego a América y como conclusión obtuvieron que habían encontrado una lombarda (arma precaria de grueso calibre)y que si era característica de la época.
Además de analizar las fotografías tomadas en 2003,se analizó la localización y luego este resultado coincidió con las notas del diario de Colón y el sitio que marcaban los historiadores.
Antes de dar a conocer el descubrimiento, su equipo utilizó magnetómetros, sonares y detectores de metales sumado a las pruebas geográficas, de topografía submarina y arqueológicas; y así se confirmó el descubrimiento de la Santa María.
=== Historia del barco ===
La Santa María fue una de las naves que transportó a Colón al nuevo continente, que cruzó el océano Atlántico en 1492 junto a dos carabelas la Pinta y la Niña. Varias semanas después de llegar al Caribe, la Santa María, con Colón a bordo, quedó a la deriva al norte de Haití y la embarcación tuvo que ser abandonada. Colón continuó su expedición por el Caribe llegando a la isla de Cuba y luego a la Isla de Santo Domingo. Después de un tiempo Colón vuelve a España con los dos barcos restantes de su primera expedición ,para informar a la reina Isabel del resultado de su viaje.
=== La gran noticia ===
Hasta el día de hoy no se había tenido ningún dato de donde se encontraba la carabela. La noticia, dada a conocer por el diario londinense The Independent, sacudió al mundo de la ciencia y la historia. Es que el hallazgo representa uno de los descubrimientos más resonantes de los últimos 10 años y un tesoro invaluable para los arqueólogos marinos.
Clifford anunció que volverá a Haití en junio para reunirse con las autoridades y decidir los pasos a tomar,se cree que los restos de la carabela seran extraidos del mar y llevados al Museo Nacional de Haiti.
=== El gran descubridor ===
Cabe indicar que este científico de 68 años es un especialista en el rescate de restos de naufragios, uno de los exploradores submarinos más experimentados del mundo, ha realizado numerosos estudios de restos históricos en distintas partes del mundo durante años. Ha obtenido premios y distinciones, como el Premio Rolex-Lowell Thomas 2005 para arqueología marina, y es miembro de la National Geographic Society y graduado en Historia y Sociología en la Universidad de Western State en Colorado (oeste de Estados Unidos). |
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"La Santa María es un barco que literalmente cambió el curso de la Historia y que se encuentra a unos tres metros de profundidad y a tan sólo unas millas de la costa de Haití. Era una tentación muy suculenta. Yo he encontrado varios barcos alrededor del mundo y encontrar la nave de Colón me parecía una gran oportunidad", manifestó Barry Clifford y añadió: "Es un tesoro cultural incalculable".
Clifford explica qué fue lo que lo llevó a una de las búsquedas más extraordinarias de las profundidades marinas. "Llevamos veinte años pensando en este proyecto. Pero no empezamos a buscar el barco hasta el año 2000. Entonces inspeccionamos unos 200 kilómetros tomando como referencia el lugar donde los historiadores situaban el Fuerte de Navidad", cuenta este fanático de las aventuras que mantiene un contrato con History Channel de los Estados Unidos para rodar un En una entrevista concedida al diario español El Mundo explica qué fue lo que lo llevó a una de las búsquedas más extraordinarias de las profundidades marinas. "Llevamos veinte años pensando en este proyecto. Pero no empezamos a buscar el barco hasta el año 2000. Entonces", cuenta este fanático de las aventuras que mantiene un contrato conde los Estados Unidos para rodar un documental sobre el descubrimiento.
Una de las claves que llevaron a Clifford a encontrar la carabela fue el diario que escribió Colón desde el fuerte que construyó en las costas de Haití. "Escribió en su diario que el barco había encallado junto a un arrecife a unos siete kilómetros de la costa", apuntó el científico norteamericano.
"Nosotros eliminamos de nuestra búsqueda las zonas donde ya habían buscado otros historiadores y llegamos a la conclusión de que el barco se encontraba en un lugar donde encontramos un montón de piedras que ejercían como lastre y que se ajustaban a la descripción de las que llevaban los barcos españoles del siglo XV", agregó.
Santa Maria barco Colon 1170 1
La noticia, dada a conocer por el diario londinense The Independent , sacudió al mundo de la ciencia y la historia. Es que el hallazgo representa uno de los descubrimientos más resonantes de los últimos 10 años y un tesoro invaluable para los arqueólogos marinos.
La noche que Clifford se iluminó y un cañón robado
El talento, la experiencia y los momentos de lucidez suelen jugar en conjunto cuando uno está abocado a una tarea fuera de serie. Eso fue lo que ocurrió una noche en la que Clifford descansaba y soñaba en su cama con el proyecto más ambicioso de su vida.
"Junto a las piedras -que se habían encontrado en otra excursión- había un cañón que mi equipo confundió con otra herramienta y que nos llevó a abandonar la búsqueda. Unos años después, empecé a investigar sobre los cañones españoles de aquella época y una noche me desperté pensando que lo que habíamos encontrado era una lombarda", reveló el científico.
Y agregó a la historia: "Así fue como volví a Haití junto al arqueólogo marino Charles Beeker, que es uno de los mayores expertos en las primeras expediciones españolas. Él fue quien me dijo: 'Es muy probable que ésta sea la carabela de Colón'".
Finalmente, Clifford describe lo que usaron para poder llegar a la conclusión que estaban frente a la Santa María. Dijo que sus "buceadores han usado magnetómetros, sonares y detectores de metales".
"Mi impresión es que los indicios son suficientes. Esto no era como buscar el Titanic. Buscábamos en un área sin apenas profundidad y del tamaño de apenas un campo de fútbol. No es tan complicado. Lo que buscábamos era ese montón de piedras de la Península Ibérica que no pertenecen a ese lugar. Es una huella perfecta y nosotros la hemos encontrado en el lugar que describe Colón en su diario".
"Por desgracia, al volver a Haití descubrimos que alguien había robado el cañón que fotografiamos hace 11 años. Pero al menos tenemos imagen que prueba que el cañón estaba allí", se lamentó Clifford.
Representa, quizás, uno de los mayores hallazgos arqueológicos de los últimos tiempos: la Santa María de Cristóbal Colón fue encontrada por un arqueólogo norteamericano en las costas norte de Haití, donde naufragó una Navidad de 1492, hace más de cinco siglos. | es | La Niña,la Pinta y la Santa María
La carabela Santa María
Barry Clifford, fue el descubridor de la Santa maría. Encontrada en las costas al norte de Haití, donde naufragó Cristóbal Colón en 1492, hace siglos. La carabela llamada fue encontrada a tan solo unas millas de la costa de Haití , en el transcurso de la semana pasada,el martes 13 de mayo exactamente fue verificado su descubrimiento.Se trata de uno de los mayores hallazgos arqueológicos de los últimos tiempos.
El arqueólogo norteamericano llevaba 20 años junto a su equipo pensando en este proyecto; empezaron a buscar el barco en el año 2003 donde inspeccionaron unos 200 kilómetros tomando como referencia el sitio donde los historiadores afirmaban como el lugar en el que habían arribado los españoles .Otra pista fue el diario que escribió Cristóbal Colón de sus viajes, del cual se extrajeron muchos datos para llegar a dar con la carabela Santa María.
En una conferencia de prensa, luego del hallazgo, Clifford apuntó:
=== La búsqueda ===
De la expedición que realizó el arqueólogo en 2003 se tomó unas fotografías de un barco sumergido, sin darse cuenta entonces de que podía tratarse de la embarcación de Colón. Junto a algunas piedras y al barco se había encontrado un cañón que su equipo confundió con otra herramienta y se dio por terminada la búsqueda, ya que esa arma no era compatible con lo que buscaban, porque no databa de la misma fecha. Años después empezó a investigar sobre los cañones españoles de aquella época en que Cristóbal Colón llego a América y como conclusión obtuvieron que habían encontrado una lombarda (arma precaria de grueso calibre)y que si era característica de la época.
Además de analizar las fotografías tomadas en 2003,se analizó la localización y luego este resultado coincidió con las notas del diario de Colón y el sitio que marcaban los historiadores.
Antes de dar a conocer el descubrimiento, su equipo utilizó magnetómetros, sonares y detectores de metales sumado a las pruebas geográficas, de topografía submarina y arqueológicas; y así se confirmó el descubrimiento de la Santa María.
=== Historia del barco ===
La Santa María fue una de las naves que transportó a Colón al nuevo continente, que cruzó el océano Atlántico en 1492 junto a dos carabelas la Pinta y la Niña. Varias semanas después de llegar al Caribe, la Santa María, con Colón a bordo, quedó a la deriva al norte de Haití y la embarcación tuvo que ser abandonada. Colón continuó su expedición por el Caribe llegando a la isla de Cuba y luego a la Isla de Santo Domingo. Después de un tiempo Colón vuelve a España con los dos barcos restantes de su primera expedición ,para informar a la reina Isabel del resultado de su viaje.
=== La gran noticia ===
Hasta el día de hoy no se había tenido ningún dato de donde se encontraba la carabela. La noticia, dada a conocer por el diario londinense The Independent, sacudió al mundo de la ciencia y la historia. Es que el hallazgo representa uno de los descubrimientos más resonantes de los últimos 10 años y un tesoro invaluable para los arqueólogos marinos.
Clifford anunció que volverá a Haití en junio para reunirse con las autoridades y decidir los pasos a tomar,se cree que los restos de la carabela seran extraidos del mar y llevados al Museo Nacional de Haiti.
=== El gran descubridor ===
Cabe indicar que este científico de 68 años es un especialista en el rescate de restos de naufragios, uno de los exploradores submarinos más experimentados del mundo, ha realizado numerosos estudios de restos históricos en distintas partes del mundo durante años. Ha obtenido premios y distinciones, como el Premio Rolex-Lowell Thomas 2005 para arqueología marina, y es miembro de la National Geographic Society y graduado en Historia y Sociología en la Universidad de Western State en Colorado (oeste de Estados Unidos). |
en | Series of terrorist blasts in Delhi, Srinagar, 5 dead
Srinagar/New Delhi, April 14 (PTI): A series of terrorist blasts in Srinagar and Delhi's historic Jama Masjid today left five people dead and nearly 50 injured, prompting a high security alert in sensitive areas and vital installations across the country.
Stepping up up violence ahead of assembly by-polls in Jammu and Kashmir, militants launched a series of grenade attacks in busy areas of Srinagar killing five civilians--two of them women, and injuring 35, including 10 security personnel.
The seven attacks took place at Exchange Road, Magarmal Bagh, Hari Singh High Street, Batamaloo, Dalgate, Sekidafar Chowk and Bhori Kadal, the sources said.
Official sources said the highest number of deaths--three--were caused at Badyari Chowk in Dalgate area.
In Delhi, two bombs exploded inside Jama Masjid in Old Delhi within 15 minutes of each other injuring 13 people, one of them seriously, when the devout were offering prayers this evening but no damage was done to the structure.
The first of the low-intensity explosions took place at 5:20 p.m. near a pond used by worshippers for ablutions. Another blast occurred 15 minutes later. The explosives were contained in plastic bags. The maximum casualties were caused in the first blast.
The earlier PTI story adds:Two blasts took place inside the historic Jama Masjid complex injuring at least three people this evening, police sources said.
The first explosion took place at around 5 pm, when devotees were preparing for 'Asar' (evening) prayer near a pond used by them for ablution.
Fifteen minutes later another blast rocked the place, eye witnesses said.
Announcements were made on the public address system asking people to leave the premises.
Top police officials immediately rushed to the spot and the entirearea was cordoned off.
The injured were shifted to nearby hospitals.
There was a near stampede situation as people scrambled for safety, one eyewitness said.
Eyewitnesses said the explosives were suspected to have been kept in plastic bags. Plumes of black smoke engulfed the area.
Police is searching the premises and the area around it to look for more explosives.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Home Minister Shivraj Patil, the Shahi Imam of the Jama Masjid and a host of leaders have appealed to the people to maintain peace and harmony.
Patil said the Government would bear medical expenses of those injured in the blasts.
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit announced that Rs 20,000 compensation to those injured in the blasts.
The Imam said the first blast occurred around 5:30 p.m. near the pond. The second blast occurred when three persons picked up a plastic bag left at the venue, he added.
A suitcase was also found at the spot but the bomb disposal squad which checked it thoroughly said it contained no explosives.
Patil said there has been no damage to the Jama Masjid structure.
Plumes of black smoke were seen in the area just after the explosions. Announcement was made on the public address system of the mosque asking the devotees to leave the premises.
Today being Friday and a holiday on account of Babasaheb Ambedkar's birth anniversary, a large number of people were present in the complex at the time of the explosion.
Ambulances and fire tenders were rushed to the site and the entire area was cordoned off. A large number of police personnel were deployed to prevent any law and order problem.
The injured were rushed to the LNJP hospital about four km away from the mosque.
Shivraj Patil, Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Delhi Lt Governor B L Joshi and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit visited the injured at the hospital.
Undeterred by the explosions, devout went back to the mosque about one-and-half hours later to offer 'Isha' prayer.
Police said the explosives were kept in two small tin containers wrapped in plastic bags.
Police Commissioner K K Paul, who visited the site, said the explosions were of "low intensity" and improvised device was used to trigger them.
He said the special cell of Delhi Police have been asked to investigate the incident. | en | File Picture of the Jama Masjid
Twin blasts have rocked the historic Jama Masjid in Old Delhi (India), killing at least five people and injuring thirteen. The explosions were not strong enough to damage the 17th century mosque.
The first explosion occurred around 1730 hrs local time (IST) and the second at 1740 hrs. The explosives were reportedly carried in plastic bags. There were around 1000 people in the mosque at the time of blasts as the day happened to be Friday, considered holy by the Muslims as well as because of the fact that it was the first Friday after Milad un Nabi, Prophet Muhammad's birthday. The blasts took place just before the Azaan. Some sources claim that the mosque was almost empty with only 100-150 people in the premises when the blast took place. The first blast occurred near Gate No. 1, a place where people wash their hands before offering prayers.
The injured have been admitted to Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Hospital. Alert have been sounded in major mosques in India, especially in Mumbai. Fire trucks, ambulances and bomb disposal squads reached the site and have cordoned off the area for their operations. The nearby shops have been asked to suspend operations. The Delhi State Government has requested the people to maintain calm and announced an ex-gratia compensation of Rs. 50,000 for the seriously injured and Rs. 25,000 for those with minor injuries. It is being speculated that these blasts might be linked with coincidental six grenade attacks in Srinagar, that took place the same day. As of 15th April, no terrorist group has claimed the responsibility of the blasts. The Delhi police have arrested four people and are questioning them for the blasts. However, the police have ruled out involvement of any major terrorist group because of the crude nature of explosives. |
en | From now on, French broadcasters will have to think twice before referring to Facebook or Twitter in their programs, as regulators have banned the mention of these two big brands from television and radio newscasts.
Sacre bleu! France’s Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel, an independent audiovisual regulatory authority, declared the terms persona non gratae due to a perception of "clandestine advertising," which CSA spokesperson Christine Kelly goes into more detail about in this Business Insider column by Matthew Fraser.
"Why give preference to Facebook, which is worth billions of dollars, when there are many other social networks that are struggling for recognition," she said. "This would be a distortion of competition. If we allow Facebook and Twitter to be cited on air, it’s opening a Pandora’s Box — other social networks will complain to us saying, 'why not us?’"
While that's an interesting point, it does put a crimp in news stations that want to promote their Twitter and Facebook pages with viewers, a staple of most media nowadays regardless of borders.
Fraser notes that these omissions didn't seem to cause the kind of waves in France, where folks are used to living and working around daily bureaucracy, as it would in say, the U.S. or UK. He hypothesizes there may be some anti-American sentiment in that acceptance, too.
Facebook and Twitter are, of course, American social networks. In France, they are regarded — at least implicitly — as symbols of Anglo-Saxon global dominance — along with Apple, MTV, McDonald’s, Hollywood, Disneyland, and other cultural juggernauts. That there is a deeply-rooted animosity in the French psyche towards Anglo-Saxon cultural domination cannot be disputed; indeed, it has been documented and analysed for decades. Sometimes this cultural resentment finds expression in French regulations and laws, frequently described, and often denounced, by foreigners as protectionism.
We'd like to see our newscasters try it, for just a day. Don't say Twitter or Facebook. Could they do it, or are those brands that deeply integrated in our lives already, as at least one study surmises?
More stories:
Check out Technolog on Facebook, and on Twitter, follow Athima Chansanchai. | fr | Même si la plupart pensent que c'est de la publicité illégale, les internautes trouvent ringarde la décision du CSA
Le Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (CSA) vient d'interdire l'utilisation des mots et à la télévision et à la radio, excepté quand ces réseaux sociaux sont au cœur de l'actualité. '''' va quant à lui faire une place au tweet dans sa prochaine édition, même si l'on aura noté la différence d'orthographe entre la marque et le nom devenu commun.
Le CSA, autorité de régulation de l', cite une loi de 1992, régissant les relations entre journaliste et publicitaires, sponsors et ''télé shopping''. Selon le CSA, citer les mots ou à l'antenne constitue de la publicité clandestine. Le porte-parole du CSA, Christine Kelly, explique que l'organisation désire mettre les réseaux sociaux sur un pied d'égalité : . Pourtant hier soir, lors d'une émission politique, le journaliste cite sans aucune retenue et pour cause, le site internet la diffuse.
Les diffuseurs ne pourront donc plus dire à leurs auditeurs mais , ou encore au lieu de . Toutefois, ils seraient encore autorisé à nommer les sites de réseautage social dans le cadre d'une actualité.
Matthew Fraser, contributeur du ''Business Insider'' perçoit cette interdiction comme une forme d'animosité envers la culture américaine : .
D'un autre côté, Chris Matyszczyk, de CNET, pense que les Français auront du mal à se passer des références explicites au réseaux sociaux à la fin des émissions. . |
en | The European Commission today completed the launch of the EU tool that supports early large-scale demonstration of CO2 capture and storage (CCS) technologies. The CCS Project Network is the world's first network of CCS demonstration projects to foster knowledge sharing and raise public understanding of the role of CCS in cutting CO2 emissions. This will accelerate learning and ensure that the Commission can assist CCS to safely fulfil its potential and become a commercially viable technology.
Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger said: "CCS is one of the key technologies that we need to develop today to make the necessary deep cuts in carbon dioxide emissions from the energy sector in the coming decades. It is a very positive step forward for the major project developers in Europe to work together and to inform scientists, industry and the public about their progress. Knowledge sharing will be essential for accelerating the deployment of clean energy technologies in Europe and worldwide."
The first network members who have signed a joint agreement to share knowledge are all CCS projects supported by the European Commission's European Energy Programme for Recovery (EEPR). As a condition for receiving EU funding each beneficiary is required to disseminate the project results as widely as possible. The goal is to create a prominent community of projects united in the goal of achieving commercially viable CCS by 2020.
To guarantee that the work of the CCS Project Network is valuable to the wider energy community in Europe, an annual Advisory Forum has been established to review progress and specify the knowledge that can most usefully be generated by the CCS Project Network activities. Today's meeting is the first Advisory Forum, co-chaired by the European Commission and the European Technology Platform for Zero Emission Fossil Fuel Power Plants (ZEP) with representatives of Member States, ZEP, CCS demonstration projects, the research and NGO communities, and international organisations.
Source: EC Press Release, 17 September, 2010 | pt | A Comissão Europeia acaba de lançar um projecto de investigação para desenvolvimento de tecnologias de captura e armazenamento de CO2 em larga escala, o programa "CO2 capture and storage" (CSS).
Para ajudar a concretizar o potencial de captura e armazenamento de CO2 (CCS), a Comissão Europeia está a patrocinar aquela que se apresenta como a primeira rede mundial de projectos de demonstração, previstos a estarem operacionais em 2015. O objectivo desta rede é a criação de uma comunidade importante de projectos unidos no objectivo de alcançar a viabilidade da captura e armazenamento de CO2 em 2020.
O comissário europeu da energia, Günther Oettinger, afirmou aos jornalistas: "A CCS é uma das tecnologias-chave que precisamos de desenvolver hoje para fazer os cortes necessários profundos nas emissões de dióxido de carbono do sector energético nas próximas décadas. É um passo em frente muito positivo para os grandes projectos de investigação a nível europeu, para formar e partilhar informações com a comunidade científica, sector industrial e o público em geral sobre os seus mais recentes desenvolvimentos. Esta +artilha de informação será essencial para acelerar a implantação de tecnologias de energia limpa na Europa e no mundo. "
A UE tem apoiado a investigação e desenvolvimento (I&D) no CCS há mais de uma década. UE GEOCAPACITY ("Avaliação da capacidade europeia para o armazenamento geológico de dióxido de carbono), por exemplo, recebeu 1,9 milhões de euros no âmbito do "Desenvolvimento sustentável, alterações globais e ecossistemas) área temática do Sexto Programa-Quadro (FP6). O protejo concluiu que a estimativa de capacidade de armazenamento conservadora de 117 Gt (giga-tonelada) de CO2 para a Europa corresponde a 62 anos de armazenamento dos 1,9 milhões de toneladas métricas de emissões anuais a partir de fontes pontuais de grande dimensão que emitem mais de um milhão de toneladas métricas por ano. |
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