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Drohnenkrieg in Libyen
USA jagen Gaddafis Soldaten mit leisen Killern
DPA Bewaffnete US-Drohne "Predator": Bis zu zwei könnten in Libyen gleichzeitig im Einsatz sein
Die USA weiten ihren Kampfeinsatz in Libyen aus: Die Generäle dürfen nun bewaffnete Drohnen einsetzen, um Gaddafis Bodentruppen anzugreifen - die unbemannten Flugzeuge können tiefer fliegen als Kampfjets. Die Rebellen bejubeln Obamas Entscheidung, doch die Hightech-Waffen sind umstritten.
Washington/Bengasi - Es sind hochmoderne Flugzeuge, die für die Militärmacht USA einen wesentlichen Vorteil haben: Die Drohnen sind ferngesteuert, die Generäle können sie also einsetzen, ohne die Gefahr, Piloten zu verlieren. Am Donnerstag (Ortszeit) hat Präsident Barack Obama entschieden, Kampfdrohnen vom Typ "Predator" gegen die Bodentruppen des libyschen Machthabers Muammar al-Gaddafi einzusetzen.
Durch den Einsatz der Drohnen hätten die Nato-Kommandeure nun mehr Möglichkeiten, sagte US-Verteidigungsminister Robert Gates. Der stellvertretende US-Generalstabschef James Cartwright ergänzte, die ferngesteuerten Flugzeuge könnten vor allem in besiedelten Gebieten eingesetzt werden, um Kollateralschäden zu minimieren. "Sie haben die Möglichkeit, tiefer zu fliegen, deshalb können sie eine bessere Sicht auf bestimmte Ziele bekommen." Das sei hilfreich, weil Gaddafis Truppen begonnen hätten, sich "zu verschanzen".
Bis zu zwei Drohnen könnten gleichzeitig im Einsatz sein, laut dem US-Magazin "Wired" hieße das, dass insgesamt fünf Maschinen in Libyen eingesetzt werden. Cartwright sagte, die ersten beiden "Predator"-Maschinen seien am Donnerstag nach Libyen aufgebrochen, hätten jedoch wegen schlechten Wetters umkehren müssen.
"Internationale Gemeinschaft in ihrer Entschlossenheit vereint"
Es gibt allerdings auch immer wieder Kritik an dem Einsatz der Drohnen: Das Problem ist, dass die Bombardements von Kommandeuren durchgeführt werden, die viele Kilometer entfernt sitzen - und die Flugzeuge am Monitor steuern. Immer wieder sterben bei Angriffen auch Zivilisten.
Vor allem in Pakistan sind die "leisen Killer" deshalb verhasst. Am Freitag wurden bei einem Drohnenangriff 20 Menschen getötet. Nach Angaben von pakistanischen Geheimdienstmitarbeitern feuerten zwei unbemannte Flugzeuge fünf Raketen auf ein Gehöft im Stammesgebiet Nord-Waziristan. Es soll radikal-islamischen Extremisten und deren Familien als Unterschlupf gedient haben. Unter den Toten seien mindestens fünf Kinder und drei Frauen.
Die Rebellen in Libyen haben den Einsatz der Drohnen jedoch begrüßt: Er habe keinen Zweifel, "dass sie beim Schutz von Zivilisten helfen werden", sagte ein Sprecher dem Sender al-Dschasira.
US-General spricht von "bescheidenem Beitrag"
Der Einsatz der Drohnen verändert den US-Einsatz fundamental. Vize-Generalstabschef Cartwright bemühte sich aber, die Bedeutung herunterzuspielen. Die Drohnen seien nur ein "bescheidener Beitrag" zu der Nato-Mission.
Unklar ist, von wo die Hightech-Flugzeuge starten. Bislang ist es nicht möglich, dass sie von Transportfliegern abgesetzt werden können. Laut "Wired" sagte ein Sprecher des US-Verteidigungsministeriums, die Drohnen seien "in einem Nato-Land stationiert, das nahe Libyen liegt". Das US-Magazin spekuliert, damit könne Italien gemeint sein.
US-Außenministerin Hillary Clinton warf dem Gaddafi-Regime vor, die "bösartigen Angriffe" fortzusetzen - wie etwa in der seit fast acht Wochen belagerten Stadt Misurata. "Es gibt sogar Berichte, dass die Truppen Gaddafis möglicherweise Streubomben gegen das eigene Volk eingesetzt haben", sagte sie am Donnerstag nach einem Treffen mit ihrem niederländischen Kollegen Uri Rosenthal in Washington. Auch SPIEGEL-ONLINE-Reporter berichteten, dass Gaddafis Truppen in Misurata Splittergranaten einsetzen. "Angesichts solcher Unmenschlichkeit bleibt die internationale Gemeinschaft in ihrer Entschlossenheit vereint", sagte Clinton.
Scharfschützen schießen auf Zivilisten
Die Kämpfe um Misurata gingen auch am Donnerstag weiter. Der arabische Sender al-Dschasira berichtete von heftigem Granatbeschuss der drittgrößten libyschen Stadt durch Gaddafis Truppen. Ärzte berichteten dem Sender auch von Kindern, die mit Splitter- und Schussverletzungen behandelt werden mussten. Außerdem würden Scharfschützen Zivilisten unter Beschuss nehmen, hieß es.
Aufständische nahmen am Donnerstag den Übergang Wassin an der libysch-tunesischen Grenze ein. Dabei zwangen sie 13 Soldaten des Gaddafi-Regimes, darunter zwei Generäle, zur Flucht nach Tunesien, meldete die staatliche tunesische Nachrichtenagentur TAP. Wassin liegt etwa 200 Kilometer südlich von Ras Jadir, dem wichtigsten Grenzübergang zwischen Libyen und Tunesien.
Über Wassin waren in den vergangenen Tagen Hunderte Flüchtlinge aus der nahen libyschen Stadt Nalut nach Tunesien gekommen. Die vor allem von Berbern bewohnte Stadt ist seit Beginn des Konflikts heftig umkämpft. Der Grenzort war schon früher einmal von den Rebellen eingenommen und dann von Gaddafis Truppen zurückerobert worden.
Angesichts der schweren Kämpfe forderte Uno-Generalsekretär Ban Ki Moon erneut eine sofortige Waffenruhe. "Ich fordere die libyschen Behörden dringend auf, die Kämpfe einzustellen und das Töten der Menschen zu beenden", sagte er bei einem Besuch in der russischen Hauptstadt Moskau.
Im Moment habe die Schaffung einer überprüfbaren und effektiven Waffenruhe für die Vereinten Nationen Priorität, um die humanitäre Hilfe auszuweiten, sagte Ban. Nur so könne auch der Flüchtlingsstrom gestoppt werden. Nach Angaben des Uno-Generalsekretärs sind bereits mehr als eine halbe Million Menschen aus Libyen geflohen.
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Die USA, die sich vor einiger Zeit aus Libyen zurückgezogen hatten, greifen jetzt mit unbemannten Drohnenflugzeugen des Typs „Predator“ Gaddafis Bodentruppen an. US-Verteidigungsminister Robert Gates sagte, der Einsatz sei von Präsident Obama genehmigt. Weiter sagte Gates, dass die Nato-Kommandeure nun mehr Möglichkeiten haben und dass diese Art von Angriffen vor allem Zivilisten vor Schäden schütze. Über mögliche Angriffsziele wurde nichts bekannt. Ebenfalls unklar ist, von wo die Drohnen starten werden.
US-Außenministerin Hillary Clinton wirft dem Gaddafi-Regime vor, „bösartige Angriffe“ durchzuführen. Dabei nannte sie unter anderem die seit mehreren Wochen umkämpfte Stadt Misrata. UNO-Generalsekretär Ban Ki-moon forderte bei einem Besuch in Moskau sofortige Waffenruhe. Er sagte weiter, dass dies die höchste Priorität habe, um die humanitäre Hilfe auszuweiten. So will man auch die Zunahme der Flüchtlingszahlen in umliegende Länder begrenzen, da mittlerweile über eine halbe Million Menschen aus Libyen geflohen sei.
Die Einsätze der Drohnen sind umstritten. So wird oft kritisiert, dass die Drohnen von Kommandeuren gesteuert werden, die viele Kilometer entfernt sind. So gleiche die Steuerung einem Videospiel. Die Rebellen in Libyen hingegen stehen dem Einsatz positiv gegenüber. Ein Sprecher sagt Al Jazeera, dass man sich sicher sei, dass die Drohnen beim Schutz der Zivilbevölkerung helfen werden.
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Check the emergency supplies and first aid kits. There is an increased probability of a major earthquake hitting B.C.'s South Coast during the next week, seismic scientists say.
Seismologists at the Geological Survey of Canada, based at the Pacific Geoscience Centre, are tracking a series of tremors that started in Puget Sound three days ago and are working their way up Vancouver Island.
That activity is increasing the risk of a major earthquake, but the overall chances of a big quake are still low.
So, should Vancouver Islanders be panicking?
Seismologist Garry Rogers said he has chosen to accept the risk and live on Vancouver Island -- although he is careful to buy earthquake insurance on his home.
An analogy is driving in traffic, he said. "Everyone accepts that if you drive, you might have an accident. But if you drive in rush hour, the probability is higher. Well, right now, we are in the middle of rush hour."
Provided nothing untoward occurs in the next week, the next window of high quake risk will be around April 2008.
But that is no guarantee that an earthquake will not strike in the meantime. Rogers warned it is not yet possible to accurately forecast a major earthquake despite increasingly sensitive instruments.
The low-level shaking this week, picked up by sensitive equipment installed up the West Coast of the United States and on Vancouver Island, rumbled through the south Island Thursday and was probably around Duncan yesterday, said Rogers. "It's like a giant tear that moves 15 to 20 kilometres a day."
The tremors are caused by a rupture in the bottom plate of the Cascadia fault. Scientists at the Pacific Geoscience Centre discovered in 2003 that the tremors happens every 14 months and can be accurately forecast.
"Vancouver Island, the edge of the continent, is usually storing up energy like a giant spring. Vancouver Island is usually moving towards Ottawa and now it is moving towards Japan," Rogers said.
The change in the direction of the sticking and slipping plates will continue for about another week, then the plates will start behaving normally again.
"For some reason the bottom portion fails every 14 months. It sticks for 14 months and slips for a week or two, right under Vancouver Island," Rogers said.
But the issue is, how much extra stress the episodes add to the plates and how much closer it brings B.C. to the Big One.
"What it is doing is adding straws to the camel's back and one of these straws is going to break the camel's back. Right now we're in the process of adding a humongous straw and we don't know how many more we need to break the camel's back," Rogers said.
PACKING A KIT
The Provincial Emergency Program recommends having a kit in an accessible place with basic items needed for 72 hours. The kit should include:
-at least two litres of water per person per day, canned and dried food
-a manual can opener
-flashlight and batteries
-candles and matches
-a battery powered or windup radio
-a first aid kit
-medications and infant formula if needed
-extra keys for the house, and cash.
© (c) CanWest MediaWorks Publications Inc.
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The Geological Survey of Canada is reporting that there is a higher probability that a major earthquake could strike the south coast of British Columbia within the next week. The alert comes after seismologists began monitoring a grouping of small tremors moving north along the cascadia subduction zone from nearby Washington State.
The phenomenon is called Epesodic Tremor and Slip (ETS), and it occurs on average every 14 months. ETS is causing the fault to begin moving in the opposite direction, in this case, Vancouver Island is actually shifting to the west, instead of to the east. This causes an added pressure on the strained fault line, and leads to the higher probability that a major earthquake could occur.
The Cascadia subduction zone, running from Vancouver Island to northern California is one of the most volatile geologic fault lines in the world. Unlike the well known San Andreas fault, which has the potential of generating earthquakes in the 7–8 range, the Cascadia fault line has the potential of releasing mega quakes in the magnitude 9 range - the size of the Sumatra quake that killed over 250,000 people, mostly from the tsunamis it triggered.
A quake of that magnitude could devastate a wide area, including Vancouver, British Columbia, Victoria, British Columbia, and Seattle, Washington, a denselypopulated area with close to 6 million residents.
The Canadian geological survey points out, however, that this is only a higher probability, and the chances of a cataclysmic earthquake in the next week is still relatively low.
Vancouverites often are unaware of the potential risk right below their feet.
"Living in Los Angeles, we always got those little reminders every time the ground rumbled. We are indeed living in Earthquake Country. Up here, though, we don't get them as often, so I think people really forget that we live in an earthquake zone. And because we don't get those little shocks from time to time, that stress is just building and building, and who knows, these little tremors we're getting now, might be the straw that breaks the camel's back."
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B.C. put on alert for huge quake Vancouver Island entering 'rush hour' of seismic activity
VANCOUVER -- Scientists have alerted British Columbia's emergency-planning department to the possibility of a catastrophic earthquake striking the province's southwest coast next week.
While the probability of a quake is still low, rapid strides in earthquake detection have given federal scientists with the Pacific Geoscience Centre on Vancouver Island greater confidence in their ability to predict when and where one will occur. Garry Rogers, a seismologist at the centre, compared the current earthquake odds to the dangers of driving a car.
"Everyone drives their car every day, and the probability of getting in a car accident is small," Dr. Rogers said. But during rush hour, the probability of getting into an accident is much higher. "Well, Vancouver Island is now driving in rush hour."
What prompted the alert was a series of imperceptible tremors emanating from deep beneath the ocean, which scientists now recognize as ominous warnings that the earth is on the move again off Vancouver Island.
They now estimate the long-awaited giant quake will hit closer to the island's western shoreline than previously thought.
The tremors occurred on what is known as the Cascadia subduction zone, which lies beneath the Pacific Ocean off the West Coast and runs from Vancouver Island to Northern California. The rumblings began last week near Puget Sound near Seattle and made their way north to Vancouver Island in recent days.
The tremors -- known in earthquake-speak as an episodic tremor and slip -- monitor the ongoing strain between the solid earth on the West Coast and the offshore Juan de Fuca Plate.
The two plates are rubbing against one another, with the offshore plate continually pushing against and under the North American Plate.
The recent tremors mean that even more stress is building between the two, which scientists believe will one day rupture into a major earthquake the size of the one off the coast of Indonesia on Dec. 26, 2004, which killed thousands.
Dr. Rogers said the chances of a major earthquake striking southwestern B.C. spike during the tremor events. The current tremor session is expected to last for another week.
A tremor event is similar to an earthquake, but it occurs at a deep level on a fault where the rocks are hot and elastic.
Instead of the offshore tectonic plates slipping steadily under North America, the scientists now say there are periodic jumps that pass stress up to the more shallow locked section of the fault, where earthquakes occur.
"It's piling [stress] on the upper portion and eventually it will fail," causing a giant earthquake, Dr. Rogers said.
He offered another analogy to describe the effects of the stress buildup caused by the tremors.
"It's like adding straws to the proverbial camel's back," he said. "Every time we add a straw, we get closer to failing the camel's back. One of those straws will break the camel's back."
Scientists at the geoscience centre first discovered the tremor events in 1999. Data showed that seven GPS sites, which were strung along from Vancouver Island to Seattle, were moving out to sea.
It's long been known that Vancouver Island is slowly moving eastward toward the mainland. But suddenly, the data showed the movement was reversed.
Eventually, scientists linked this reversal of movement to the tremor events. Right now, Dr. Rogers noted, Vancouver Island is again moving west.
The scientists' findings were presented four years ago at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco.
Since then, dozens of scientists from around the globe have begun tracking tremor events.
One day, one of these tremor events will cause the fault line to rupture, he said, resulting in an earthquake magnitude measuring as high as 9.
It would not be the first great megathrust quake to devastate the West Coast of North America. The geological record on the West Coast has shown that giant earthquakes occur once every 500 years.
The last one struck on Jan. 26, 1700, causing widespread destruction, flooding and a giant tsunami. Indian villages along the coast were wiped out and the tsunami reverberated as far as Japan.
Because B.C.'s West Coast is earthquake territory, the province is more prepared than many jurisdictions. Every B.C. municipality is required by law to have an emergency plan.
Dr. Rogers said a giant quake would cause widespread damage. The rupture line will be about 1,000 kilometres long and the tremors would continue for minutes -- not seconds.
The offshore rupture would cause the continental shelf to spring upward, causing a tsunami that would slam the west coast of Vancouver Island, causing property damage and loss of life on coastal communities.
The good news is that West Coast scientists say advances in detecting tremor events have translated into improved methods of pinpointing where the inevitable rupture will occur.
Previously, they could provide a rough location -- up to 100 kilometres off Vancouver Island -- of the next quake. New data show the quake will occur 25 kilometres closer to shore, meaning the damage will be greater.
As a result of this find, scientists will urge some affected municipalities to toughen their building codes, Dr. Rogers said.
Six big ones
Six of the 10 biggest earthquakes in Canadian history occurred in British Columbia. In descending order of magnitude, they are:
Jan. 26, 1700, magnitude 9.0 -- The rupture of the Cascadia fault caused one of the world's largest quakes along a 1,000-km stretch from mid-Vancouver Island to northern California. While the number of casualties is unknown, the oral history of native people on Vancouver Island records that the village of Pachena Bay was completely destroyed by the subsequent tsunami.
Aug. 22, 1949, magnitude 8.1 -- In Canada's second largest earthquake, cows were toppled on the Queen Charlotte Islands, cars bounced around in Terrace, and buildings swayed in Prince Rupert -- but no one died.
June 24, 1970, magnitude 7.4 -- The quake hit south of the Queen Charlotte Islands and was widely felt, but there were no deaths in this sparsely populated region.
June 23, 1946, magnitude 7.3 -- Vancouver Island's largest recorded quake caused considerable damage in Port Alberni, Comox and Powell River. One person died when a small boat capsized, and another died of a heart attack across the border in Seattle.
May 26, 1929, magnitude 7.0 -- The quake struck south of the Queen Charlotte Islands but caused only minor damage.
Dec. 6, 1918, magnitude 6.9 -- Only minor damage occurred on Vancouver Island, including to the wharf in Ucluelet.
Source: Natural Resources Canada
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The Geological Survey of Canada is reporting that there is a higher probability that a major earthquake could strike the south coast of British Columbia within the next week. The alert comes after seismologists began monitoring a grouping of small tremors moving north along the cascadia subduction zone from nearby Washington State.
The phenomenon is called Epesodic Tremor and Slip (ETS), and it occurs on average every 14 months. ETS is causing the fault to begin moving in the opposite direction, in this case, Vancouver Island is actually shifting to the west, instead of to the east. This causes an added pressure on the strained fault line, and leads to the higher probability that a major earthquake could occur.
The Cascadia subduction zone, running from Vancouver Island to northern California is one of the most volatile geologic fault lines in the world. Unlike the well known San Andreas fault, which has the potential of generating earthquakes in the 7–8 range, the Cascadia fault line has the potential of releasing mega quakes in the magnitude 9 range - the size of the Sumatra quake that killed over 250,000 people, mostly from the tsunamis it triggered.
A quake of that magnitude could devastate a wide area, including Vancouver, British Columbia, Victoria, British Columbia, and Seattle, Washington, a denselypopulated area with close to 6 million residents.
The Canadian geological survey points out, however, that this is only a higher probability, and the chances of a cataclysmic earthquake in the next week is still relatively low.
Vancouverites often are unaware of the potential risk right below their feet.
"Living in Los Angeles, we always got those little reminders every time the ground rumbled. We are indeed living in Earthquake Country. Up here, though, we don't get them as often, so I think people really forget that we live in an earthquake zone. And because we don't get those little shocks from time to time, that stress is just building and building, and who knows, these little tremors we're getting now, might be the straw that breaks the camel's back."
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Seismic scientists say there is a greater probability of a major earthquake on B.C.'s South Coast in the next week, following a series of minor quakes that have worked their way up from Washington.
But seismologist Garry Rogers of the Geological Survey of Canada added that despite the increased probability of a big quake, the chances are still very low.
He and other scientists at the Geological Survey were able to predict the series of tiny tremors which moved along the Cascadia fault line from Puget Sound to Vancouver Island in the past week, he said.
"It's the first time we've had an insight into a time behaviour, and in fact, quite a predictable time behaviour on a major fault, where we know major earthquakes occur.
"What's going on right now is that the bottom portion of that fault is failing, and every time that happens, we're adding an increment of stress to the top portion that will eventually fail in a large earthquake. So when that is most likely to fail is when we are adding this increment of stress."
He and his colleagues are predicting a phenomenon called Episodic Tremor and Slip, or ETS, noting that ETS events occur in the area about every 14 months.
Each episode adds stress to the Cascadia fault line, and that makes it more likely that a major earthquake will occur, Rogers said.
"We are now in a higher window, or higher probability, if you like, for a big subduction earthquake, and we will be in a higher window for the next week or so as this event plays out."
Rogers also noted that scientists are still a long way from accurately forecasting major earthquakes. But if the big one doesn't hit B.C. this time, he said the next window of high earthquake risk will occur around April 2008.
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The Geological Survey of Canada is reporting that there is a higher probability that a major earthquake could strike the south coast of British Columbia within the next week. The alert comes after seismologists began monitoring a grouping of small tremors moving north along the cascadia subduction zone from nearby Washington State.
The phenomenon is called Epesodic Tremor and Slip (ETS), and it occurs on average every 14 months. ETS is causing the fault to begin moving in the opposite direction, in this case, Vancouver Island is actually shifting to the west, instead of to the east. This causes an added pressure on the strained fault line, and leads to the higher probability that a major earthquake could occur.
The Cascadia subduction zone, running from Vancouver Island to northern California is one of the most volatile geologic fault lines in the world. Unlike the well known San Andreas fault, which has the potential of generating earthquakes in the 7–8 range, the Cascadia fault line has the potential of releasing mega quakes in the magnitude 9 range - the size of the Sumatra quake that killed over 250,000 people, mostly from the tsunamis it triggered.
A quake of that magnitude could devastate a wide area, including Vancouver, British Columbia, Victoria, British Columbia, and Seattle, Washington, a denselypopulated area with close to 6 million residents.
The Canadian geological survey points out, however, that this is only a higher probability, and the chances of a cataclysmic earthquake in the next week is still relatively low.
Vancouverites often are unaware of the potential risk right below their feet.
"Living in Los Angeles, we always got those little reminders every time the ground rumbled. We are indeed living in Earthquake Country. Up here, though, we don't get them as often, so I think people really forget that we live in an earthquake zone. And because we don't get those little shocks from time to time, that stress is just building and building, and who knows, these little tremors we're getting now, might be the straw that breaks the camel's back."
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The West’s “moderate” opposition is shelling residential areas in Aleppo, Syria alongside Al Qaeda-affiliated Al-Nusra Front, a letter sent to the UN by Damascus says. Moscow reports 2,000 terrorists and “moderates” are now attacking the city’s Kurdish district.
In the letter, which was addressed to the UN Secretary General and the Head of the UN Security Council, the Syrian Foreign and Expatriates Ministry complained about ongoing attacks on safe neighborhoods in Aleppo, accusing some “moderate” opposition groups of cooperating and coordinating with Al-Nusra and its affiliates in conducting them, state-run SANA news agency reports, citing the document.
The ministry also accused some regional powers, including Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar, of “sponsoring terrorists” and attempting to derail the peace negotiations in Geneva.
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UPDATE: Al-Nusra militants have ramped up shelling of Aleppo’s Sheikh Maqsood neighborhood, which is said to be controlled by Kurdish forces.
Over two thousand militants are taking part in an attack in and around Sheikh Maqsood, and rebel groups belonging to the so-called “moderate opposition” are part of the forces amassing in that area, a spokesman for the Russian Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides told TASS.
“Over two thousand militants of various terrorist groups and of the so-called ‘moderate opposition’ have gathered in the area of Sheikh Maqsood,” the spokesman said.
“As night fell, terrorist groups intensified shelling from the area of Castello mall, previously under control of the “moderate opposition,” he added.
The militants are using armored vehicles and heavy machine guns in their assault.
Meanwhile, Al-Nusra terrorists backed by Ahrar-al-Sham fighters shelled Aleppo’s southwestern Ansar sector with mortars and artillery, an update on the center’s website says.
Massive indiscriminate shelling of Aleppo, which has killed more than 100 civilians, including 40 children, while injuring hundreds more, is just “part of a series of systematic terrorist acts plotted and prepared by the Turkish regime and perpetrated by the ‘moderate opposition’ groups in cooperation and coordination with Jabhat al-Nusra and its affiliates such as Jaish al-Islam, Ahrar al-Sham, and Jaish al-Fatah, among others,” the Syrian ministry’s letter reads.
The document also stresses that these attacks are part of “blatant attempts by the regime of Erdogan and the other regimes supporting and sponsoring terrorism in Riyadh and Doha to undermine the efforts seeking to stop the bloodshed and to foil the Geneva talks and the truce arrangements.”
Damascus demanded that the UN Security Council “assume its responsibilities in preserving international peace and security” and take “immediate” punitive measures against countries supporting and sponsoring terrorist groups, particularly Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Qatar.
The ministry also accused some member states on the UN Security Council of applying double standards to the fight against terrorism and not being genuinely committed to it.
According to the letter, these accusations were provoked by the refusal of the US, France, the UK, and Ukraine to designate Jaish al-Islam and Ahrar al-Sham as terrorist organizations and add them to the relevant list.
Damascus also stressed that, by turning a “blind eye to the Turkish regime’s opening of its border to let thousands of terrorists, all types of weapons, and even some Turkish soldiers, into northern Aleppo,” some states are encouraging the terrorists to commit massacres in Aleppo and violate the ceasefire regime.
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This is not the first letter that the Syrian Foreign Ministry has sent to the UN complaining about terrorist attacks targeting civilians and accusing Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, and Turkey of aiding terrorist groups. Letters were sent by the ministry in February and June of 2015 to denounce attacks in Aleppo and Damascus, as well as Turkey’s transgressions on Syrian territory.
In the meantime, terrorist shellings of Syrian cities have resulted in the death of more than 270 civilians within the last 24 hours, Russia’s Defense Ministry said. Al-Nusra and Ahrar al-Sham have conducted joint attacks in the Kurdish-controlled Sheikh Maqsood neighborhood in the northern part of Aleppo, destroying a local police headquarters and killing more than 40 people.
According to Russia’s Defense Ministry, the terrorists were able to launch these attacks because Al-Nusra has not been targeted by airstrikes, as it shares territory with the so-called “moderate opposition.” As a result of this shielding, the terrorist group has managed to regroup and launch further attacks.
The Russian ministry also stressed that, at the same time, the Syrian army had been attacked from territory supposedly under control of the “moderate” opposition.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday that the US has asked Russia not to target Al-Nusra Front precisely because the terrorist group is sharing territory with some “moderate” opposition groups that might also potentially be hit in airstrikes.
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More than 270 civilians were killed in 24 hours from militant shelling in cities according to a report on Saturday from the Center for Reconciliation of the Opposing Sides in Syria. The report, published on the Russian Defense Ministry website, also stated that hundreds of civilians have been injured.
The location of Aleppo in Syria.
In a message directed to the 's and head, the Syrian Foreign and Expatriates Ministry reported the attacks came from "moderate" opposition groups that were joining the and its affiliates in , Syria. According to the Center on Saturday, one of the opposition groups, , joined the Al-Nusra Front for an attack against militias, which effectively forced Kurds to retreat from their positions in the city on Saturday.
The militants' reported new offensive took place in a cessation of Russian and Syrian warplane activity beginning over a week earlier, which enabled the militants to regroup. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the cessation was meant to permit groups coordinating with the and Russia to separate themselves from the the Al-Nusra Front.
However, Russia's foreign minister, , said on television that the United States had requested Russia avoid targeting the Al-Nusra Front, which has affiliations with . In response, a spokesperson stated on Friday that the request was to avoid targeting civilians or legitimate opposition.
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Kurdish militias have retreated from a strategic neighborhood in the Syrian city of Aleppo after Al Nusra and Ahram al-Sham militants launched a heavy offensive across the embattled city, Russian military say.
“Following heavy shelling and unceasing attacks on Kurdish positions by fighters from Jabhat Al Nusra and Ahram al-Sham terror groups, the Kurdish militias left their positions in the district of Sheikh Maqsoud in Aleppo and retreated, ” a spokesman for the Russian Center for Reconciliation in Syria said in a statement on Saturday.
Earlier, Russian military said that the estimated strength of the forces of Al Nusra Front and other militant groups in the area was 2,000 people.
The Russian military stressed that the offensive operation was made possible by the halt in attacks on militant positions by Russian and Syrian warplanes at the US’s request, which allowed the terrorist to regroup and replenish their weapons stockpiles.
The Al-Qaeda branch used rocket artillery, mortars and anti-aircraft cannons to attack several neighborhoods of the war-torn city, the Russian military mission in Syria reported on Saturday.
The attack devastated a police station and seriously damaged several residential buildings in Sheikh Maqsood, the report said. Over 40 civilians, security officers and military troops were killed by the shelling while some 100 were injured.
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Russia wants to ramp up airstrikes on Al Nusra Front forces in northern Syria, but the US is asking Moscow to postpone it. Washington says moderate rebel groups and terrorist forces mingle among each other and that the US needs more time to pressure the moderates to pull out from Al Nusra-held territories. Russia says the US is making no significant progress on the issue.
Russia and the US are jointly backing the UN-sponsored peace talks between rebel groups and the Syrian government, which are aimed at reaching a stable transition for the war-torn country. The process is hampered by continuing attacks of Al Nusra Front and similar militant groups, which do not observe the truce, which the US and Russia negotiated.
Elsewhere, northwest of Aleppo, the militants gathered some 1,000 fighters and went on the offensive against the government forces, the report said. The attack was launched from a territory designated as held by a moderate rebel group.
Reports from the ground said that there are some Turkish servicemen among the attacking fighters, the Russian military added.
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More than 270 civilians were killed in 24 hours from militant shelling in cities according to a report on Saturday from the Center for Reconciliation of the Opposing Sides in Syria. The report, published on the Russian Defense Ministry website, also stated that hundreds of civilians have been injured.
The location of Aleppo in Syria.
In a message directed to the 's and head, the Syrian Foreign and Expatriates Ministry reported the attacks came from "moderate" opposition groups that were joining the and its affiliates in , Syria. According to the Center on Saturday, one of the opposition groups, , joined the Al-Nusra Front for an attack against militias, which effectively forced Kurds to retreat from their positions in the city on Saturday.
The militants' reported new offensive took place in a cessation of Russian and Syrian warplane activity beginning over a week earlier, which enabled the militants to regroup. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the cessation was meant to permit groups coordinating with the and Russia to separate themselves from the the Al-Nusra Front.
However, Russia's foreign minister, , said on television that the United States had requested Russia avoid targeting the Al-Nusra Front, which has affiliations with . In response, a spokesperson stated on Friday that the request was to avoid targeting civilians or legitimate opposition.
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MOSCOW — Russia’s foreign minister said Washington has asked Moscow not to target the al-Qaida’s branch in Syria, the Nusra Front, but the U.S. insisted Friday that it only wants Russia to carefully select it targets to avoid hitting civilians and legitimate opposition groups.
Sergey Lavrov said that Russia has long insisted that the moderate, U.S.-backed opposition groups should leave the areas occupied by Nusra. He said in televised remarks that Russia and the U.S. have engaged in close dialogue on how to secure a cease-fire in Syria, but added that fighting the Islamic State group and Nusra should be a top priority.
“They are telling us not to hit it (Nusra), because there is ‘normal’ opposition next .. to it,” Lavrov said. “But that opposition must leave terrorists’ positions, we long have agreed on that.”
In Paris, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told reporters that he discussed the upsurge of violence in Syria in Friday’s telephone conversation with Lavrov.
Kerry said the two talked for an hour and worked specifically on “ways to try to strengthen the enforcement and accountability for this cessation. We have good ideas but we’re not there yet.”
U.S. State Department spokesman Mark Toner, speaking to reporters in Washington, said that Kerry had emphasized the need for Russia to carefully distinguish between the IS and Nusra and legitimate opposition units.
“This is a common refrain, common theme that we’ve been conveying to the Russians over the past weeks,” Toner said. “We obviously all agree that ISIL and the Nusra Front pose a real threat to the security on the ground in Syria.”
At the same time, Toner noted that strikes against legitimate opposition forces and civilians only make people “more supportive of these terrorist groups and that is a dynamic we’ve seen play out in Syria for years now because of the regime’s actions.”
“Of course we support strikes focused solely on either Daesh or Al Nusra,” he said. “But that a greater effort, a more complete effort needs to be made in order to distinguish between Al Nusra and the parties to the cessation.”
Russia first set a deadline for Syrian opposition units to withdraw from areas occupied by Nusra, but then agreed to give them more time to pull out.
Despite a Russia- and U.S.-brokered truce in Syria that began on Feb .27, fighting has continued to rage in many areas, particularly around the city of Aleppo, trapping civilians in the cross-fire between government and opposition forces.
On Thursday, the Russian military flew one of the victims, 11-year old Sidra Zaarur, who lost both legs in the shelling of Aleppo in April for treatment in Moscow.
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Bradley Klapper in Paris and Matthew Lee in Washington contributed to this report.
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More than 270 civilians were killed in 24 hours from militant shelling in cities according to a report on Saturday from the Center for Reconciliation of the Opposing Sides in Syria. The report, published on the Russian Defense Ministry website, also stated that hundreds of civilians have been injured.
The location of Aleppo in Syria.
In a message directed to the 's and head, the Syrian Foreign and Expatriates Ministry reported the attacks came from "moderate" opposition groups that were joining the and its affiliates in , Syria. According to the Center on Saturday, one of the opposition groups, , joined the Al-Nusra Front for an attack against militias, which effectively forced Kurds to retreat from their positions in the city on Saturday.
The militants' reported new offensive took place in a cessation of Russian and Syrian warplane activity beginning over a week earlier, which enabled the militants to regroup. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the cessation was meant to permit groups coordinating with the and Russia to separate themselves from the the Al-Nusra Front.
However, Russia's foreign minister, , said on television that the United States had requested Russia avoid targeting the Al-Nusra Front, which has affiliations with . In response, a spokesperson stated on Friday that the request was to avoid targeting civilians or legitimate opposition.
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Story highlights Russian air strikes kill at least 50 in Idlib, rescuers say
Blast near hospital severely damages medical facility
Fears grow that death toll could rise as rescue launched
Opposition says ceasefire was breached to undermine defence lines
Russia has denied its planes carried out air strikes overnight against the Syrian rebel-held city of Idlib, which the Syrian Civil Defence says has killed at least 50 people.
"Russian planes did not carry out any combat missions, to say nothing of any air strikes, in the province of Idlib," Igor Konashenkov, a Russian Defence Ministry spokesman, said in a statement on Tuesday.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said earlier on Tuesday the death toll was 23, including seven children.
Turkey also accused Russia of killing at least 60 people in its air strikes on Idlib.
Ten overnight strikes on Monday in Idlib hit areas around the National Hospital and other parts of the city centre, according to Rami Abdul-Rahman, head of the Observatory.
"The air strikes are the most intensive on Idlib since the beginning of the truce," Rahman told the AFP news agency. "Even though Idlib is not covered by the truce, it had been relatively calm with only intermittent raids."
The strikes on Monday evening on the north-western city, which is held by a coalition of rebel groups, including al-Nusra Front, come five days after Moscow said it was suspending strikes on Syrian "gunmen".
The Russian Defence Ministry had said the pause was to allow groups who signed up for a US and Russian-backed cessation of hostilities a chance to cut their links with the al-Nusra, a powerful Syrian group with ties to al-Qaeda.
"We have been hearing from different sources on the ground that more than eight areas have been targeted by Russian air strikes," Al Jazeera's Hashem Ahelbarra reported from Gaziantep in Turkey. "One area is close to a hospital. Because of that explosion, half of the hospital was destroyed."
Ahelbarra said there were concerns that the death toll could climb as a rescue operation was under way.
Searching the rubble
"Idlib is a major opposition stronghold run by a coalition of military factions, including conservative parties such as Ahrar al-Sham. There is also a strong presence by al-Nusra Front," he said.
"The opposition says Russians are taking advantage of a ceasefire in place since February, and are trying to undermine defence lines of the opposition."
Idlib is considered the de facto capital for rebels.
Rebels have accused Russia of repeatedly targeting groups not linked to ISIL or al-Qaeda, while the US has said that battlefield alliances between al-Nusra and other rebels have complicated implementation of the truce, especially around the key northern city of Aleppo.
A volunteer with the Syrian Civil Defence, also known as the White Helmets rescue group, said the strikes appeared to have been carried out by Russian aircraft.
Rescue workers were searching for survivors under the rubble of the bombed buildings, the volunteer, who asked to be known only as Majed, told the dpa agency.
The Syrian conflict, which began with peaceful protests in March 2011, has spiralled into a multi-sided civil war.
The death toll has risen to more than 250,000 people while half the country's population have been forced from their homes, according to UN estimates.
Source: Al Jazeera and agencies
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More than 270 civilians were killed in 24 hours from militant shelling in cities according to a report on Saturday from the Center for Reconciliation of the Opposing Sides in Syria. The report, published on the Russian Defense Ministry website, also stated that hundreds of civilians have been injured.
The location of Aleppo in Syria.
In a message directed to the 's and head, the Syrian Foreign and Expatriates Ministry reported the attacks came from "moderate" opposition groups that were joining the and its affiliates in , Syria. According to the Center on Saturday, one of the opposition groups, , joined the Al-Nusra Front for an attack against militias, which effectively forced Kurds to retreat from their positions in the city on Saturday.
The militants' reported new offensive took place in a cessation of Russian and Syrian warplane activity beginning over a week earlier, which enabled the militants to regroup. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the cessation was meant to permit groups coordinating with the and Russia to separate themselves from the the Al-Nusra Front.
However, Russia's foreign minister, , said on television that the United States had requested Russia avoid targeting the Al-Nusra Front, which has affiliations with . In response, a spokesperson stated on Friday that the request was to avoid targeting civilians or legitimate opposition.
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Ocurrió durante el apresamiento el domingo de tres barcos de la Armada de Ucrania por parte de los guardacostas de Rusia cerca de Crimea. Kiev anunció que propondrá al Parlamento que apruebe la imposición de un estado de excepción
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Un centenar de migrantes centroamericanos intentaron este domingo (25 de noviembre) saltar la valla fronteriza que divide México de Estados Unidos en , por la zona de las garitas de El Chaparral y San Ysidro. Según reporta la , los estadounidenses respondieron con gases lacrimógenos para contener a los migrantes.
Asimismo, autoridades de Estados Unidos respondieron con el cierre del paso fronterizo de . Televisoras locales mostraron imágenes de cómo algunas personas lograron llegar al área de la valla metálica, la que escalaron y permanecieron en su parte superior observando el territorio estadounidense.
De acuerdo con '''', por la mañana de este día, al menos 500 migrantes se manifestaron en el albergue Benito Juárez. Un grupo se separó y se lanzó hacia la frontera con Estados Unidos. En torno al puente peatonal del El Chaparral, los migrantes comenzaron a correr hacia el canal del , cercano a la garita de San Ysidro y sin que los agentes federales mexicanos pudieran contenerlos.
, secretario de Gobernación de México, indicó que algunos "provocadores" rompieron cercos policiales implementados por la , con lo que pusieron en riesgo a mujeres y niños integrantes de la caravana de migrantes centroamericanos. "Se logró contener y no tenemos víctimas que lamentar", aseveró.
En la manifestación de la mañana, los migrantes improvisaron carteles en los que escribieron lemas como "Todos somos hermanos", "Gracias México por albergar a nuestros hijos" y "Trump no somos tus enemigos". Medios internacionales reportaron que los elementos de la guardia fronteriza de Estados Unidos emplearon gases lacrimógenos y balas de goma para frenar a los migrantes en su intento de llegar a la valla fronteriza. '''', que cita a ''Milenio Televisión'', apunta que las autoridades mexicanas identificaron "agitadores", quienes incitaron los sucesos y que serán deportados inmediatamente.
El secretario de Gobernación detalló que por varios puntos se intentó cruzar la frontera: por un carril de contraflujo en San Ysidro, por el canal para llegar a la aduana y por las calles de Tijuana para intentar saltar la valla fronteriza. Se observó a policías mexicanos persiguiendo a los migrantes para impedir que llegaran a la valla metálica.
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Migrantes centroamericanos rompieron este domingo cercos de la Policía Federal y policías estatales en Tijuana, Baja California, y un grupo llegó hasta la valla metálica en la frontera, custodiada por elementos de la patrulla fronteriza e incluso militares de Estados Unidos.
De acuerdo con la agencia AFP, ante estos intentos de cruzar la frontera se registró el caso de guardias estadounidenses que lanzaron gases lacrimógenos a los migrantes en territorio mexicano, para contenerlos. Además, helicópteros de ese país sobrevolaron la zona.
La secretaria de Seguridad Interna de Estados Unidos, Kirstjen Nielsen, justificó la reacción estadoundiense y acusó que miembros de la caravana migrante intentaron agredir a agentes fronterizos.
“Trataron de traspasar la infraestructura de la barda en la frontera e intentaron hacerle daño a personal de CBP lanzándoles proyectiles”, señaló Nielsen.
“El DHS no tolerará este tipo de ilegalidad y no dudará en cerrar puertos de entrada por razones de seguridad pública. Perseguiremos judicialmente con todo el peso de la ley a cualquier que destruya propiedad federal, ponga en peligro a nuestros operadores y viole nuestra soberanía”, agregó respecto al cierre este domingo de la garita de San Ysidro.
An Honduran friend sent me this, she filmed it aprox 2 hours ago at #Tijuana -S.Diego border. Tear gas hurted and scared people, esp. kids. pic.twitter.com/zPBWPTTsmm — Caterina Morbiato (@catmorbiato) November 25, 2018
Imágenes de televisoras permitieron observar cómo algunos de los migrantes llegaron a la zona de la valla metálica, en la zona de la garita El Chaparral, y la escalaron para quedarse en la parte superior de ella, observando desde ahí ya el territorio estadounidense de San Diego, aunque del otro lado ya había elementos de seguridad.
La cadena Milenio TV mostró a distintos grupos avanzando por calles de Tijuana, en su intento por cruzar hacia Estados Unidos, incluso rompiendo algunas rejas, aunque con dudas respecto a cuál era la ruta correcta para llegar a territorio estadounidense.
“Miedo sí tenemos, pero vinimos pacíficamente”, dijo uno de los migrantes entrevistados Milenio Televisión. Otro migrante dijo que su objetivo de avanzar hacia la frontera es que Donald Trump los mire, y se dé cuenta de que son personas que necesitan ayuda, para mejorar su situación.
“Cuando nos echaron los gases químicos nos asustamos mucho, pensamos que nos iban a disparar y por eso nos alejamos del muro”, dijo Flor Jiménez, hondureña de 32 años, mientras empujaba una carriola.
“Nos habían dicho que si cruzábamos ya nos iban a dar asilo, porque estábamos en Estados Unidos, pero ahora parece que nos querían matar y nos dio mucho miedo”, añadió esta mujer que viaja con su esposo, su hermana y su hija pequeña.
Ilhan Omar, mujer musulmana quien se convirtió en la primera mujer refugiada y de origen Somalí, criticó la reacción del gobierno de Donald Trump ante la caravana migrante, y expresó que buscar asilo es legal, por lo que debe detenerse el “espectáculo infernal” y el abuso de poder.
Trump, this is a wicked performance and a rating booster. Stop this hellish show and abuse of power. This is life and death for asylum seekers! This can’t persist. Seeking. Asylum. Is. Legal. — Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) November 26, 2018
Ante los hechos en la frontera, CBP San Diego (Patrulla Fronteriza) informó que fue cerrado el cruce de peatones y vehículos, de forma provisional, por la garita de San Ysidro. Hasta cerca de las 18:00 horas se informó sobre su reapertura.
La garita de San Ysidro ya cerró totalmente el cruce hacia Estados Unidos, autoridades advierten y piden a los automovilistas y peatones que se regresen. #Tijuana #CaravanaMigrante pic.twitter.com/wOJiy9sOTG — Manuel Ayala (@ManuelNoctis) November 25, 2018
El secretario de Gobernación, Alfonso Navarrete, dijo que algunos “provocadores” rompieron los cercos policiales, y con su decisión pusieron en riesgo a mujeres y niños, que forman parte de la caravana de migrantes centroamericanos.
“Se logró contener y no tenemos víctimas que lamentar”, dijo el secretario.
En entrevista con Milenio TV, insistió en que las autoridades mexicanas identificaron a algunos “agitadores” que incitaron a los migrantes a que cruzaran en diversos puntos de Tijuana. Éstos, aseguró, serán deportados inmediatamente.
Navarrete Prida señaló que los migrantes intentaron cruzar por varios puntos: primero por el carril de contraflujo del paso vehicular de la garita de San Ysidro; después por el canal para llegar al recinto aduanal, y luego se dirigieron -por calles de Tijuana – hacia la valla fronteriza, la cual intentaron saltar.
Añadió que el gobierno mexicano reforzará la seguridad en la frontera con Estados Unidos, pero descartó el despliegue de militares.
El @INAMI_mx, en coordinación estrecha con autoridades, retornará a sus países de origen a los extranjeros que violentaron la frontera de #México para cruzar por la fuerza a los #EU. — INM (@INAMI_mx) November 25, 2018
El alcalde de Tijuana, Juan Manuel Gastélum, dijo que por estos hechos la policía municipal ya había realizado detenciones, aunque no precisó la cifra de personas retenidas. Según AFP, fueron 24 hondureños y 15 mexicanos.
“Esperemos que el #INAMI se active y la Comisión Nacional de Derechos Humanos, nos deje hacer nuestro trabajo”, publicó Gastélum, pidiendo que ocurran las deportaciones, como lo señaló el secretario de Gobernación
“No permitiré que nuestra relación binacional sea fracturada por el mal hacer de la caravana migrante. Están haciendo las cosas fuera de ley!! Somos afectados en el cruce fronterizo. Muchos # Tijuanenses!! trabajan, estudian y visitan Estados Unidos en sana paz!!!”, agregó.
Policía Municipal de Tijuana, asegura responsables de estos actos. El #GobFed a través de Secretario @navarreteprida lo manifestó @mileniotv: “Los responsables de violar la ley por parte de la #CaravanaMigrante, serán deportados”. pic.twitter.com/UL2Oa4LapY — Juan Manuel Gastélum (@ALCDETI) 25 de noviembre de 2018
En un momento, se observó cómo policías federales perseguían corriendo a migrantes, para impedir que otro grupo cruzara y pudiera llegar a la valla metálica de la frontera.
“¿Ya estamos en Estados Unidos?”, preguntaron con desesperación migrantes mientras esperaban cruzar la doble valla fronteriza que separa la ciudad mexicana de Tijuana de la estadounidense San Diego.
AFP, en su reporte, señaló que un grupo numeroso consiguió cruzar hasta un primero muro metálico y trataron de cruzar el segundo, cubierto con púas, para lanzarse a Estados Unidos, donde agentes de la patrulla fronteriza se movilizaban.
Según AFP, guardias estadounidenses empezaron a lanzar gases lacrimógenos a los migrantes que trataban de ingresar a Estados Unidos. La multitud trataba de protegerse de los gases cubriéndose el rostro.
Los migrantes gritaron que sólo querían pasar para tener una mejor vida y trabajar.
Unos 1,000 migrantes centroamericanos, que acumulan ya casi una semana en Tijuana, se dirigieron este domingo hacia un puente fronterizo para exigir a Estados Unidos que los reciba y hacer su solicitud de refugio.
El presidente estadounidense, Donald Trump, dijo que las autoridades de México serían muy inteligentes si detenían a la caravana de migrantes centroamericanos, antes de que llegaran a la frontera sur de Estados Unidos.
Con información de AFP y Notimex
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Un centenar de migrantes centroamericanos intentaron este domingo (25 de noviembre) saltar la valla fronteriza que divide México de Estados Unidos en , por la zona de las garitas de El Chaparral y San Ysidro. Según reporta la , los estadounidenses respondieron con gases lacrimógenos para contener a los migrantes.
Asimismo, autoridades de Estados Unidos respondieron con el cierre del paso fronterizo de . Televisoras locales mostraron imágenes de cómo algunas personas lograron llegar al área de la valla metálica, la que escalaron y permanecieron en su parte superior observando el territorio estadounidense.
De acuerdo con '''', por la mañana de este día, al menos 500 migrantes se manifestaron en el albergue Benito Juárez. Un grupo se separó y se lanzó hacia la frontera con Estados Unidos. En torno al puente peatonal del El Chaparral, los migrantes comenzaron a correr hacia el canal del , cercano a la garita de San Ysidro y sin que los agentes federales mexicanos pudieran contenerlos.
, secretario de Gobernación de México, indicó que algunos "provocadores" rompieron cercos policiales implementados por la , con lo que pusieron en riesgo a mujeres y niños integrantes de la caravana de migrantes centroamericanos. "Se logró contener y no tenemos víctimas que lamentar", aseveró.
En la manifestación de la mañana, los migrantes improvisaron carteles en los que escribieron lemas como "Todos somos hermanos", "Gracias México por albergar a nuestros hijos" y "Trump no somos tus enemigos". Medios internacionales reportaron que los elementos de la guardia fronteriza de Estados Unidos emplearon gases lacrimógenos y balas de goma para frenar a los migrantes en su intento de llegar a la valla fronteriza. '''', que cita a ''Milenio Televisión'', apunta que las autoridades mexicanas identificaron "agitadores", quienes incitaron los sucesos y que serán deportados inmediatamente.
El secretario de Gobernación detalló que por varios puntos se intentó cruzar la frontera: por un carril de contraflujo en San Ysidro, por el canal para llegar a la aduana y por las calles de Tijuana para intentar saltar la valla fronteriza. Se observó a policías mexicanos persiguiendo a los migrantes para impedir que llegaran a la valla metálica.
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Un centenar de centroamericanos de la caravana migrante, según los cálculos de la prensa local y de varios testigos, ha intentado saltar este domingo la valla fronteriza que separa a México de Estados Unidos a la altura de Tijuana. Después de una marcha convocada por los migrantes, que permanecen instalados en albergues desde hace dos semanas en la ciudad fronteriza, un grupo importante de ellos —incluidos mujeres y niños— se separó de la multitud, y, en medio de empujones, logró sortear a la policía local y acercarse al muro.
La patrulla fronteriza estadounidense repelió al grupo desde el otro lado con gases lacrimógenos y balas de goma, según ha explicado un testigo a este periódico. Sin embargo, los agentes no pudieron evitar que un puñado de ellos se colara. Su aventura duró poco porque fueron posteriormente atrapados. Estados Unidos ordenó el cierre de la garita más transitada de la frontera, San Ysidro, por donde cada día cruzan más de 70.000 vehículos. Tras cuatro horas, fue reabierta. Los otros pasos fronterizos de la zona, Otay y Tecate, permanecieron este domingo abiertos.
El secretario de Gobernación (Interior) mexicano, Alfonso Navarrete, ha manifestado que "algunos grupos trataron de manera violenta e intempestiva de ingresar por diversos medios y lugares a territorio estadounidense". Y ha añadido que con quienes tengan identificados como violentos "se va a actuar y a proceder con la deportación". "Estas personas, lejos de ayudar a la caravana, la afectan", remató. Fuentes de la Secretaría han señalado a este diario que, por el momento, no existe una cifra de posibles deportaciones ni de detenidos. La alcaldía de Tijuana ha señalado por su parte que la Policía Municipal mantiene retenidos a unos 39.
Uno de los migrantes, Brian Okely Núñez, hondureño ha contado a EL PAÍS lo que sucedió después de que intentaran replegarse y ha señalado que un grupo había sido detenido: "Nosotros ya íbamos para el albergue y ellos nos acorralaron y corrimos, pero unos policías que nos dijeron que íbamos al albergue nos trajeron a la Policía Municipal para encerrarnos".
En la mañana de este domingo, cientos de migrantes participaban en la manifestación que se inició alrededor de las 9.30 (hora local) desde el albergue Benito Juárez, en el que conviven unos 5.000 centroamericanos de las diferentes caravanas que han estado llegando en las últimas semanas. En la marcha, los migrantes improvisaron pancartas con mantas, en las que dibujaron las banderas de México, Honduras y Estados Unidos, otros escribieron lemas como: "Todos somos hermanos", "Gracias, México, por albergar a nuestros hijos", "Trump, no somos tus enemigos".
En un momento de la protesta, un grupo de ellos rompió filas desde el puente peatonal de El Chaparral, situado a unos tres kilómetros de distancia de Estados Unidos, y corrió hacia el canal del río Tijuana, un punto muy cercano a la garita de San Ysidro, tomando por sorpresa a los agentes federales. "Lo que hacemos es entretener. En otro punto hay otro grupo intentando cruzar", comentaba otro de los migrantes que pretendió cruzar el muro a Milenio.
Algunos helicópteros estadounidenses seguían desde temprano los movimientos del albergue, localizado muy cerca de una valla que separa Tijuana de San Diego, California. Y detrás del muro se observó el amplio despliegue de la patrulla fronteriza dispuesta a evitar que el grupo lograra cruzar. El presidente estadounidense había advertido que usarían una fuerza "letal" sobre quienes trataran de pasar de manera ilegal y por la fuerza. La estrecha vigilancia es parte del dispositivo de seguridad ordenado por Donald Trump, quien acusa a los centroamericanos de pretender "invadir" Estados Unidos después de cruzar México en una gigantesca caravana.
La paciencia de los migrantes, en su gran mayoría hondureños, llega a su límite con este hecho insólito, al darse cuenta de que podrían transcurrir meses hasta que puedan cruzar la frontera para solicitar refugio. La mayoría de ellos, tras la represión policial estadounidense, se replegó y comenzó a abandonar la zona. "La gente estaba descontrolada, había muchas mujeres y niños", cuenta José Hernández, un hondureño que participó en la manifestación.
Además de los 5.000 migrantes que ya han llegado a la ciudad fronteriza, se calcula que puedan sumarse otros 9.000 en los próximos días, de acuerdo con la mayoría de las estimaciones. La llegada masiva de centroamericanos ha provocado una división de opiniones en Tijuana. La semana pasada, unas 300 personas marchaban por las calles de la urbe mexicana rechazando la acogida de los centroamericanos, con lemas xenófobos, apoyados, en parte por su alcalde, Juan Manuel Gastélum, que los había calificado de “bola de vagos y mariguanos”, aunque después matizó sus declaraciones.
"No permitiré que nuestra relación bilateral sea fracturada por el mal hacer de la caravana migrante, están haciendo las cosas fuera de la ley", ha señalado Gastélum, en respuesta a las imágenes que se han producido en la frontera. "Sería inteligente si México detuviera las caravanas antes de que llegaran a la frontera o si los países de los que salen no los dejaran formarse", ha reclamado este domingo Trump en su cuenta de Twitter.
La Administración de Andrés Manuel López Obrador, que asume el poder en México el próximo 1 de diciembre, negocia un plan migratorio con sus próximos homólogos estadounidenses para gestionar la crisis migratoria e incentivar las inversiones en el sur de México y aumente las ayudas para Centroamérica.
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Un centenar de migrantes centroamericanos intentaron este domingo (25 de noviembre) saltar la valla fronteriza que divide México de Estados Unidos en , por la zona de las garitas de El Chaparral y San Ysidro. Según reporta la , los estadounidenses respondieron con gases lacrimógenos para contener a los migrantes.
Asimismo, autoridades de Estados Unidos respondieron con el cierre del paso fronterizo de . Televisoras locales mostraron imágenes de cómo algunas personas lograron llegar al área de la valla metálica, la que escalaron y permanecieron en su parte superior observando el territorio estadounidense.
De acuerdo con '''', por la mañana de este día, al menos 500 migrantes se manifestaron en el albergue Benito Juárez. Un grupo se separó y se lanzó hacia la frontera con Estados Unidos. En torno al puente peatonal del El Chaparral, los migrantes comenzaron a correr hacia el canal del , cercano a la garita de San Ysidro y sin que los agentes federales mexicanos pudieran contenerlos.
, secretario de Gobernación de México, indicó que algunos "provocadores" rompieron cercos policiales implementados por la , con lo que pusieron en riesgo a mujeres y niños integrantes de la caravana de migrantes centroamericanos. "Se logró contener y no tenemos víctimas que lamentar", aseveró.
En la manifestación de la mañana, los migrantes improvisaron carteles en los que escribieron lemas como "Todos somos hermanos", "Gracias México por albergar a nuestros hijos" y "Trump no somos tus enemigos". Medios internacionales reportaron que los elementos de la guardia fronteriza de Estados Unidos emplearon gases lacrimógenos y balas de goma para frenar a los migrantes en su intento de llegar a la valla fronteriza. '''', que cita a ''Milenio Televisión'', apunta que las autoridades mexicanas identificaron "agitadores", quienes incitaron los sucesos y que serán deportados inmediatamente.
El secretario de Gobernación detalló que por varios puntos se intentó cruzar la frontera: por un carril de contraflujo en San Ysidro, por el canal para llegar a la aduana y por las calles de Tijuana para intentar saltar la valla fronteriza. Se observó a policías mexicanos persiguiendo a los migrantes para impedir que llegaran a la valla metálica.
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Tijuana, Baja California.- Migrantes que marcharon hacia El Chaparral rompieron un cerco de elementos de la Policía Federal para avanzar hacia el puente fronterizo en su intento por llegar a Estados Unidos.
El grupo de centroamericanos salieron esta mañana del albergue de la Unidad Deportiva Benito Juárez para realizar una marcha por las calles de Tijuanahacia la garita de El Chaparral.
Los migrantes fueron bloqueados en un inicio por uniformados de la Policía Federal. Momentos más tarde lograron avanzar.
El intento de ingreso ilegal a Estados Unidos de aproximadamente 500 centroamericanos de la caravana migrante, en el cruce entre Tijuana y San Diego, desató la violencia en la zona.
Después de una marcha convocada por integrantes de la caravana –alrededor de cinco mil que permanecen en albergues de la ciudad fronteriza mexicana desde hace dos semanas–, un grupo se separó y entre empujones sorteó a la policía local para intentar violar la valla.
Sin embargo, la patrulla fronteriza estadounidense cumplió con las amenazas de Donald Trump y repelió a los invasores con gases lacrimógenos y balas de goma. Pese a ello, un puñado de migrantes entró a San Diego, pero fueron atrapados posteriormente.
Tras el incidente, ocurrido poco antes del medio día (alrededor de las 11:20 horas locales), Estados Unidos ordenó el cierre de la garita más transitada de la frontera con México: la de San Ysidro, por donde cada día cruzan más de 70 mil vehículos.
Cuatro horas después el tránsito fue reabierto, pero solo para peatones, y dos horas más tarde también para el paso de automóviles.
‘Se va a proceder con la deportacion’
“Algunos grupos trataron de manera violenta e intempestiva de ingresar por varios medios y lugares a territorio estadounidense; se va a actuar y a proceder con la deportación. “Estas personas lejos de ayudar a la caravana, la afectan”, señaló Alfonso Navarrete Prida, titular de la Secretaría de Gobernación (Segob) de México.
De acuerdo con un comunicado de la dependencia, serán deportados casi 500 centroamericanos identificados en el grupo que buscó cruzar la frontera con EU “de manera violenta”.
‘EU debe asumir responsabilidad’
Sobre los hechos, el director de la Casa del Migrante de Saltillo, Alberto Xicoténcatl, manifestó que EU “debe asumir su responsabilidad por el desastre que creó” con su política en países centroamericanos.
“Es mucha la preocupación de la población migrante, que está en un momento de desesperación extrema”, expuso en entrevista con VANGUARDIA.
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Un centenar de migrantes centroamericanos intentaron este domingo (25 de noviembre) saltar la valla fronteriza que divide México de Estados Unidos en , por la zona de las garitas de El Chaparral y San Ysidro. Según reporta la , los estadounidenses respondieron con gases lacrimógenos para contener a los migrantes.
Asimismo, autoridades de Estados Unidos respondieron con el cierre del paso fronterizo de . Televisoras locales mostraron imágenes de cómo algunas personas lograron llegar al área de la valla metálica, la que escalaron y permanecieron en su parte superior observando el territorio estadounidense.
De acuerdo con '''', por la mañana de este día, al menos 500 migrantes se manifestaron en el albergue Benito Juárez. Un grupo se separó y se lanzó hacia la frontera con Estados Unidos. En torno al puente peatonal del El Chaparral, los migrantes comenzaron a correr hacia el canal del , cercano a la garita de San Ysidro y sin que los agentes federales mexicanos pudieran contenerlos.
, secretario de Gobernación de México, indicó que algunos "provocadores" rompieron cercos policiales implementados por la , con lo que pusieron en riesgo a mujeres y niños integrantes de la caravana de migrantes centroamericanos. "Se logró contener y no tenemos víctimas que lamentar", aseveró.
En la manifestación de la mañana, los migrantes improvisaron carteles en los que escribieron lemas como "Todos somos hermanos", "Gracias México por albergar a nuestros hijos" y "Trump no somos tus enemigos". Medios internacionales reportaron que los elementos de la guardia fronteriza de Estados Unidos emplearon gases lacrimógenos y balas de goma para frenar a los migrantes en su intento de llegar a la valla fronteriza. '''', que cita a ''Milenio Televisión'', apunta que las autoridades mexicanas identificaron "agitadores", quienes incitaron los sucesos y que serán deportados inmediatamente.
El secretario de Gobernación detalló que por varios puntos se intentó cruzar la frontera: por un carril de contraflujo en San Ysidro, por el canal para llegar a la aduana y por las calles de Tijuana para intentar saltar la valla fronteriza. Se observó a policías mexicanos persiguiendo a los migrantes para impedir que llegaran a la valla metálica.
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El plantel de Universidad Católica desató el festejo tras levantar la corona número 11 de la historia de la institución.
La emoción, los agradecimientos y la alegría fue reflejada por los jugadores cruzados.
La tarea no fue fácil para la UC, ya que debió revertir el marcador ante Audax Italiano y esperar la ayuda de la Universidad de Concepción que derrotó por 2-1 a O’Higgins de Rancagua.
REVISA LOS DICHOS DE LOS JUGADORES DE LA UC TRAS EL TÍTULO
Cristián Alvarez (defensa y capitán): “No sabes lo que he luchado y entregado por esta institución. Me han tocado cosas duras, perder por goles, por penales por ver a la gente frustrada, por no conseguir la corona. Estoy feliz por pertenecer y ser capitán de esta institución… (rompe en llanto)…se lo dedico a mi hermano y mi familia. Hoy levanté la copa de campeón”.
Germán Lanaro (defensa): “Nunca imaginamos que iba a costar tanto ser campeón, pero lo merecemos”.
Franco Costanzo (arquero): “Tengo mucha alegría. Es un desahogo enorme este título”
Fernando Cordero (volante): “En el partido nos desordenamos, pero no importa... ¡Somos campeones!”
Sebastián Jaime (delantero): “Feliz por este grupo y de ser parte de este plantel. Nunca dudé en venir a ser parte de este grupo porque se merecía un título hace rato”.
Nicolás Castillo (delantero): “Es grupo se lo merecía, el técnico, la institución y toda esta gente que nos vino a apoyar. Fueron días difíciles, pero teníamos la fe intacta de recibir una ayuda de la Universidad de Concepción”.
Estefano Magnasco (defensa): “Este título es para la gente y todos los hinchas que nos vinieron a apoyar con toda la fe”.
Jose Pedro Fuenzalida (volante): "Es bastante irreal, soñábamos con esto. Lo hablamos en la concentración, sentíamos que se podía dar por cómo fueron los demás partidos. Estoy contento por haber llegado a este equipo y ayudar al club del cual soy hincha y volví después de muchos años".
Jaime Carreño (volante): "Me siento feliz, es un sueño que desde niño quise cumplir y en el primer año que estoy en el plantel me toca lograrlo. No tengo nada más que agradecer".
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Durante la tarde de este sábado, la logró consagrarse campeón del torneo de clausura obteniendo el título número 11, luego de un infartante partido en el que derrotó por 2 goles a 1 al en .
fue el encargado de abrir el marcador del partido anotando el 1 a 0 para el Audax, el cual desató los nervios de gran parte de los cruzados, este marcador se mantuvo durante gran parte del encuentro hasta que en el minuto 70, anotó el gol del empate para ambos equipos.
En el minuto 85 del partido, con un cabezazo marcó el definitivo 2 a 1 que lo coronó como campeón del torneo de clausura, dando por terminado 6 años de frustración y que logró además, asegurar un cupo para la . Por otro lado, simultáneamente también se estaba jugando el encuentro entre y en el cual también finalizó 2 a 0 con el marcador a favor de los albos.
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José Pedro Fuenzalida fue el autor del gol del título número 11 de la UC, que lo remontó con garra.
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A los 85 minutos, cuando todo parecía perdido,, en una tarde que había comenzado mal en San Carlos de Apoquindo para los locales ante Audax Italiano.había abierto la cuenta para los verdes, luego de un rebote de Stefano Magnasco. Así se fue el partido en su primer tiempo. Con empuje y garra, la UC se fue encima del arco de Muñoz y logró el empate con, a los 69 minutos.Cuando quedaban apenas cinco minutos, elanotó de cabeza para darle su el trofeo en su vuelta al club.Ese 2-1 le sirvió a Católica por la sorpresiva caída de O'Higgins ante la Universidad de Concepción por el mismo marcador. La fiesta estaba armada en Rancagua, perodejaron desolados a los celestes.En el tercer partido, Colo Colo le iba ganando a Wanderers durante casi todo el partido, lo que forzaba una definición con O'Higgins por el título, pero un gol deempató las cosas en el Monumental. El partido terminó 2-1 para los albos que finalizaron en el segundo lugar.De todas maneras, el triunfo de Católica y la derrota de O'Higgins les dieron a los cruzados el, que no celebraba desde 2010, con Pizzi en la banca.
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Durante la tarde de este sábado, la logró consagrarse campeón del torneo de clausura obteniendo el título número 11, luego de un infartante partido en el que derrotó por 2 goles a 1 al en .
fue el encargado de abrir el marcador del partido anotando el 1 a 0 para el Audax, el cual desató los nervios de gran parte de los cruzados, este marcador se mantuvo durante gran parte del encuentro hasta que en el minuto 70, anotó el gol del empate para ambos equipos.
En el minuto 85 del partido, con un cabezazo marcó el definitivo 2 a 1 que lo coronó como campeón del torneo de clausura, dando por terminado 6 años de frustración y que logró además, asegurar un cupo para la . Por otro lado, simultáneamente también se estaba jugando el encuentro entre y en el cual también finalizó 2 a 0 con el marcador a favor de los albos.
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Zahlungskräftige Weltraumtouristen könnten schon bald an Bord eines Nachfolgers des SpaceShipOne mit Mach 3 Richtung All düsen.
Die US-Luftfahrtbehörde FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) hat verbindliche Sicherheits- und Rechtsvorschriften für private Weltraumflüge erlassen. In dem 31-seitigen Dokument "Human Space Flight Requirements for Crew and Space Flight Participants" ( PDF-Datei ) hält die FAA unter anderem fest, dass Unternehmen, die Kurztripps ins All anbieten, ihre Passagiere schriftlich über mögliche Risiken informieren, vorbereitende Trainingskurse anbieten und bestimmte Sicherheitsvorschriften sowohl am Boden als auch während des Fluges einhalten müssen. Zudem bedingt sich die Regierung in Washington aus, dass sie bei eventuellen Zwischenfällen nicht in Regress genommen werden kann. Die Richtlinien gelten für alle US-amerikanischen Anbieter von Weltraumflügen. Ausländische Unternehmen, die von den USA aus ins All starten, müssen sich ebenfalls an das Regelwerk halten, das am 13. Februar 2007 in Kraft tritt.
"Private Weltraumflüge werden ein unvergleichbares Abenteuer sein", erklärte FAA-Geschäftsführerin Marion Blakey. Wegen des grundsätzlich erhöhten Risikos müssten aber Vorschriften eingehalten werden, um die Passagiere, die Crew und auch die Bevölkerung zu schützen. Unter anderem will das Unternehmen Virgin Galactic des britischen Milliardärs Sir Richard Branson ab 2009 kommerzielle Flüge ins All anbieten. An Bord des Virgin SpaceShip (VSS) sollen die Passagiere von Kalifornien aus zunächst von einem Trägerflugzeug in eine Höhe von etwa 16.000 Meter befördert werden. Dann klinkt sich der Raumgleiter aus und wird per Raketenantrieb ins All geschossen. Verbindliche Angaben, welche Entfernung von der Erde aus erreicht wird, macht das Unternehmen bislang allerdings nicht. Nach allgemeiner Definition beginnt der Weltraum in einer Höhe von etwa 100 Kilometern. Gegen eine Einlage von 200.000 US-Dollar können bereits Sitzplätze im Virgin SpaceShip reserviert werden.
Neben Virgin Galactic wollen mindestens noch Blue Origin (begründet vom Amazon-Boss Jeff Bezos), Armadillo Aerospace (die Firma des Spieledesigners John Carmack) und SpaceX (ein Projekt des PayPal-Mitbegründer Elon Musk) ins All. Das Husumer TALIS-Institut koordiniert die europäische Weltraumtourismus-Initiative Enterprise, an der unter anderem auch das DLR und VEGA beteiligt sind. Die Marktforschungsfirma Futron glaubt, dass es in den kommenden 15 Jahren eine Nachfrage von bis zu 15.000 suborbitalen Touristen-Flügen im Jahr geben könnte – jeweils 60 könnten gar in den Erdorbit aufbrechen. Die Umsatzerwartungen liegen bei bis zu einer Milliarde US-Dollar. Das US-Unternehmen Orbital Outfitters arbeitet unterdessen an einem Raumanzug, der speziell für den Weltraumtourismus gedacht ist. Das erste Design namens "IS3" (für "Industrial Suborbital Space Suit") wurde geschaffen, um den Träger bei Druckverlust mindestens 30 Minuten lang in einer Höhe von 150.000 Metern am Leben zu erhalten.
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Die Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) hat neue Vorschriften für private Weltraumflüge erlassen. Die Regeln der US-Luftfahrtbehörde treten ab 13. Februar 2007 in Kraft. Wichtigste Regeln sind dabei die schriftliche Information der Passagiere über die Risiken, das Anbieten von Trainingskursen und die Einhaltung von Sicherheitsvorschriften. Die neuen Vorschriften schließen eine Haftung der US-amerikanischen Regierung nach möglichen Zwischenfällen aus, auch Ausländer müssen sich – sofern die Flüge in den Vereinigten Staaten starten und landen – daran halten.
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Auf Baustellen kommt es immer wieder zu Unfällen, so wie hier in Bayern nach einem Sturm. Wer kommt für die geschädigten Bauleute und Handwerker auf? Bild: dpa
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Wer einen Handwerker sucht, wird bei der Plattform Myhammer fündig, die Ferienwohnung bucht der moderne Reisende über Airbnb, die Taxifahrt bei Uber. Diese und andere elektronische Plattformen werden als Vermittler von Dienstleistungen und Arbeitsaufträgen bei Kunden und Anbietern beliebter. Manche Bauleute, Handwerker oder Fahrer nutzen digitale Vermittler für Zweit- oder Drittjobs, andere tummeln sich dort als vollerwerbstätige Solo-Selbständige.
Solches Click- und Crowdworking finden viele Kunden praktisch – andere stören sich an dieser modernen Arbeitsform. Denn die „C-Worker“ können Schutzbestimmungen für klassische Beschäftigte leicht unterlaufen, auch Beiträge zur Sozialversicherung vorenthalten – und damit Preisdumping betreiben. Die deutsche gesetzliche Unfallversicherung fordert daher jetzt neue Regeln. Ihr Vorschlag: Wo normalerweise der Arbeitgeber die Beiträge zur Unfall-, Renten- oder Krankenversicherung abführt, soll das bald der Plattformbetreiber tun. Das wäre eine weitreichende Änderung für Internetanbieter.
Frankreich macht es vor
Joachim Breuer, der Hauptgeschäftsführer der Unfallversicherung, verweist auf Frankreich. Dort sei zum Jahresanfang ein Gesetz in Kraft getreten, wonach die Vermieter von Wohnungen über eine Plattform oberhalb eines bestimmten Freibetrages Steuern und Beiträge an die Sozialversicherung abführen müssen. Er empfiehlt das der nächsten Bundesregierung zur Nachahmung, und zwar nicht nur für Plattformen wie Airbnb, sondern für alle Formen der Vermittlung von Arbeit über das digitale Netz. „Auch die Solo-Selbständigen und Crowdworker sollten in die gesetzliche Unfallversicherung integriert werden“, verlangt Breuer. Dazu brauche man ein Inkassomodell, das auf die Besonderheiten dieser Gruppe eingehe, zum Beispiel das französische Modell.
Das geht in etwa so: Das französische Arbeitsgesetzbuch kennt jetzt „Arbeitnehmer, die eine elektronische Vermittlungsplattform benutzen“. Für diese Leute müssen die Betreiber unabhängig vom Sitz des Betriebs steuer- und sozialrechtliche Daten erfassen, melden und Beiträge abführen. Die spannende Frage wird sein, ob sich auch im Ausland residierende Plattformbetreiber daran halten oder ob und wie sie dazu gegebenenfalls gezwungen werden können.
Zahl der Ein-Personen-Unternehmen steigt
Die Auswirkungen von „Arbeit 4.0“ würden hierzulande immer gravierender, sagt Breuer. „Das Thema der Solo-Selbständigen und Plattform-Worker steht zwar auf der politischen Agenda, konkrete Schritte zur sozialen Absicherung sind aber bisher nicht gemacht worden“, klagt er. Es gehe ihm nicht allein darum, dass der gewerblichen Unfallversicherung durch die Flucht aus dem Angestelltenverhältnis in die Solo-Selbständigkeit im Jahr mehr als eine Milliarde Euro Beitragseinnahmen entgingen. Selbständige sind nur freiwillig in der Unfallversicherung, während Beschäftigte automatisch abgesichert sind – bezahlt vom Arbeitgeber mit einem Prozentsatz der Lohnsumme.
Niemand weiß, wie viele Crowdworker es in Deutschland gibt. In einer Studie für das Bundesarbeitsministerium wurde ihre Zahl auf ein Prozent der Erwerbstätigen geschätzt, das wären 440.000 Personen. Gerade in der Baubranche, aber auch im Hotel- und Gaststättengewerbe, sei das ein großes Thema, sagt Klaus-Richard Bergmann, der Hauptgeschäftsführer der Bau-Berufsgenossenschaft. So zähle seine Berufsgenossenschaft 518.000 Mitgliedsbetriebe, doch 285.000 von ihnen hätten überhaupt keine Beschäftigten. Sie zahlten keine Beiträge zur Unfallversicherung und seien im Falle eines Arbeitsunfalls nicht abgesichert – das übernehme die Allgemeinheit. In Berlin hat die Genossenschaft im vergangenen Jahr die Gründung von 8000 neuen Bau- und Reinigungsbetrieben gezählt – alles Ein-Personen-Unternehmen. In der Branche sind Briefkästen in Trabantensiedlungen großer Städte bekannt, hinter denen sich gleich mehrere Dutzend Betriebe verbergen. Aus dem Maler- und Lackiergewerbe wird berichtet, dass sich die Mehrheit der Auszubildenden nach der Gesellenprüfung solo-selbständig mache. Viele Lehrbetriebe wollten dem nicht länger zusehen. „Da implodiert gerade das duale Ausbildungssystem“, weist ein Kenner auf andere Kollateralschäden der „Arbeit 4.0“ hin.
„Hochriskante Tätigkeiten in der Bauwirtschaft werden zunehmend ausgelagert“, ergänzt Bergmann. Im Abbruch- und Entsorgungsgewerbe seien drei von vier Betrieben Ein-Mann-Unternehmen. Mehr als zwei Drittel der Gerüstbauer arbeiteten „solo“, heißt es. Da fragt sich mancher aus der Branche, wie diese schwere Sicherungsarbeiten bewerkstelligten – oder ob nicht doch die Kolonne mit dem Polier weiterarbeite wie bisher, nur unter neuer arbeitsrechtlicher Fahne. Breuer beklagt, dass sich ein „grauer Arbeitsmarkt“ entwickle, der sich der Arbeitsschutzkontrolle und Präventionsangeboten entziehe, auf dem die Standards für Sicherheit und Gesundheit bei der Arbeit „keine Rolle spielen“. Gerade in der Baubranche, wo Unfallzahlen höher ausfallen als anderswo, könne das die Zahl der Arbeitsunfälle nach oben treiben.
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Selbständige Handwerker arbeiten auf eigenes Risiko
Gegenwärtig arbeiten schätzungsweise 440.000 sogenannte Click- und Crowdworker in Deutschland. Sie bekommen ihre Aufträge über Internetportale, gelten als Selbständige und unterliegen daher nicht der Sozialversicherungspflicht. Das Problem besteht darin, dass viele von diesen Menschen hauptsächlich von einem bestimmten Internetportal abhängig sind und ihre Tätigkeit somit als Scheinselbständigkeit gelten könnte. Dann wäre der Betreiber des Portals verpflichtet, entsprechende Sozialversicherungsabgaben zu zahlen. Jetzt hat die gesetzliche Unfallversicherung einen Vorstoß gewagt, weil ein besonderes Risiko für Handwerker besteht. Bei Arbeitnehmern trägt der Arbeitgeber die Kosten für die Unfallversicherung. Selbständige müssen sich dagegen selbst versichern und auch dafür bezahlen. Die Rechtslage ist ähnlich wie bei Unfällen im privaten Umfeld, insbesondere auch während der Haus- und Familienarbeit sowie Nachbarschaftshilfe, bei der die gesetzliche Unfallversicherung in Deutschland grundsätzlich nicht zahlt. Click- und Crowdworker arbeiten zunächst auf eigenes Risiko. Von gewerkschaftlicher Seite wird das kritisiert, weil die Gefahr des Preisdumpings infolge der Konkurrenz bei den Internetportalen besteht. In Frankreich gibt es beispielsweise schon erste gesetzliche Regelungen. Der Unfallversicherung sind in Deutschland durch die zunehmende Selbständigkeit jährlich mehr als eine Milliarde Euro Beitragseinnahmen entgangen.
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Die gesetzliche Unfallversicherung sorgt mit einem Vorstoß zur Sozialabgabenpflicht für sogenannte Clickworker und deren Vermittlungsplattformen für Kontroversen. Einschlägige Plattformbetreiber wie das Handwerkerportal Myhammer zeigten sich am Mittwoch irritiert und mahnten einen differenzierten Blick auf Veränderungen der Arbeitswelt an. Der Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund (DGB), der die Ausbreitung neuer Erwerbsformen jenseits des Normalarbeitsverhältnisses schon lange kritisch verfolgt, reagierte auf den Vorstoß hingegen demonstrativ erfreut.
„Es ist ermutigend, dass die gesetzliche Unfallversicherung so klar Position bezieht“, sagte DGB-Vorstandsmitglied Annelie Buntenbach der F.A.Z. Die betreffenden Plattformen hätten „in der Regel Arbeitgeberfunktion, da dürfen sie sich nicht einfach an ihren Verpflichtungen vorbeidrücken“, forderte sie. „Gerade Selbständige in prekärer Lage – auch Click- und Crowdworker – gehören in den Schutz der Sozialversicherung.“ Buntenbach bezog sich damit auf Überlegungen, die Joachim Breuer, Hauptgeschäftsführer der Deutschen Gesetzlichen Unfallversicherung (DGUV), in der F.A.Z. geäußert hatte.
Unterschiedliche Geschäftsmodelle in einen Topf geworfen
Die Diskussion betrifft die wohl steigende Zahl Erwerbstätiger, die weder angestellt sind noch dem klassischen Unternehmerbild entsprechen: Sie bieten ihre Arbeitsleistung auf Internetplattformen an und bewerben sich laufend neu um Aufträge. Bisher gelten „Clickworker“, Schätzungen zufolge rund 440.000 an der Zahl, als Selbständige und unterliegen nicht der Sozialversicherungspflicht; erst recht müssen ihre Auftraggeber keine gesonderten Sozialabgaben auf den Rechnungsbetrag zahlen. Auch Breuer schlug nun aber vor: Wo im Angestelltenverhältnis der Arbeitgeber Beiträge zur Unfall-, Renten- oder Krankenversicherung abführt, solle dies bald der Plattformbetreiber tun. Trotz vieler politischer Debatten seien leider „konkrete Schritte zur sozialen Absicherung bisher nicht gemacht worden“.
Das Portal Myhammer ist eine der Plattformen, auf die dies zielen könnte – ebenso wie etwa den Taxidienst Uber oder den Wohnungsvermittler Airbnb. Claudia Frese, Vorstandschefin von Myhammer, zeigte sich auf Anfrage vor allem irritiert darüber, wie in der Debatte über die Plattformökonomie „völlig unterschiedliche Geschäftsmodelle in einen Topf geworfen werden“. Einerseits gebe es Plattformen, die den Preis der vermittelten Leistung bestimmten und auch selbst Vertragspartner des Endkunden würden. Das gilt etwa für Uber; mit entsprechend geringeren Freiheitsgraden für die Fahrer. Andere hingegen beschränkten sich auf die Vermittlung einer Vertragsbeziehung zwischen Anbieter und Kunden – so auch Myhammer.
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Wie in diesem Fall aber der Vermittler mit Sozialabgaben belegt werden könne, sei schleierhaft, urteilt Frese. Eine Bemessungsgrundlage könne dann ja wohl allenfalls die Mitgliedsgebühr sein, die Myhammer von den Handwerkern erhebe. „Ich bin der Diskussion über Modernisierungen des Sozialstaats ja gar nicht abgeneigt“, betonte Frese. „Ich warne aber davor, dies polarisierend und ohne genauen Blick auf die Wirklichkeit zu tun.“
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Selbständige Handwerker arbeiten auf eigenes Risiko
Gegenwärtig arbeiten schätzungsweise 440.000 sogenannte Click- und Crowdworker in Deutschland. Sie bekommen ihre Aufträge über Internetportale, gelten als Selbständige und unterliegen daher nicht der Sozialversicherungspflicht. Das Problem besteht darin, dass viele von diesen Menschen hauptsächlich von einem bestimmten Internetportal abhängig sind und ihre Tätigkeit somit als Scheinselbständigkeit gelten könnte. Dann wäre der Betreiber des Portals verpflichtet, entsprechende Sozialversicherungsabgaben zu zahlen. Jetzt hat die gesetzliche Unfallversicherung einen Vorstoß gewagt, weil ein besonderes Risiko für Handwerker besteht. Bei Arbeitnehmern trägt der Arbeitgeber die Kosten für die Unfallversicherung. Selbständige müssen sich dagegen selbst versichern und auch dafür bezahlen. Die Rechtslage ist ähnlich wie bei Unfällen im privaten Umfeld, insbesondere auch während der Haus- und Familienarbeit sowie Nachbarschaftshilfe, bei der die gesetzliche Unfallversicherung in Deutschland grundsätzlich nicht zahlt. Click- und Crowdworker arbeiten zunächst auf eigenes Risiko. Von gewerkschaftlicher Seite wird das kritisiert, weil die Gefahr des Preisdumpings infolge der Konkurrenz bei den Internetportalen besteht. In Frankreich gibt es beispielsweise schon erste gesetzliche Regelungen. Der Unfallversicherung sind in Deutschland durch die zunehmende Selbständigkeit jährlich mehr als eine Milliarde Euro Beitragseinnahmen entgangen.
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Die Digitalisierung der Arbeitswelt hat zwei neue Begriffe hervorgebracht, die virtuell und flexibel auszuführende Tätigkeiten beschreiben: Crowd- und Clickworking. Zur Differenzeirung >>>
Vor allem große Konzerne lagern Tätigkeiten aus und vertrauen dabei auf die Schnelligkeit der Crowd.
Crowdworker: Crowdworking kann sowohl innerhalb eines Unternehmens erfolgen, etwa im Rahmen flexibler Teams, als auch außerhalb eines Unternehmens, z.B. über temporäres Outsourcing. Beim externen Crowdsourcing handelt es sich im Regelfall um Selbstständige ohne festes Arbeitsverhältnis, die in einer bestimmten Zeit Teile einer Tätigkeit ausführen, die über entsprechende Internet-Plattformen angeboten werden. Je nach Qualifikation und Aufgabenstellung können diese Tätigkeiten sehr anspruchsvoll sein und auch ein Zusammenarbeiten mehrerer Crowdworker erfordern. Bisweilen werden Crowdworker von Unternehmen gezielt und immer wieder beauftragt, sodass eine gewisse Verbindlichkeit entsteht („Feste Freie“).
Beispiele: Clickworker, Mechanical Turk, 99designs, Topcoder
Clickworker: Das Grundkonzept ist ähnlich wie bei externen Crowdworkern, jedoch handelt es sich im Regelfall um einfache bzw. kleinteilige Tätigkeiten (z.B. Etikettenvergleich, Kurztexte verfassen, Bildauswertungen), die oftmals als Nebentätigkeit ausgeführt werden. Die von den entsprechenden Plattformen angebotenen Mikro-Jobs werden jeweils mit geringen Cent-Beträgen entlohnt, sodass eine hohe Fallzahl erreicht werden muss, um nennenswerte Stundenverdienste zu generieren. Das Risiko der Tätigkeit (Versicherungsschutz, keine Vergütung bei nicht erfolgter Abnahme durch den Auftraggeber) trägt der Clickworker.
Beispiele: Streetspotr, Appjobber, Shopscout
Quelle: Forschungsbericht 463, Foresight-Studie „Digitale Arbeitswelt“ für das Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales, Institut für Innovation und Technik
Bildquelle: Thinkstock/ iStock
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Selbständige Handwerker arbeiten auf eigenes Risiko
Gegenwärtig arbeiten schätzungsweise 440.000 sogenannte Click- und Crowdworker in Deutschland. Sie bekommen ihre Aufträge über Internetportale, gelten als Selbständige und unterliegen daher nicht der Sozialversicherungspflicht. Das Problem besteht darin, dass viele von diesen Menschen hauptsächlich von einem bestimmten Internetportal abhängig sind und ihre Tätigkeit somit als Scheinselbständigkeit gelten könnte. Dann wäre der Betreiber des Portals verpflichtet, entsprechende Sozialversicherungsabgaben zu zahlen. Jetzt hat die gesetzliche Unfallversicherung einen Vorstoß gewagt, weil ein besonderes Risiko für Handwerker besteht. Bei Arbeitnehmern trägt der Arbeitgeber die Kosten für die Unfallversicherung. Selbständige müssen sich dagegen selbst versichern und auch dafür bezahlen. Die Rechtslage ist ähnlich wie bei Unfällen im privaten Umfeld, insbesondere auch während der Haus- und Familienarbeit sowie Nachbarschaftshilfe, bei der die gesetzliche Unfallversicherung in Deutschland grundsätzlich nicht zahlt. Click- und Crowdworker arbeiten zunächst auf eigenes Risiko. Von gewerkschaftlicher Seite wird das kritisiert, weil die Gefahr des Preisdumpings infolge der Konkurrenz bei den Internetportalen besteht. In Frankreich gibt es beispielsweise schon erste gesetzliche Regelungen. Der Unfallversicherung sind in Deutschland durch die zunehmende Selbständigkeit jährlich mehr als eine Milliarde Euro Beitragseinnahmen entgangen.
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05:00, 02.08.2009 /BBC
SKAZANY ZA ZABÓJSTWO DRUGIEGO STOPNIA
- Wierzyłem, że Bóg uleczy moją córkę – tak bronił się skazany za morderstwo drugiego stopnia Dale Neumann. Dziewczynka zmarła na cukrzycę, a rodzice, którzy na to pozwolili, zostali skazani – podaje BBC.
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Amerykański sąd uznał Neumanna za winnego śmierci jego 11-letniej córki. Madeleine miała niezdiagnozowaną cukrzycę. Jak stwierdzili biegli, dziewczynka mogłaby żyć dalej, gdyby otrzymała odpowiednie leczenie. Jednak nawet wtedy, gdy dziecko umierało na farmie w Wisconsin, nie mogło już jeść ani mówić, rodzice nie wezwali lekarza.- Wierzyłem, że Bóg ją uleczy. Jeśli poszedłbym do lekarza, postawiłbym go przed Bogiem – tłumaczył w sądzie Neumann. Zamiast tego wraz z żoną poprosił rodzinę i sąsiadów o modlitwę. Karetkę wezwano dopiero wówczas, gdy dziewczynka przestała oddychać. Dziecko zmarło.Żona Neumanna, Leilani, została skazana wcześniej w osobnym procesie. Oboje czeka do 25 lat w więzieniu.kaw//kdj
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'''Na 25 lat pozbawienia wolności za zabójstwo 2 stopnia (czyli takie które zostało dokonane bez premedytacji) został skazany Amerykanin Dale Neumann. Gdy jego 11-letnia córka Madeleine umierała na farmie w stanie Wisconsin modlił się, o co poprosił także rodzinę i sąsiadów. Karetka pogotowia została wezwana dopiero, gdy dziewczynka przestała oddychać.'''
"Wierzyłem, że Bóg ją uleczy. Jeśli poszedłbym do lekarza, postawiłbym go przed Bogiem." - tłumaczył przed sądem skazany. Dale chorowała na cukrzycę, która nie została zdiagnozowana. Biegli stwierdzili, że wszystko potoczyłoby się inaczej gdyby dziewczynka była leczona. Jej rodzice Dale oraz Leilani (skazana w osobnym procesie również na 25 lat więzienia) nie wezwali pomocy nawet, gdy ich córka nie mogła już jeść ani mówić.
Według polskiego prawa, co reguluje artykuł 162 kodeksu karnego:
W Stanach Zjednoczonych najwyższe wymiary kary, nie licząc kary śmierci, dochodzą do 10 000 lat pozbawienia wolności. USA przodują także w liczbie skazanych w stosunku do liczby mieszkańców i wyprzedzają pod tym względem nawet Rosję.
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§ 1. Kto naraża człowieka na bezpośrednie niebezpieczeństwo utraty życia albo ciężkiego uszczerbku na zdrowiu, podlega karze pozbawienia wolności do lat 3. § 2. Jeżeli na sprawcy ciąży obowiązek opieki nad osobą narażoną na niebezpieczeństwo, podlega karze pozbawienia wolności od 3 miesięcy do lat 5. § 3. Jeżeli sprawca czynu określonego w § 1 lub 2 działa nieumyślnie, podlega grzywnie, karze ograniczenia wolności albo pozbawienia wolności do roku. § 4. Nie podlega karze za przestępstwo określone w § 1-3 sprawca, który dobrowolnie uchylił grożące niebezpieczeństwo. § 5. Ściganie przestępstwa określonego w § 3 następuje na wniosek pokrzywdzonego.
§ 1. Kto, wiedząc, że jest zarażony wirusem HIV, naraża bezpośrednio inną osobę na takie zarażenie, podlega karze pozbawienia wolności do lat 3. § 2. Kto, wiedząc, że jest dotknięty chorobą weneryczną lub zakaźną, ciężką chorobą nieuleczalną lub realnie zagrażającą życiu, naraża bezpośrednio inną osobę na zarażenie taką chorobą, podlega grzywnie, karze ograniczenia wolności albo pozbawienia wolności do roku. § 3. Ściganie przestępstwa określonego w § 1 lub 2 następuje na wniosek pokrzywdzonego.
§ 1. Kto człowiekowi znajdującemu się w położeniu grożącym bezpośrednim niebezpieczeństwem utraty życia albo ciężkiego uszczerbku na zdrowiu nie udziela pomocy, mogąc jej udzielić bez narażenia siebie lub innej osoby na niebezpieczeństwo utraty życia albo ciężkiego uszczerbku na zdrowiu, podlega karze pozbawienia wolności do lat 3. § 2. Nie popełnia przestępstwa, kto nie udziela pomocy, do której jest konieczne poddanie się zabiegowi lekarskiemu albo w warunkach, w których możliwa jest niezwłoczna pomoc ze strony instytucji lub osoby do tego powołanej.
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'''Na 25 lat pozbawienia wolności za zabójstwo 2 stopnia (czyli takie które zostało dokonane bez premedytacji) został skazany Amerykanin Dale Neumann. Gdy jego 11-letnia córka Madeleine umierała na farmie w stanie Wisconsin modlił się, o co poprosił także rodzinę i sąsiadów. Karetka pogotowia została wezwana dopiero, gdy dziewczynka przestała oddychać.'''
"Wierzyłem, że Bóg ją uleczy. Jeśli poszedłbym do lekarza, postawiłbym go przed Bogiem." - tłumaczył przed sądem skazany. Dale chorowała na cukrzycę, która nie została zdiagnozowana. Biegli stwierdzili, że wszystko potoczyłoby się inaczej gdyby dziewczynka była leczona. Jej rodzice Dale oraz Leilani (skazana w osobnym procesie również na 25 lat więzienia) nie wezwali pomocy nawet, gdy ich córka nie mogła już jeść ani mówić.
Według polskiego prawa, co reguluje artykuł 162 kodeksu karnego:
W Stanach Zjednoczonych najwyższe wymiary kary, nie licząc kary śmierci, dochodzą do 10 000 lat pozbawienia wolności. USA przodują także w liczbie skazanych w stosunku do liczby mieszkańców i wyprzedzają pod tym względem nawet Rosję.
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Sprawiedliwość po amerykańsku
Darron Bennalford Anderson skazany w 1994 roku na 2200 lat za gwałt, sodomię, porwanie i włamanie nie spóźnił się z wnioskiem o apelację, co umożliwiło drugiej instancji poprawienie wyroku na bardziej sprawiedliwy: dwa razy po cztery tysiące za gwałt i sodomię, 500 za rabunek i 1750 za porwanie. „Akademicka” data zwolnienia (tak amerykańska Sprawiedliwość nazywa przypadki, gdy prawdopodobieństwo, że więzień dożyje wolności jest małe): rok 12 244.22 lutego 1992 roku 79-letnia Stella Liebeck zamówiła kawę w okienku Drive Thru restauracji McDonald’s w Albuequerque w stanie Nowy Meksyk. Prowadzący samochód jej wnuczek zaparkował, żeby Stella mogła wlać do kawy śmietankę i wsypać cukier. Gdy zdejmowała pokrywkę z kubka, całą jego zawartość wylała sobie na kolana. Ta chwila, choć kosztowała ją poparzenia trzeciego stopnia, okazała się najszczęśliwszą w życiu Stelli, a jednocześnie wiekopomną dla każdego klienta każdej restauracji McDonald’s na całej planecie Ziemi. Sąd przyznał Stelli prawie trzy miliony dolarów odszkodowania, a my – klienci McDonald’s na całej planecie – już nie trwamy w niewiedzy: napis nadrukowany na każdym kubku, informujący nas o tym, że kawa jest gorąca, jest dużo większy i bardziej wyraźny. Dziękujemy ci, Stello Liebeck!Choć rzeczywiste odszkodowanie dla Stelli pozostaje nieznane, bo przed apelacją ustaliła z McDonald’s tajną ugodę, to jej sprawa pozostaje najbardziej absurdalnym przykładem orzeczeń w procesach cywilnych o odszkodowanie. Sądy w Stanach się nie certolą i rozdają sprawiedliwość wartą miliardy dolarów rocznie, a permanentny niepokój o to, że ktoś cię może o coś pozwać, stał się jedną ze składowych amerykańskiej tożsamości.Odszkodowanie po procesie cywilnym dostały też rodziny Nicole Brown i Freda Goldmana zadźganych kuchennym nożem w domu Brown w Los Angeles w 1994 roku. Według ławy przysięgłych były mąż Brown, O.J. Simpson , aktor i emerytowany gwiazdor futbolu amerykańskiego, był odpowiedzialny za śmierć jej i Goldmana i żeby było sprawiedliwie, powinien wypłacić rodzinom 12,5 miliona dolarów. We wcześniejszym procesie karnym – trwającym osiem miesięcy, transmitowanym na cały świat „procesie stulecia” – inna ława przysięgłych uznała, że sprawiedliwie będzie, jeśli Simpson wyjdzie na wolność. Prokurator miał dziesiątki dowodów, poszlak i świadków, ale Simpson miał sławę, „dream team” – ekipę kilkunastu prawników najcięższego kalibru za 6 milionów dolarów i w większości czarnoskórą (jak on) ławę przysięgłych. Wyrok: niewinny.Mimo że później proces cywilny dowiódł jego winy, Simpson pozostał wolny, bo amerykańska Sprawiedliwość nie pozwala drugi raz sądzić raz uniewinnionego.Żeby Sprawiedliwość była sprawiedliwa, musi nieraz okazać się niesprawiedliwa, bo jak wiadomo, nikt i nic – nawet amerykańska Sprawiedliwość – nie jest nieomylny.W amerykańskich więzieniach siedzi 2,2 miliona osób. To jedna czwarta więziennej populacji świata. Na 100 tysięcy mieszkańców USA za kratami przebywa 738, w drugiej na liście Rosji – 611, a w większości państw Zachodu mniej niż 150*.Organizacja The Innocence Project (IP) z Nowego Jorku szacuje, że wśród Amerykanów odsiadujących wyroki w więzieniach może być nawet kilkadziesiąt tysięcy niewinnych. Od początku lat 90. XX wieku, od kiedy, dzięki testom DNA, IP pomaga niesłusznie skazanym, wolność odzyskało tylko 240 z nich. Wielu niewinnych czeka na egzekucję. Od 1974 roku uniewinniono 131 skazanych wcześniej na śmierć. Ilu niesłusznie stracono, nie wie nikt, ale Centrum Informacji o Karze Śmierci na swoich stronach internetowych dokumentuje osiem przypadków egzekucji wykonanych mimo dużych wątpliwości co do winy.Ostatni ocalony przed stryczkiem, Nelson Fields z Chicago, w wyniku błędów i korupcji w amerykańskiej Sprawiedliwości spędził w więzieniu prawie 20 lat, z czego 13 w celi śmierci. W kwietniu sąd orzekł, że jest niewinny. – Spełnił się mój sen o wolności – powiedział dziennikarzom Fields.* - Najwięcej więźniów w Unii Europejskiej ma Polska. Eurostat podaje, że w całej UE za kratami siedzi 600 tysięcy ludzi, z czego 90 tysięcy w Polsce.
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'''Na 25 lat pozbawienia wolności za zabójstwo 2 stopnia (czyli takie które zostało dokonane bez premedytacji) został skazany Amerykanin Dale Neumann. Gdy jego 11-letnia córka Madeleine umierała na farmie w stanie Wisconsin modlił się, o co poprosił także rodzinę i sąsiadów. Karetka pogotowia została wezwana dopiero, gdy dziewczynka przestała oddychać.'''
"Wierzyłem, że Bóg ją uleczy. Jeśli poszedłbym do lekarza, postawiłbym go przed Bogiem." - tłumaczył przed sądem skazany. Dale chorowała na cukrzycę, która nie została zdiagnozowana. Biegli stwierdzili, że wszystko potoczyłoby się inaczej gdyby dziewczynka była leczona. Jej rodzice Dale oraz Leilani (skazana w osobnym procesie również na 25 lat więzienia) nie wezwali pomocy nawet, gdy ich córka nie mogła już jeść ani mówić.
Według polskiego prawa, co reguluje artykuł 162 kodeksu karnego:
W Stanach Zjednoczonych najwyższe wymiary kary, nie licząc kary śmierci, dochodzą do 10 000 lat pozbawienia wolności. USA przodują także w liczbie skazanych w stosunku do liczby mieszkańców i wyprzedzają pod tym względem nawet Rosję.
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Philomène is one of those who were displaced well before the latest surge of violence. It has been nearly six years since armed men attacked her village. "They shot everywhere, they hit everyone, they raped the women. I was alone in the house. My brother was killed in front of me. Nothing has changed for us in six years. We have nothing, we only eat once a day, my children too. We have been forgotten, we haven't received anything for a very long time,” she said. [Tom Peyre-Costa/NRC]
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According to Mohammed Issa Aliou, a spokesman for the Rezeigat tribe in Darfur, Sudan, at least 55 people have been killed in the city after clashes with the Southern Sudanese army.
Issa Aliou said yesterday that Rezeigat tribal members were attacked by armed forces near the border with the partially autonomous South Sudan on Friday, as they were looking for water and new pastures.
The South Sudanese army, however, responded by saying that the tribal members were the ones who had started the attacks.
"A company of 120 SPLA Sudan People's Liberation Army soldiers was attacked on Friday night by armed men wearing uniforms of the northern army that were heavily equipped," said Major General Kuol Deim Kuol, with the southern former rebel SPLA.
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A Darfuri tribe says 55 of its members have been killed in a clash with soldiers from Southern Sudan's army. A Rezeigat tribal spokesmen said the tribe had been looking for new pastures for its cattle when fighting erupted on Friday near the south Sudan boundary. Southern Sudan accused the northern government of attacking and reported a new assault on Sunday, saying its troops had been forced to retreat. It is the worst violence reported since Sudan's historic polls on 11-15 April. I can't tell you who attacked who first but they clashed
Mohammed Issa Aliou
a leader of the Rezeigat tribe The delayed results of the presidential elections being held in both Sudan and Southern Sudan are now due to be announced on Monday, the country's national elections commission has said. The first multi-party polls in 24 years - a key part of the peace process for the divided country - were marred by irregularities and alleged fraud. Those results that have been announced, mainly from the north, suggest President Omar al-Bashir's party has a strong lead. He is widely expected to be re-elected while the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) are likely to hold on to power in semi-autonomous Southern Sudan. Friday's clash is certain to raise tensions, particularly in the sensitive border area, the BBC's James Copnall reports from Khartoum. New attack Mohammed Issa Aliou, a leader of the Rezeigat tribe of Arab nomads, said tribesmen had been seeking new pastures near the border with Southern Sudan's Western Bahr al-Ghazal province. There are often clashes about grazing rights and water points in this area, our correspondent says. At least 85 tribesmen were wounded, Mr Aliou said, adding that the tribe was sending reinforcements to the scene. Speaking to Reuters news agency by telephone from southern Darfur, he said: "There was movement from the Rizeigat and from the SPLA. "I can't tell you who attacked who first but they clashed." SPLA spokesman Malaak Ayuen said late on Saturday that a company of Southern soldiers (about 120 men) had come under attack from northern government (SAF) forces. "The SAF was using four land cruisers with mounted machine guns," he told Reuters. Another SPLM spokesman, Maj Gen Kuol Deim Kuol, said the southern company had been attacked by "armed men wearing uniforms of the northern army". Mr Ayuen later reported a new attack on south Sudanese forces in the same area. "They reinforced themselves and launched another attack and occupied the place," he said. A northern armed forces spokesman told the BBC his men had not been involved in any fighting.
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According to Mohammed Issa Aliou, a spokesman for the Rezeigat tribe in Darfur, Sudan, at least 55 people have been killed in the city after clashes with the Southern Sudanese army.
Issa Aliou said yesterday that Rezeigat tribal members were attacked by armed forces near the border with the partially autonomous South Sudan on Friday, as they were looking for water and new pastures.
The South Sudanese army, however, responded by saying that the tribal members were the ones who had started the attacks.
"A company of 120 SPLA Sudan People's Liberation Army soldiers was attacked on Friday night by armed men wearing uniforms of the northern army that were heavily equipped," said Major General Kuol Deim Kuol, with the southern former rebel SPLA.
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Sudan said its diplomatic staff would leave Baghdad
It follows a web statement attributed to al-Qaeda in Iraq, in which the group said it had the hostages and demanded Sudan cut diplomatic ties with Baghdad.
A Sudanese foreign ministry spokesman said the embassy would close on Friday.
Meanwhile, gunmen have opened fire on people reportedly drinking alcohol in Baghdad, leaving several dead and hurt.
Alcohol is not illegal in Iraq. But it is prohibited by Islamic custom which has been more rigorously enforced since the fall of Saddam Hussein.
Reports of the shooting on the banks of the Tigris River remain confused, with Associated Press news agency citing nine dead and 16 injured and Reuters reporting one dead and five wounded.
Two explosions in central Baghdad earlier left at least five dead and 23 injured.
Isolation campaign
The web statement from al-Qaeda in Iraq, posted on Thursday, set a 48-hour deadline for Sudan to announce it was severing ties with the Iraqi government and closing its embassy.
The al-Jazeera satellite channel later broadcast footage it said it had been sent by the kidnappers, showing five men identifying themselves as embassy staff.
Sudan confirmed a week ago that six of its nationals, including five embassy employees and a "friend", had been kidnapped after attending prayers at a Baghdad mosque.
Sudanese foreign ministry spokesman Jamal Ibrahim said on Friday: "Sudan has decided to close its diplomatic mission in Iraq and to withdraw its diplomatic staff."
Al-Qaeda in Iraq - which is headed by the Jordanian-born militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi - has killed a number of Arab diplomats in recent months as part of its campaign to isolate the Baghdad government from its neighbours.
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Al-Qaeda in Iraq has released video of Sudanese hostages that members of the organization have kidnapped last week.
The video indicates that the militants intend to kill five kidnapped employees of the Sudanese Embassy in Baghdad in two days unless the Sudanese government removes its diplomatic mission from Iraq. Sudan has announced that it will abandon its embassy today, apparently in a bid to free the hostages.
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LMHR and Unite Against Fascism present: Speakers and music against racism – free event in Trafalgar Square
This event will celebrate our multi-racial, multi-faith society. The Nazi BNP want to spread hatred and divide us. Join us in sending a message that we will not be divided – no to racism.
• Use your vote to stop the BNP on 4 May
• Unite Against Fascism.
• No to Islamophobia
Youth and schools showcase
12-1.30pm, Trafalgar Square.
Dance/poetry/open mic/singers/street theatre from schools, colleges and youth groups.
Speakers and music against racism
1.30pm-7pm, Trafalgar Square.
Speakers include Gurinder Chadha (director of Bend it like Beckham and Bride and Prejudice), Donna Walker & David Okoro (Anthony Walker Foundation and family), Keith Sonnet (UNISON Deputy General Secretary), Paul Mackney (NATFHE General Secretary), Ben Summerskill (Stonewall Chief Executive), Weyman Bennett (Unite Against Fascism), Mohammed Azam (Labour Party NEC member), Glyn Ford MEP, Kat Fletcher (NUS President), Plus speakers from CWU, PCS and Amicus.
Music from Belle & Sebastian, Roll Deep, Babyshambles, Lethal Bizzle, Boy Kill Boy, Kray Twinz, The Paddingtons, Get Cape Wear Cape Fly, Heartless Crew, Mecca2Medina, Akala, Metro Riots, Emmanuel Jal, The Mentalists with Poly Styrene, Emeson, Bigga Fish
Comperes & DJs include Rampage, Tutu (Choice FM), Martin Smith (UAF/LMHR), Semtex, Nu-MCs. Punkvert VJs & films on giant video screens. Filming by Mad Inertia.
Event production by Eventful & Metropolis Music
Event supported by Amicus, PCS, Unison Greater London, CWU, NASUWT, Bigga Fish.
For more details phone Jinan Coulter, Love Music Hate Racism – 020 7924 0333 / 07748 545 528
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Saturday saw London's Trafalgar Square play host to a 'Love Music Hate Racism' anti-racism concert, ahead of the local elections taking place this week. The event aimed to celebrate multi-racial society and to send out a message telling people to use their vote to stop the British National Party gaining council seats in the election.
The lineup of bands at the event included Belle & Sebastian and The Paddingtons, with speakers including Gurinder Chadha (director of Bend it like Beckham) and Kat Fletcher (NUS President).
Love Music Hate Racism was set up in 2002 in response to rising levels of racism and electoral successes for the British National Party, whose policies are often considered fascist and designed to provoke racism. The organisation has arranged over 200 events across the UK. The organisation is inspired by Rock Against Racism, a similar group set up in the 1970s to challenge the National Front, famed for gigs featuring The Clash and the Tom Robinson Band.
Fears that the BNP may do well in the elections this week have grown since Employment Minister Margaret Hodge warned MPs that the BNP might make gains. Since her announcement, the number of voters considering voting for the BNP has been shown to grow in some polls, prompting some to criticise her announcement as being potentially counter-productive.
Police estimate that 3,000 people attended the event on Saturday.
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Charities have prince in their sights after he said hunting old infertile animals for money could be excused if funds went to saving the species
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Saturday saw London's Trafalgar Square play host to a 'Love Music Hate Racism' anti-racism concert, ahead of the local elections taking place this week. The event aimed to celebrate multi-racial society and to send out a message telling people to use their vote to stop the British National Party gaining council seats in the election.
The lineup of bands at the event included Belle & Sebastian and The Paddingtons, with speakers including Gurinder Chadha (director of Bend it like Beckham) and Kat Fletcher (NUS President).
Love Music Hate Racism was set up in 2002 in response to rising levels of racism and electoral successes for the British National Party, whose policies are often considered fascist and designed to provoke racism. The organisation has arranged over 200 events across the UK. The organisation is inspired by Rock Against Racism, a similar group set up in the 1970s to challenge the National Front, famed for gigs featuring The Clash and the Tom Robinson Band.
Fears that the BNP may do well in the elections this week have grown since Employment Minister Margaret Hodge warned MPs that the BNP might make gains. Since her announcement, the number of voters considering voting for the BNP has been shown to grow in some polls, prompting some to criticise her announcement as being potentially counter-productive.
Police estimate that 3,000 people attended the event on Saturday.
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Pete Doherty is currently on bail after being arrested last week
He was arrested in east London after a newspaper published pictures allegedly showing him taking drugs and injecting into the arm of a female fan.
He is due to be questioned at Stoke Newington police station where he remains in custody.
His arrest came hours before he was due to play at an anti-racism concert with band Babyshambles in Trafalgar Square.
Doherty is already on police bail after being arrested on suspicion of possessing class A drugs last week.
Babyshambles drummer Adam Ficek told the BBC that police had "busted into" the singer's London flat and arrested him.
Police confirmed Doherty had been arrested on a street in east London at 0800 BST on Saturday.
He is currently being held under Section 23 of the Offences Against the Person act.
Free event
The free Love Music Hate Racism event - which aimed to unite people in the fight against fascism and Islamophobia - featured performances by Belle & Sebastian and a speech by the director of Bend It Like Beckham, Gurinder Chadha.
Organisers said the event also featured dance, poetry and music by children from youth groups.
Derek Simpson, Amicus General Secretary, who spoke at the rally, said: "Events like these that bring people together are vital to helping suppress the threat we face from racist organisations."
Scotland Yard said an estimated 3,000 people attended the concert and rally.
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Saturday saw London's Trafalgar Square play host to a 'Love Music Hate Racism' anti-racism concert, ahead of the local elections taking place this week. The event aimed to celebrate multi-racial society and to send out a message telling people to use their vote to stop the British National Party gaining council seats in the election.
The lineup of bands at the event included Belle & Sebastian and The Paddingtons, with speakers including Gurinder Chadha (director of Bend it like Beckham) and Kat Fletcher (NUS President).
Love Music Hate Racism was set up in 2002 in response to rising levels of racism and electoral successes for the British National Party, whose policies are often considered fascist and designed to provoke racism. The organisation has arranged over 200 events across the UK. The organisation is inspired by Rock Against Racism, a similar group set up in the 1970s to challenge the National Front, famed for gigs featuring The Clash and the Tom Robinson Band.
Fears that the BNP may do well in the elections this week have grown since Employment Minister Margaret Hodge warned MPs that the BNP might make gains. Since her announcement, the number of voters considering voting for the BNP has been shown to grow in some polls, prompting some to criticise her announcement as being potentially counter-productive.
Police estimate that 3,000 people attended the event on Saturday.
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Festival Internacional de Anime de Tokio
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El día de ayer dio inicio el Festival Internacional de Anime de Tokio y con él los japoneses (y el resto del mundo) festeja el dibujo animado de una industria multimillonaria.
Este es un evento que se celebra desde hace muchos años en el barrio tokiota de Akihabara, considerado como la meca del manga, el anime y los videojuegos. El propósito principal del festival es facilitar a los fanáticos la adquisición de las películas, cómics y demás productos directo de los distribuidores.
Este año se presentaron series como Bloody Bunny o Appleseed XIII, basado en el conocido manga de Masamune Shirow o filmes como Musashi, The Dream of the Last Samurai, la cual es una biografía del conocido Musashi Miyamoto con un guión de Mamoru Oshii.
En el evento también se facilitó la adquisición de tabletas y smartphones, así como nuevas aplicaciones para dibujar y colorear. Y la sección “Creator’s World” fue una de las más visitadas debido a que ofrece oportunidades de negocio para nuevos creadores.
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El 27 de octubre se celebró la inauguración del IV Festival Internacional de Anime (en el barrio tokiota de Akihabara) donde se presentarán nuevos avances en esta industria, fuertemente golpeada a nivel económico y creativo, que sirve de plataforma de difusión de sus obras a nivel mundial como ''Bloody Bunny'', ''Appleseed XIII'' (manga de Masamune Shirow) y '' Musashi, El Sueño del Último Samurai'' (de Mamoru Oshi).
El evento también dio a conocer avances en servicios para dispositivos de tabletas y smartphones, con novedades de programas para dibujar y colorear, así como diferentes oportunidades de emprendimiento a nuevos creadores. Diversos estudios como ''Harryproject'' y '' Picograph'' mostraron sus obras animadas como ''A great war of spirits, Totemia'' y ''Fruity Samurai'' respectivamente en nuevos formatos.
Uno de los animadores que participó en el festival, Gaku Kinoshita (de 34 años), exhibió sus propios trabajos basados en el arte ''ukiyo-e'' de Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) en estilos de lápiz y animación 3D, declara que la propia industria del anime ha sufrido un estancamiento divulgativo en el mercado mundial producto de la crisis económica obligando a fortalecer la posición doméstica con géneros como el ''moé''.
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En esta nueva edición, de uno de los eventos más importantes del dibujo animado del mundo, se presentarán diferentes exposiciones y avances técnicos para el sector.
Celebrado desde hace años en el barrio tokiota de Akihabara, la meca del manga, el anime y el videojuego, el festival sirve como plataforma para que formatos televisivos y películas puedan ser adquiridos por distribuidores o televisiones de todo el mundo, además de organizar simposios sobre temas que afectan al negocio.
Más de 20 productoras presentaron este año series como “Bloody Bunny” o “Appleseed XIII”, basada en el conocido manga de Masamune Shirow, o filmes ya estrenados en Japón como “Musashi, the dream of the last samurai”, biografía del conocido espadachín Musashi Miyamoto, con guion del reputado Mamoru Oshii.
Dentro del evento también se mostraron servicios para facilitar la distribución de contenidos en tabletas y “smartphones” y novedades en programas informáticos para dibujar y colorear.
La sección más llamativa fue “Creator’s World”, una iniciativa del festival para promocionar y ofrecer oportunidades de negocio a nuevos creadores.
Aquí se dieron cita estudios como Picograph, que presentó un proyecto titulado “A great war of spirits, Totemia”, consistente en una serie de animación acompañada de una línea de figuras articuladas de sus protagonistas, los cuales se transforman en diversos animales.
También estuvo presente Happyproject, un estudio de diseño que en los ratos libres crea graciosas historias como “Fruity samurai”, protagonizadas por guerreros con forma de pera o calabaza, para publicarlas en internet.
Fuente: Caracoltv
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El 27 de octubre se celebró la inauguración del IV Festival Internacional de Anime (en el barrio tokiota de Akihabara) donde se presentarán nuevos avances en esta industria, fuertemente golpeada a nivel económico y creativo, que sirve de plataforma de difusión de sus obras a nivel mundial como ''Bloody Bunny'', ''Appleseed XIII'' (manga de Masamune Shirow) y '' Musashi, El Sueño del Último Samurai'' (de Mamoru Oshi).
El evento también dio a conocer avances en servicios para dispositivos de tabletas y smartphones, con novedades de programas para dibujar y colorear, así como diferentes oportunidades de emprendimiento a nuevos creadores. Diversos estudios como ''Harryproject'' y '' Picograph'' mostraron sus obras animadas como ''A great war of spirits, Totemia'' y ''Fruity Samurai'' respectivamente en nuevos formatos.
Uno de los animadores que participó en el festival, Gaku Kinoshita (de 34 años), exhibió sus propios trabajos basados en el arte ''ukiyo-e'' de Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) en estilos de lápiz y animación 3D, declara que la propia industria del anime ha sufrido un estancamiento divulgativo en el mercado mundial producto de la crisis económica obligando a fortalecer la posición doméstica con géneros como el ''moé''.
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Świat PAP, POg /01.09.2008 18:51 Kościoły chrześcijańskie nadal płoną w Indiach Podpalony kościół w Indiach
Co najmniej cztery kolejne kościoły chrześcijańskie zostały spalone w ostatnich dniach we wschodnich Indiach; pastwą płomieni padło też kilkanaście domów - podały lokalne władze. Wcześniej w stanie Orisa doszło do starć hinduskich fundamentalistów z miejscowymi chrześcijanami z powodu zamordowania hinduskiego działacza religijnego.
85-letni swami (duchowny) Laxmanananda Saraswati i cztery inne osoby zostały zastrzelone 23 sierpnia w aśramie przez maoistycznych rebeliantów. Saraswati prowadził kampanię przeciwko zarzynaniu świętych krów i konwersjom religijnym wśród plemion w okręgu Kandhamal, należał też do komitetu organizacji fundamentalistów hinduskich Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), znanej ze stosowania przemocy wobec wyznawców innych religii niż hinduizm. 25 sierpnia w podpalonym przez hinduistów sierocińcu w stanie Orisa zginęła spalona żywcem zakonnica. Ciężko ranny został też katolicki ksiądz.
Ataki na chrześcijan potępił w ubiegłym tygodniu Watykan.
Najnowsze ataki na wiernych i instytucje Kościoła naruszają godność człowieka i zagrażają pokojowemu współżyciu obywateli - głosi wydane przez Watykan oświadczenie.
Zaniepokojenie sytuacją chrześcijan w Indiach wyraziło w poniedziałek włoskie MSZ, wzywając indyjskiego ambasadora w Rzymie.
Hinduiści, którzy stanowią przeważającą większość z ponad 1,1 mld ludności Indii, i 2,5-procentowa mniejszość chrześcijańska w zasadzie koegzystują w miarę spokojnie. Jednak w stanie Orisa niejednokrotnie dochodziło do waśni religijnych.
Hinduscy fundamentaliści oskarżają chrześcijańskich misjonarzy o prozelityzm.
Wcześniej w stanie Orisa doszło do starć hinduskich fundamentalistów z miejscowymi chrześcijanami z powodu zamordowania hinduskiego działacza religijnego.85-letni swami (duchowny) Laxmanananda Saraswati i cztery inne osoby zostały zastrzelone 23 sierpnia w aśramie przez maoistycznych rebeliantów. Saraswati prowadził kampanię przeciwko zarzynaniu świętych krów i konwersjom religijnym wśród plemion w okręgu Kandhamal, należał też do komitetu organizacji fundamentalistów hinduskich Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), znanej ze stosowania przemocy wobec wyznawców innych religii niż hinduizm. 25 sierpnia w podpalonym przez hinduistów sierocińcu w stanie Orisa zginęła spalona żywcem zakonnica. Ciężko ranny został też katolicki ksiądz.Ataki na chrześcijan potępił w ubiegłym tygodniu Watykan.Najnowsze ataki na wiernych i instytucje Kościoła naruszają godność człowieka i zagrażają pokojowemu współżyciu obywateli - głosi wydane przez Watykan oświadczenie.Zaniepokojenie sytuacją chrześcijan w Indiach wyraziło w poniedziałek włoskie MSZ, wzywając indyjskiego ambasadora w Rzymie.Hinduiści, którzy stanowią przeważającą większość z ponad 1,1 mld ludności Indii, i 2,5-procentowa mniejszość chrześcijańska w zasadzie koegzystują w miarę spokojnie. Jednak w stanie Orisa niejednokrotnie dochodziło do waśni religijnych.Hinduscy fundamentaliści oskarżają chrześcijańskich misjonarzy o prozelityzm.
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Kolejne cztery chrześcijańskie kościoły, według lokalnych mediów płoną w Indiach. W Orsie wcześniej doszło do starć hinduskich fundamentalistów z chrześcijanami. Przyczyną tych wszystkich wydarzeń było morderstwo hinduskiego duchownego – Laxmanananda Saraswati.
– ''Najnowsze ataki na wiernych i instytucje Kościoła naruszają godność człowieka i zagrażają pokojowemu współżyciu obywateli'' – mówi wygłoszone w ubiegłym tygodniu oświadczenie Watykanu.
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Three judges soundly rejected Norm Coleman's attempt to reverse Al Franken's lead in the U.S. Senate election late Monday, sweeping away the Republican's claims in a blunt ruling Coleman promised to appeal. After a trial spanning nearly three months, the judicial panel dismissed Coleman's central argument that the election and its aftermath were fraught with systemic errors that made the results invalid. "The overwhelming weight of the evidence indicates that the Nov. 4, 2008, election was conducted fairly, impartially and accurately," the panel said in its unanimous decision. The panel concluded that Franken, a DFLer, "received the highest number of votes legally cast" in the election. Franken emerged from the trial with a 312-vote lead, the court ruled, and "is therefore entitled to receive the certificate of election." Speaking to reporters outside his downtown Minneapolis condominium, Franken, flanked by his wife, Franni, said he had "no control" over what Coleman does next but said he would urge his opponent not to appeal, which would delay his certification. "I am honored and humbled by this close victory," he said. "And it's long past time we got to work." In an interview earlier in the day, Coleman said he believes "thousands" of rejected votes should have been counted. Coleman legal spokesman Ben Ginsberg said the ruling denies many valid votes by applying a stricter standard to determining eligible ballots than local officials applied during the recount. "This order ignores the reality of what happened in the counties and cities on Election Day in terms of counting the votes," Ginsberg said, asserting that Coleman must appeal to assure that valid votes are counted. Coleman's lawyers have 10 days to file an appeal with the Minnesota Supreme Court. But experts who read the panel's 68-page ruling say it effectively attacks some of the very arguments that Coleman would use on appeal.
"It is the kind of opinion that is unlikely to be disturbed on appeal by either the Minnesota Supreme Court or the United States Supreme Court," said Richard Hasen, an expert on election law at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. "The opinion considers the major arguments made by Coleman and rejects them in a detailed and measured way." Added University of Minnesota political scientist Lawrence Jacobs: "This is judicial speak for 'nothing here,' and it is most definitely aimed at the appeals process. It's a signal that they are supremely unimpressed by the Coleman case." The office of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada released a statement Monday night praising the judges' decision but signaling that he would not move to seat Franken in advance of Coleman's expected appeal: "Norm Coleman is entitled to appeal to the Minnesota Supreme Court. If he does so, we look forward to a prompt decision from that court so that Gov. Pawlenty can issue an election certificate and we can finally bring an end to an episode that has left the people of Minnesota without full representation for too long and has cost taxpayers too much money." Blunt rejection The judges said Coleman, trailing Franken by 225-votes after the recount, wanted the panel to ignore Minnesota election law and adopt a more lenient standard allowing illegal absentee ballots to be counted. The panel was blunt in how it dismissed Coleman claims. A cornerstone of his case was the argument that the judges should count absentee ballots they had deemed illegal during the trial because similar ones had been accepted on Election Day and during the recount. The panel wrote that Coleman's position would "lead to an absurd result. Following [Coleman's] argument to its conclusion, the court would be compelled to conclude that if one county mistakenly allowed felons to vote, then all counties would have to count the votes of felons." Moreover, the panel said that Coleman failed to show that "alleged errors or irregularities regarding the treatment of absentee ballots affected the outcome of the election."
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The panel of three judges overseeing the legal proceedings surrounding Minnesota's 2008 Senate election has declared DFL candidate Al Franken the winner over Republican Norm Coleman, by a margin of 312 votes.
Coleman has ten days to appeal the decision to the Minnesota Supreme Court, and has said he intends to do so, but has not yet filed a notice of appeal.
Minnesota has been without a second senator since Coleman's term expired in January. A close result narrowly favoring Coleman in the initial election result in November triggered an automatic recount; during the course of that recount Franken slowly but steadily gained a few hundred additional votes, enough to put him in the lead.
Both the Minnesota Secretary of State and Governor have refused to certify the results of the election without a final court decision and the United States Senate's Democratic majority has said that the winner will not be seated until all court cases in Minnesota — of which Coleman's appeal to the Supreme Court would be the last — have been resolved.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. - The three-judge panel in Minnesota's U.S. Senate recount trial ruled in favor of Democrat Al Franken on Monday.
The judges concluded Franken won the November 4 election by a total of 312 votes over Republican Sen. Norm Coleman. The final vote breakdown was 1,212,317 votes for Coleman and 1,212,629 votes for Franken.
Ticket to Washington not yet punched
"Franken received the highest number of votes legally cast in the race for United States Senator for the State of Minnesota in the November 4, 2008 general election," the judges wrote.
Before taking a seat with Sen. Amy Klobuchar in Washington, Franken still needs an election certificate signed by Secretary of State Mark Ritchie and Governor Tim Pawlenty.
Ritchie says he will sign it after the Minnesota Supreme Court appeal, but Pawlenty has suggested all legal action may have to be completed before issuing a certificate, federal courts included.
Coleman to appeal
Minutes after the ruling, a Norm Coleman campaign spokesman confirmed Coleman's intent to appeal. An appeal could take several weeks, maybe longer. Coleman has 10 days to file the appeal.
Ben Ginsberg, legal spokesman for the Coleman campaign, said the ruling "ignores the reality of what happened in the counties and cities on Election Day in terms of counting the votes."
According to political analyst Kathryn Pearson, Coleman also has to consider the opinions of Minnesotans -- especially if he plans to run for office again.
"People may grow quite tired of this," Pearson said. "Most people believe it was reasonable to appeal through the Minnesota system, but I think when it becomes a federal question there are political costs involved, and he has to weigh those very carefully."
After hearing testimony from several election officials, the recount judges ruled Coleman failed to prove the likelihood of discrepancies between Election Night totals and recount totals were due to a loss of ballots by election officials.
"There was no evidence of fraud in the conduct of this election and no showing of bad faith on the part of any election official at any point during the election or recount," the judges wrote.
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The panel of three judges overseeing the legal proceedings surrounding Minnesota's 2008 Senate election has declared DFL candidate Al Franken the winner over Republican Norm Coleman, by a margin of 312 votes.
Coleman has ten days to appeal the decision to the Minnesota Supreme Court, and has said he intends to do so, but has not yet filed a notice of appeal.
Minnesota has been without a second senator since Coleman's term expired in January. A close result narrowly favoring Coleman in the initial election result in November triggered an automatic recount; during the course of that recount Franken slowly but steadily gained a few hundred additional votes, enough to put him in the lead.
Both the Minnesota Secretary of State and Governor have refused to certify the results of the election without a final court decision and the United States Senate's Democratic majority has said that the winner will not be seated until all court cases in Minnesota — of which Coleman's appeal to the Supreme Court would be the last — have been resolved.
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Israel is facing growing demands from senior UN officials and human rights groups for an international war crimes investigation in Gaza over allegations such as the "reckless and indiscriminate" shelling of residential areas and use of Palestinian families as human shields by soldiers.
With the death toll from the 17-day Israeli assault on Gaza climbing above 900, pressure is increasing for an independent inquiry into specific incidents, such as the shelling of a UN school turned refugee centre where about 40 people died, as well as the question of whether the military tactics used by Israel systematically breached humanitarian law.
The UN's senior human rights body approved a resolution yesterday condemning the Israeli offensive for "massive violations of human rights". A senior UN source said the body's humanitarian agencies were compiling evidence of war crimes and passing it on to the "highest levels" to be used as seen fit.
Some human rights activists allege that the Israeli leadership gave an order to keep military casualties low no matter what cost to civilians. That strategy has directly contributed to one of the bloodiest Israeli assaults on the Palestinian territories, they say.
John Ging, head of the UN Palestinian refugee agency in Gaza, said: "It's about accountability [over] the issue of the appropriateness of the force used, the proportionality of the force used and the whole issue of duty of care of civilians.
"We don't want to join any chorus of passing judgment but there should be an investigation of any and every incident where there are concerns there might have been violations in international law."
The Israeli military are accused of:
• Using powerful shells in civilian areas which the army knew would cause large numbers of innocent casualties;
• Using banned weapons such as phosphorus bombs;
• Holding Palestinian families as human shields;
• Attacking medical facilities, including the killing of 12 ambulance men in marked vehicles;
• Killing large numbers of police who had no military role.
Israeli military actions prompted an unusual public rebuke from the International Red Cross after the army moved a Palestinian family into a building and shelled it, killing 30. The surviving children clung to the bodies of their dead mothers for four days while the army blocked rescuers from reaching the wounded.
Human Rights Watch has called on the UN security council to set up a commission of inquiry into alleged war crimes.
Two leading Israeli human rights organisations have separately written to the country's attorney general demanding he investigate the allegations.
But critics remain sceptical that any such inquiry will take place, given that Israel has previously blocked similar attempts with the backing of the US.
Amnesty International says hitting residential streets with shells that send blast and shrapnel over a wide area constitutes "prima facie evidence of war crimes".
"There has been reckless and disproportionate and in some cases indiscriminate use of force," said Donatella Rovera, an Amnesty investigator in Israel. "There has been the use of weaponry that shouldn't be used in densely populated areas because it's known that it will cause civilian fatalities and casualties.
"They have extremely sophisticated missiles that can be guided to a moving car and they choose to use other weapons or decide to drop a bomb on a house knowing that there were women and children inside. These are very, very clear breaches of international law."
Israel's most prominent human rights organisation, B'Tselem, has written to the attorney general in Jerusalem, Meni Mazuz, asking him to investigate suspected crimes including how the military selects its targets and the killing of scores of policemen at a passing out parade.
"Many of the targets seem not to have been legitimate military targets as specified by international humanitarian law," said Sarit Michaeli of B'Tselem.
Rovera has also collected evidence that the Israeli army holds Palestinian families prisoner in their own homes as human shields. "It's standard practice for Israeli soldiers to go into a house, lock up the family in a room on the ground floor and use the rest of the house as a military base, as a sniper's position. That is the absolute textbook case of human shields.
"It has been practised by the Israeli army for many years and they are doing it again in Gaza now," she said.
While there are growing calls for an international investigation, the form it would take is less clear. The UN's human rights council has the authority to investigate allegations of war crimes but Israel has blocked its previous attempts to do so. The UN security council could order an investigation, and even set up a war crimes tribunal, but that is likely to be vetoed by the US and probably Britain.
The international criminal court has no jurisdiction because Israel is not a signatory. The UN security council could refer the matter to the court but is unlikely to.
Benjamin Rutland, a spokesman for the Israeli military, said an international investigation of the army's actions was not justified. "We have international lawyers at every level of the command whose job it is to authorise targeting decisions, rules of engagement ... We don't think we have breached international law in any of these instances," he said.
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Heavy fighting continued overnight in the Gaza Strip as Israeli warplanes and helicopters bombed targets and Israeli Defense Forces fought with Hamas militants in Palestine. Several areas of black and white smoke could be seen as it covered the sky.
Yesterday, Ehud Olmert the Israeli Prime Minister said that Hamas will face an "iron fist" if they do not agree to Israel's terms of a cease fire and stop fighting.
"Anything else will be met with the Israeli people's iron fist. We will continue to strike with full strength, with full force until there is quiet and rearmament stops," said Olmert to reporters while standing within the zone where Hamas rockets are capable of striking. Throughout the night on a live video feed courtesy of the Palestinian news agency ''Ramattan'', bombs were dropped and explosions could be seen and heard rocking the Strip.
Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of Hamas responded in a videotaped message aired on local news agencies in Gaza saying, that he would work to get a ceasefire to try and get the borders between Egypt and Palestine, but also that "Gaza will not break, our victory over the Zionists is near. We confirm our intention to continue to work to stop the terrorists' war against our people, end the siege completely."
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The war entered its 17 day and as of 7:31 a.m. (EET) in Gaza, bombs could still be heard going off around the Strip. Sporadic machine gun fire can also be heard. At approximately 8:05 a.m in Palestine, in a sudden halt to the large scale airstrikes that were occurring regularly overnight, the daily cease fire began in preparation to allow aid into Gaza. Relief trucks could be seen waiting at the Israel-Gaza border, awaiting orders to enter the Strip.
The death toll from the war passed 900 with thousands more injured. Because of the large number of casualties, the United Nation Human Rights Council has launched an investigation into possible war crimes. The council passed a resolution which condemned the Israeli operation and occupation of Gaza calling it a "massive violations of human rights."
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A minor girl was kidnapped and raped by an unidentified man in Chandigarh on Tuesday when she was on her way to school to celebrate Independence Day.
The victim, a Class VIII student of the government senior secondary school here was raped allegedly by a middle-aged man at the children's traffic park, situated in the heart of the city, while she was going to her school enroute the park.
The police said a case of rape and kidnapping has been registered following a complaint by the victim that she was sexually assaulted by a man, who fled the spot after committing the crime.
Chandigarh Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Eish Singhal said the ''incident'' took place at around 8:15 in the morning on Tuesday. “The girl was going to school and entered the park (children's traffic park) from the back gate. An FIR has been registered under section 363, 376 of the Indian Penal Code, besides relevant sections of Protection Of Children from Sexual offences (POCSO) Act,” he said.
“We have rounded up few suspect and investigation is underway. The girl is stable, though she has been traumatised by the incident,” said Mr. Singhal.
Police said the girl narrated the incident to her family, following which police was informed. The accused had dragged her into the ''nullah'' (seasonal watercourse) that flows through the park, and sexually assaulted her, said Police sources.
The police later took the victim to the government hospital in Sector 16 for a medical examination, which confirmed sexual assault.
Replying to query that the victim was raped on a knife point, Mr. Singhal said ''it's being investigated''.
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Esta terça-feira, uma menina de doze anos de , , foi estuprada quanto estava de caminho à escola para celebrar o Dia da Independência da Índia.
A menina, estudante da oitava série, passando pelo parque de trânsito para crianças, localizado no Setor 23 da cidade, quando o acusado agrediu a menor. O superintendente Eish Singhal disse que o incidente ocorreu por volta das 8h15min, hora local. Foi apresentado primeiro relatório imediato e o acusado é acusado nos sob os códigos penais 363 por seqüestro, 373 por violação e proteção infantil por crimes sexuais, disse Singhal.
Ela foi levada ao hospital do governo no Setor 16 e depois de um exame médico, se confirmou que a menor foi agredida sexualmente. A polícia disse que apenas uma pessoa estava envolvida no crime e que estava sendo investigada se o acusado usava uma faca.
A partir de 2013 após o estupro coletivo de uma estudante de 23 anos dentro de um ônibus na capital indiana, o governo reforcou sua legislação contra agressões sexuais. As penas contra os agressores foram agravadas, e foi introduzida a pena de morte para os casos de estupros que tenham causado a morte da vitima, ou que tenham sido praticados por reincidentes.
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A 12-year-old girl returning home after celebrating Independence Day at school was kidnapped and raped by an armed man in Chandigarh on Tuesday.The Class 8 student was reportedly walking back home after flying the national flag at school when a man stopped her, pulled her into the children's traffic park in Chandigarh's Sector 23 and raped her, the police said.The gruesome crime comes just days after women in the city directly administered by the Union Home Ministry held a candle-light march to assert their right to access public spaces without having to worry about their safety. The procession had passed through stretches considered unsafe for women after dark.The young girl's rape took place in day light. But there wasn't much traffic on the road on Tuesday due to the Independence Day celebrations.The police said she was taken to the local hospital for a medical examination and was being produced before a magistrate to record her statement to fortify the case.A case of kidnapping, wrongful restraint and rape has been registered.According to initial reports, the rapist let the girl go after threatening her against speaking about it. The girl told her family about the crime when she reached home who called the police.Considered for long as one of north India's safer cities for women and children, crimes against children have gone up in recent years.According to the National Crime Records Bureau statistics, Chandigarh's crime rate against children - crimes for every 1 lakh children - was three times the national average. The kidnapping rate for children in the union territory is four times the national average of 9.4 child abductions for every 1 lakh children.
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Esta terça-feira, uma menina de doze anos de , , foi estuprada quanto estava de caminho à escola para celebrar o Dia da Independência da Índia.
A menina, estudante da oitava série, passando pelo parque de trânsito para crianças, localizado no Setor 23 da cidade, quando o acusado agrediu a menor. O superintendente Eish Singhal disse que o incidente ocorreu por volta das 8h15min, hora local. Foi apresentado primeiro relatório imediato e o acusado é acusado nos sob os códigos penais 363 por seqüestro, 373 por violação e proteção infantil por crimes sexuais, disse Singhal.
Ela foi levada ao hospital do governo no Setor 16 e depois de um exame médico, se confirmou que a menor foi agredida sexualmente. A polícia disse que apenas uma pessoa estava envolvida no crime e que estava sendo investigada se o acusado usava uma faca.
A partir de 2013 após o estupro coletivo de uma estudante de 23 anos dentro de um ônibus na capital indiana, o governo reforcou sua legislação contra agressões sexuais. As penas contra os agressores foram agravadas, e foi introduzida a pena de morte para os casos de estupros que tenham causado a morte da vitima, ou que tenham sido praticados por reincidentes.
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2 June 2017
Jeffrey Tate, 74, Conductor of Magisterial Clarity and Compassion, has Died
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JEFFREY TATE
Salisbury, England, April 28, 1943—Bergamo, Italy, June 2, 2017
J EFFREY TATE WAS AN INSPIRING presence in the world of classical music, an artist who overcame the physical disabilities of spina bifida and kyphosis to achieve a four-decade career of abiding excellence in opera and symphonic music, conducting performances of magisterial clarity and compassion in the works of Mozart, Wagner and Richard Strauss. Originally trained as a doctor—he received a medical degree from Cambridge and completed a residency at St. Thomas’s Hospital, London—Tate attended the London Opera Center on scholarship and in 1971 became a répétiteur on the coaching staff at Covent Garden. There Tate began a professional relationship with music director Georg Solti that eventually extended to assisting him on ten complete opera recordings. Pierre Boulez chose Tate to assist him on the celebrated 1976 Ring at Bayreuth—Tate would go on to conduct more than twenty complete Rings of his own—and on the 1979 premiere of the complete Lulu at the Paris Opera.
Tate’s 1978 conducting debut, with Carmen at Göteborg, began his rapid international professional rise. He assisted James Levine on the 1979 Met premiere of Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny; the following year, Tate made his Met conducting debut, replacing James Levine on three hours’ notice for a single Lulu. In 1982, Tate led La Clemenza di Tito at Covent Garden, where he took up the post of principal conductor in 1986. By the end of the decade, Tate had made his conducting debuts at Nice, Paris, Hamburg, Cologne, Salzburg, Vienna, Geneva, Berlin and Carnegie Hall. For six seasons, he was a regular presence at the Met, where his most frequent assignments were Così Fan Tutte, Don Giovanni, Die Fledermaus, Idomeneo and Der Rosenkavalier.
Tate served as first principal conductor of the English Chamber Orchestra (1985–2000), principal conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic (1991–95) and music director of the Teatro San Carlo, Naples (2005–10). He became chief conductor of the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra in 2009, and at the time of his death was contracted to remain in that position through 2019.
Tate died suddenly, of a heart attack, while rehearsing the Accademia Carrara in Italy. Six weeks before his death, he was knighted for his services to music. —F. Paul Driscoll
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Conductor Sir died on Friday. He was born on April 28, 1943 in , England with and .
Jeffrey Tate in 2010
Tate moved with his family to , and attended school there. Despite his disabilities, he achieved a four-decade career conducting and music, following a medical degree from and medical residency at , London. He began in with a scholarship and was a in 1971.
He recorded ten complete operas with director . He also assisted with '''' at Bayreuth in 1976, and later conducted the complete ''Ring'' himself more than twenty times, and the complete ''Lulu'' on its premier at the in 1979.
He was knighted six weeks before his death, for his services to music, as part of the .
He was in , when he died, reportedly in rehearsal due to a heart attack, at the age of 74.
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Image copyright PA Image caption Sir Jeffrey was knighted six weeks ago for his services to British music overseas
The respected classical conductor Sir Jeffrey Tate has died at the age of 74, his agency has confirmed.
Sir Jeffrey, who was born with spina bifida, was the principal conductor of the English Chamber Orchestra and the Royal Opera House in the 1980s.
He recently worked in Germany and was knighted in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to British music overseas.
Sir Jeffrey, who had curvature of the spine and a paralysed left leg, would conduct while sitting on a tall stool.
He has featured as a guest conductor with almost every major orchestra and opera house in the world.
Since 2007, Sir Jeffrey has been the chief conductor of the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra and is recognised as one of the foremost interpreters of German music.
He received his knighthood from Prince William at an investiture ceremony in London on 19 April.
'Accidental' career
Sir Jeffrey, who went to school in Farnham in Surrey, turned to conducting at 27 - after studying medicine at Cambridge and beginning training as a doctor at St Thomas' Hospital in London.
Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs in 1989, he said his conducting career came "purely by accident".
He began musical training at the Royal Opera House in the 1970s.
He made his conducting debut in 1978 with the opera Carmen at the Gothenburg Opera in Sweden. By 1986, he was principal conductor at the Royal Opera House, where he recorded extensively.
Sir Jeffrey told Radio 4 the course of his career was surprising - since he sometimes "loathed" opera.
Image copyright AFP Image caption Sir Jeffrey during a rehearsal of the Benjamin Britten opera "Billy Budd" in Paris in 2010
"I used to go to Covent Garden and wonder why the singers were never with the beat, always sang out of tune, and why the productions looked so horrible and I'd much rather go to the Royal Shakespeare Company," he said.
"But when it works it's the most wonderful thing in the world."
He added: "Maybe I've got the wanderlust inside me, that I perhaps will never actually feel I am at home in any one thing."
Sir Jeffrey, who has been president of the UK spina bifida charity Shine since 1989, also spoke of feeling self-conscious performing with a disability.
"I always feel a bit sort of odd walking in front of all those people," he said.
'Savage lesson'
"I used to rush on, I suppose out of fear, and once in fact fell down."
On his first appearance at Cologne opera house, he recalls rushing to the podium: "I in fact slipped on the first step and fell into the arms of the viola player, and of course it took me about half an hour to recover from that.
"I learnt a savage lesson from that - despite feeling nervous and self-conscious that I have to walk very, very slowly."
But he told Radio 4 that he had got "jolly used" to sitting on a stool.
"Occasionally I stand up, and that is an advantage, because if you do stand up occasionally, you can produce an effect."
"There is in the last resort no limit to my physical energy if I know what I'm doing and want to do it," he said.
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Conductor Sir died on Friday. He was born on April 28, 1943 in , England with and .
Jeffrey Tate in 2010
Tate moved with his family to , and attended school there. Despite his disabilities, he achieved a four-decade career conducting and music, following a medical degree from and medical residency at , London. He began in with a scholarship and was a in 1971.
He recorded ten complete operas with director . He also assisted with '''' at Bayreuth in 1976, and later conducted the complete ''Ring'' himself more than twenty times, and the complete ''Lulu'' on its premier at the in 1979.
He was knighted six weeks before his death, for his services to music, as part of the .
He was in , when he died, reportedly in rehearsal due to a heart attack, at the age of 74.
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By Scott Hillis
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc (AAPL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) unveiled a lightweight laptop about three-quarters of an inch thick on Tuesday and said it would rent movies over the Web, moving the iPod maker into a very competitive market.
Shares of DVD rental rival Netflix Inc (NFLX.O: Quote, Profile, Research) fell 2.5 percent to $22.20 and Blockbuster Inc (BBI.N: Quote, Profile, Research), the largest video rental chain, dropped 16 percent to $2.72.
But Apple shares also fell, by more than 6 percent to $167.64 in afternoon trading, as investors had expected both developments after widespread speculation.
"There wasn't the 'wow' factor from anything that Apple had to say today," said Michael James, senior trader at regional investment bank Wedbush Morgan in Los Angeles.
Chief Executive Steve Jobs made the announcements at the annual Macworld convention in San Francisco, where last year he showed off the highly anticipated iPhone for the first time, setting a high bar for this year's event.
Apple shares have nearly doubled since last year's Macworld, and in late December topped $200 for the first time.
Jobs said the new aluminum-skinned MacBook Air notebook was the thinnest computer available, at a maximum of 0.76 inches and tapering to just 0.16 inches.
Priced from about $1,800, the MacBook Air bridges the gap between Apple's entry-level and high-end laptops, and analysts voiced concern that it could steal customers away from its more expensive products. Continued...
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Szef Apple Inc., Steve Jobs, pokazał na corocznej konferencji Macworld w San Francisco nowy produkt firmy - MacBook Air, czym powiększyła swoją ofertę w rosnącym w dużym tempie segmencie komputerów osobistych.
'''Parametry techniczne MacBooka Air:'''
MacBook Air
* procesor Intel Core 2 Duo 1,6 GHz lub 1,8 Ghz
* 2 GB pamięci RAM
* dysk twardy o pojemności 80 GB, opcjonalnie dodatkowy dysk o pojemności 64 GB typu SSD (kosztuje dodatkowo 99 dolarów)
* 13,3" matryca z podświetleniem diodami LED
* trackpad (touchpad) MultiTouch
* kamera iSight
* podświetlana klawiatura
* Wi-Fi 802.11n i Bluetooth 2.1
* wbudowane głośniki mono
* wymiary 1,94 x 32,5 x 22,7 cm
* waga ok. 1,36 kg
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MacBook Air was released about 20 minutes ago at MacWorld 2008 by Steve Jobs.
Dubbed the thinnest notebook in the world at only 0.4cm - 1.94cm in thickness, the MacBook Air is set to take portability into new heights.
Specifications are as follows:
Intel Core 2 Duo 1.6GHz or 1.8Ghz
2GB RAM standard
80GB hard drive, 64GB SSD hard drive optional
13.3 inches wide screen with LED backlighting
MultiTouch trackpad
iSight
Full sized keyboard with backlight illumination
Wireless 802.11n and Bluetooth 2.1
Built in mono speakers
o.4 - 1.94 x 32.5 x 22.7 (cm, H x W x L)
1.36kg
The standard configuration will cost USD$1,799 and another USD$99 add on if you want to add on an external SuperDrive.
My take on the MacBook Air? It’s AWESOME. I don’t know how they built the thing in such a thin chassis, but they did it nevertheless. It could even fit in an envelope, as demonstrated by Steve Jobs. The inclusion of the MultiTouch technology, as seen on iPhones and iPod Touch, is great as well. The trackpad works like the touchscreens on iPhones and iPod Touch now.
However, the price of USD$1,799 is a bit pricey. It’s only slightly cheaper than the MacBook Pro, a full fledge notebook.
Leave us a comment on what you think about the MacBook Air. Yay or Nay?
P.S. Apple’s site is updated with MacBook Air’s page, head on over to look at it.
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Szef Apple Inc., Steve Jobs, pokazał na corocznej konferencji Macworld w San Francisco nowy produkt firmy - MacBook Air, czym powiększyła swoją ofertę w rosnącym w dużym tempie segmencie komputerów osobistych.
'''Parametry techniczne MacBooka Air:'''
MacBook Air
* procesor Intel Core 2 Duo 1,6 GHz lub 1,8 Ghz
* 2 GB pamięci RAM
* dysk twardy o pojemności 80 GB, opcjonalnie dodatkowy dysk o pojemności 64 GB typu SSD (kosztuje dodatkowo 99 dolarów)
* 13,3" matryca z podświetleniem diodami LED
* trackpad (touchpad) MultiTouch
* kamera iSight
* podświetlana klawiatura
* Wi-Fi 802.11n i Bluetooth 2.1
* wbudowane głośniki mono
* wymiary 1,94 x 32,5 x 22,7 cm
* waga ok. 1,36 kg
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Silence, ça tourne ! Depuis vendredi, l’équipe du moyen-métrage Comme des grands (produit par l’association Platt twist, N.D.L.R.) a débuté son tournage à Sarreguemines, Hundling, Volmunster et Wœlfling-lès-Sarreguemines. « On a un bon rythme de travail, c’est assez intense ! Ça demande pas mal de résistance ! », lance Ania Gauer , coréalisatrice du film, qui n’en est plus à son coup d’essai.
Mise en condition des acteurs La Sarregueminoise est à la tête d’une trentaine de personnes (entre l’équipe technique, la régie, les comédiens, etc.) durant douze jours : « Aujourd’hui, nous tournons la dernière scène, une scène de ruptures composée de beaucoup de dialogues. » Pour les deux acteurs principaux, cette demi-journée de travail est très exigeante. « Nous avons un coach qui les met en condition… », poursuit-elle. C’est Hermann Deckous qui est chargé de préparer Pauline Chalamet et Gunnar De Young, les deux comédiens vedettes : « Cette scène est l’une des plus importantes. Là, ils sont partis s’isoler quelques instants… Ce matin, je les ai mis en condition avec des exercices corporels et nous avons travaillé les relations entre leurs deux personnages, indique-t-il. Ce n’est pas évident, car ils ne se connaissent que depuis quelques heures seulement. »
« Il faut que tout soit parfait ! » Pour qu’une scène soit validée, il faut en effet que « tout soit parfait ! Aussi bien le jeu des comédiens que leur maquillage, le mouvement des caméras ou encore le nuage qui passe dans le ciel au même moment… », sourit Ania Gauer. Et niveau maquillage, la Parisienne Mélissa Laudron veille au grain : « Je prépare les comédiens avant chaque scène ! Aujourd’hui, il y a un peu de pluie, mais ce n’est pas très grave, car l’actrice principale est censée sortir d’une soirée arrosée… », explique la maquilleuse.
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, actrice franco-américaine et sœur de l'acteur , sera bientôt à l'affiche du film ''Comme des Grands'' en tant que premier rôle. Elle interprète le rôle de Marion, une jeune femme de 28 ans en pleine crise existentielle, au coté de Dylan Raffin (Maxime) et de Gunnar DeYoung (Lukas).
Le film raconte l'histoire de Marion, 28 ans, qui se voit demandée en mariage par son compagnon (Lukas) le jour de son anniversaire.
La sortie du film réalisé par Ania Gauer et Julien Gauthier est prévue pour 2020.
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Le tournage sera plus long que prévu. Comme des grands , le moyen-métrage réalisé par Ania Gauer et Julien Gauthier demandera deux jours supplémentaires de travail aux équipes techniques : « Nous arriverons sur place le 1er août et débuterons dès le lendemain matin, et ce, jusqu’au 12 inclus Pour un retour le 13 août au matin, indique la comédienne de formation passée derrière la caméra. Le découpage des plans a été effectué il y a quelques semaines, c’était assez speed, nous avons bossé du matin jusqu’à minuit. »
Le film, d’une durée de 25 minutes, sera intégralement tourné en Moselle, au sein des communes de Wœlfling-lès-Sarreguemines, Volmunster, Hundling et Sarreguemines : « Je tiens d’ailleurs à remercier les maires pour leur soutien ainsi que l’épicerie du coin de Myriam Schirr à Hundling pour nous laisser tourner chez elle , souligne Ania. Tourner certaines des scènes à Paris n’aurait simplement pas été possible financièrement, j’aurais dû payer 2 500 euros en plus ! »
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, actrice franco-américaine et sœur de l'acteur , sera bientôt à l'affiche du film ''Comme des Grands'' en tant que premier rôle. Elle interprète le rôle de Marion, une jeune femme de 28 ans en pleine crise existentielle, au coté de Dylan Raffin (Maxime) et de Gunnar DeYoung (Lukas).
Le film raconte l'histoire de Marion, 28 ans, qui se voit demandée en mariage par son compagnon (Lukas) le jour de son anniversaire.
La sortie du film réalisé par Ania Gauer et Julien Gauthier est prévue pour 2020.
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Ce second film a un budget de 40.000€. Le tournage va durer 11 jours et se terminer le 12 août prochain après être passé par Volmunster, Sarreguemines et Hundling. Il y aura notamment le tournage d'une grande fête en forêt de Woelfling dans la nuit du 9 au 10 août de 22h à 6h du matin.
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, actrice franco-américaine et sœur de l'acteur , sera bientôt à l'affiche du film ''Comme des Grands'' en tant que premier rôle. Elle interprète le rôle de Marion, une jeune femme de 28 ans en pleine crise existentielle, au coté de Dylan Raffin (Maxime) et de Gunnar DeYoung (Lukas).
Le film raconte l'histoire de Marion, 28 ans, qui se voit demandée en mariage par son compagnon (Lukas) le jour de son anniversaire.
La sortie du film réalisé par Ania Gauer et Julien Gauthier est prévue pour 2020.
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February 12, 2007 - This Tuesday fans of Stardock's Galactic Civilizations will have a reason to celebrate, courtesy of the series' latest stand-alone expansion pack, Dark Avatar. Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar joins a growing (but exclusive) list of awesome expansions that we've seen over the last year or so. Where most expansions are simply mission packs designed to "extend" the game experience for hardcore fans, Dark Avatar is an expansion in the truest sense of the word, bringing loads of new features that take the core game experience into new and exciting directions.
(Though the new expansion pack includes all the content from Dread Lords, this review will focus on the new additions. The high level of polish, balance and overall design have been preserved. You can check out our full review of Dread Lords here.)
The new expansion adds so much that it's hard to know just where to begin. New civ options, more complex star systems, new espionage elements and improved diplomacy, an entirely new campaign, better graphics, and a number of other improvements make Dark Avatar a sure bet for fans of space strategy games.
Perhaps the most significant and satisfying gameplay change is the inclusion of environmental restrictions for colonization. In Dread Lords we, like many players, preferred to grab as many habitable planets as possible before worrying too much about things like infrastructure or technology or warships. Sure, it sometimes left you open for a massive attack, but it was the surest way to establish a solid foundation for the middle game.
This time around many of the planets are off-limits until you've researched the technology required to colonize them. And since there are different technologies for different environmental hazards, you'll really have to choose carefully. These technologies are also relatively expensive as well, so any effort you put into researching them is going to mean you're neglecting something else. In all it's an excellent way to kind of put a check on the colony rush that most players have been using.
There's also an added sense of terrain in space now, courtesy of the new asteroid fields. While the various resources scattered around the galaxy helped to provide some interesting focal points, the new asteroid fields are an entirely new substantial resource that you and your enemies will fight over. If you have facilities on an asteroid, you can divert resources to a nearby planet, vastly enhancing its productivity. Because the asteroids are rarely as well protected as planets, they make excellent targets for hit and run strikes and provide a nice objective for players who want to stick it to their enemy but aren't quite ready for the planetary assaults.
Espionage is another big change for the series and another weapon in your quest for dominance. Though it's not a game winner by itself, the careful and concentrated use of espionage can really make a huge difference, both in terms of giving you extra information about your enemy and in shutting down their key planetary improvements. You generate spies by increasing your espionage spending on your domestic screen. Paralleling the warlord units in Civ IV: Warlords, each new spy costs more money to recruit making each spy more valuable than the last.
Once recruited, you can station an enemy spy on any planet you've discovered. They shut down whatever improvement you've placed them on and start gathering information about your opponent's overall condition. They can only be countered by another spy so, even if you don't want to engage in the espionage game, you'll have to have a few spies ready to fend off your enemies.
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The game allows users to design their own ships
'''Plymouth, Michigan, United States''' - This week, independent software developer Stardock released ''Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar'', an expansion to their PC turn-based strategy game ''Dread Lords''. Industry websites IGN and GameSpy responded with Editors' Choice awards, while UGO gave it an A. The expansion had previously been named as one of GameSpy's ''Most Wanted Games of 2007''.
Reviewers cited the significant increase in customization options, better artificial intelligence, and an improvement in graphics quality as decisive factors. UGO's Adam Swiderski noted that "if creating a fleet of death-dealing starships sounds like fun to you (and it really should), this is your dream playground," while GameSpy's reviewer suggested that "after a week of playing ''Dark Avatar'', you may forget ''Master of Orion'' altogether." Criticism mostly revolved around "uninspired" ground combat, a too-generic tech tree, and the continued lack of multiplayer support.
The original game received some publicity for its lack of copy protection, but gained far more by the actions of a StarForce forum administrator, who made a post linking to an illegal BitTorrent download of the game. StarForce developer Protection Technology later claimed this to be a poorly-considered attempt to demonstrate the result of not using their software, which is designed to prevent software piracy. The result was a media backlash against the company, including satirical commentary by gaming webcomic/blog ''Penny Arcade'' describing the action as "extortion." Its writer, Jerry Holkins, asked that "publishers distance themselves from a company that has shown such contempt for their industry."
The expansion is available as an online purchase in CD or digital download form through Stardock's gaming subsidiary, TotalGaming.net. A compilation of the original and expansion has also been released as ''Galactic Civilizations II: Gold Edition'' and is available in stores, say Stardock. Their retail game releases still contain no copy protection, but online activation is required to download updates.
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Galactic Civilizations II Dark Avatar Review
By Adam Swiderski
"...the single best turn-based grand strategy game available today, and one of the best strategy games around, period."
Galactic Civilization II: Dark Avatar is great. Great, great, great. I'm going to go into a lot more detail in this review as to why it's great, but I thought I should get that point out of the way right off the bat. If you at all like strategy games, you should at least check it out. If you like turn-based strategy games, it's the current cream of the crop, so you have to play it. And if you're already a Galactic Civilizations II fan, and you don't play Dark Avatar, I will come to your house and fight you. That's no lie. Stardock has given what was already one of the best strategy games around a makeover, taking what was good and making it better while adding new features and gameplay mechanics that, in some ways, dramatically alter the way the game works. It's a pretty bold move to mess with a successful formula this much, but it pays off in that Dark Avatar makes GalCiv II a deeper, more customizable, better game.
The increase in customization options is probably the first thing you'll notice when you boot up Dark Avatar. You could already adjust a decent number of variables before launching a game of GalCiv II, but Stardock has gone through the roof this time around. Just about every element of the game can be adjusted, now, from the rate at which technological progress takes place to the AI behavior of each individual opponent you'll face. In fact, everything about opposing races can be tweaked, including their level of aggressiveness, what avenues they'll pursue in contesting you for conquest of the galaxy, and even how much processing power the game will use to run their AI. And if the included 10 races aren't enough for you, you can even create your own custom opponents, complete with ship styles that you, yourself have designed. So, yes, you can take on the Empire if you have the time and inclination to build them.
Once you launch into the game, the changes brought about by Dark Avatar become immediately apparent. The two that'll strike you right first are the new asteroid fields and the added restrictions on planetary colonization. Asteroid fields are now peppered throughout the map and can be mined, which process will add resources to a nearby planet. So a relatively low-grade planet that, in GalCiv II, would be ignored, could still be a worthwhile investment for colonization if a potentially lucrative asteroid belt lies nearby. Meanwhile,
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The game allows users to design their own ships
'''Plymouth, Michigan, United States''' - This week, independent software developer Stardock released ''Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar'', an expansion to their PC turn-based strategy game ''Dread Lords''. Industry websites IGN and GameSpy responded with Editors' Choice awards, while UGO gave it an A. The expansion had previously been named as one of GameSpy's ''Most Wanted Games of 2007''.
Reviewers cited the significant increase in customization options, better artificial intelligence, and an improvement in graphics quality as decisive factors. UGO's Adam Swiderski noted that "if creating a fleet of death-dealing starships sounds like fun to you (and it really should), this is your dream playground," while GameSpy's reviewer suggested that "after a week of playing ''Dark Avatar'', you may forget ''Master of Orion'' altogether." Criticism mostly revolved around "uninspired" ground combat, a too-generic tech tree, and the continued lack of multiplayer support.
The original game received some publicity for its lack of copy protection, but gained far more by the actions of a StarForce forum administrator, who made a post linking to an illegal BitTorrent download of the game. StarForce developer Protection Technology later claimed this to be a poorly-considered attempt to demonstrate the result of not using their software, which is designed to prevent software piracy. The result was a media backlash against the company, including satirical commentary by gaming webcomic/blog ''Penny Arcade'' describing the action as "extortion." Its writer, Jerry Holkins, asked that "publishers distance themselves from a company that has shown such contempt for their industry."
The expansion is available as an online purchase in CD or digital download form through Stardock's gaming subsidiary, TotalGaming.net. A compilation of the original and expansion has also been released as ''Galactic Civilizations II: Gold Edition'' and is available in stores, say Stardock. Their retail game releases still contain no copy protection, but online activation is required to download updates.
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FULL REPORT: Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar (PC) If you're a strategy gamer, odds are you already know about Galactic Civilization II: The Dread Lords. Put simply, it's currently the best turn-based strategy title out there and was a more-than-deserving recipient of our 2006 TBS Game of the Year award. The game wins over fans not only through the sheer brilliance of its gameplay, but also because of the incredible support it receives from its publisher, Stardock. Since the game's release, GalCiv II has been the beneficiary of tons of new features that make it an even better game. That's why we're really looking forward to Dark Avatar, the expansion pack for GalCiv II. This isn't just an expansion; it looks like Stardock is fundamentally redefining the game. First, the expansion offers the standard array of new features players would expect in an expansion pack. The graphics have been completely redone and there's an array of new units, some new races to play as, or against, along with a whole new campaign. It seems that after the defeat of the Dread Lords, the evil Drengin turned on their erstwhile "allies" and nearly destroyed them. Only Earth remains free, hidden behind an impenetrable shield. Now, however, the Drengin Empire has split, caught in a civil war between those who believe that the universe must be enslaved and those that wish to exterminate every non-Drengin in the universe. What's really interesting though, is how Stardock is monkeying around with some of the game's most basic systems. A new "environmental system" will fundamentally reshape the early game by forcing players to research certain technologies before a planet may be colonized. Mineable asteroids will redraw basic planetary development strategies. New "Spies" and "Treaties" vastly enhance the diplomacy and espionage system, offering more options for subterfuge to diplomats and sabotage to warmongers. Civilizations now have unique special abilities and "mega-events" can completely alter the fabric of the universe. Dark Avatar will make an incredibly deep game even deeper. How cool is that?
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The game allows users to design their own ships
'''Plymouth, Michigan, United States''' - This week, independent software developer Stardock released ''Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar'', an expansion to their PC turn-based strategy game ''Dread Lords''. Industry websites IGN and GameSpy responded with Editors' Choice awards, while UGO gave it an A. The expansion had previously been named as one of GameSpy's ''Most Wanted Games of 2007''.
Reviewers cited the significant increase in customization options, better artificial intelligence, and an improvement in graphics quality as decisive factors. UGO's Adam Swiderski noted that "if creating a fleet of death-dealing starships sounds like fun to you (and it really should), this is your dream playground," while GameSpy's reviewer suggested that "after a week of playing ''Dark Avatar'', you may forget ''Master of Orion'' altogether." Criticism mostly revolved around "uninspired" ground combat, a too-generic tech tree, and the continued lack of multiplayer support.
The original game received some publicity for its lack of copy protection, but gained far more by the actions of a StarForce forum administrator, who made a post linking to an illegal BitTorrent download of the game. StarForce developer Protection Technology later claimed this to be a poorly-considered attempt to demonstrate the result of not using their software, which is designed to prevent software piracy. The result was a media backlash against the company, including satirical commentary by gaming webcomic/blog ''Penny Arcade'' describing the action as "extortion." Its writer, Jerry Holkins, asked that "publishers distance themselves from a company that has shown such contempt for their industry."
The expansion is available as an online purchase in CD or digital download form through Stardock's gaming subsidiary, TotalGaming.net. A compilation of the original and expansion has also been released as ''Galactic Civilizations II: Gold Edition'' and is available in stores, say Stardock. Their retail game releases still contain no copy protection, but online activation is required to download updates.
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We couldn't let this slide, I'm afraid. I'm aware that StarForce has supposedly apologized, but that and a cracker will get you a cracker. Already a deeply despised company, one of their employees openly provided links to pirated materials - confirming every suspicion about their debased operation. Of course they made some show of contrition.
When a corporation apologizes, we have a term for that: it is called PR.
I attach myself to very few online "movements," and the efforts to boycott StarForce are no different. Understand that I hate fucking StarForce. But I'm not going to miss out on Silent Storm and Freedom Force vs The Third Reich - or punish the developers of those games - so I can push forward some glorious principle. It is said that "money talks," and I don't discount that the purchase of something constitutes a form of communication. Not purchasing a product communicates... something, but in the absence of a well-publicized media component I'm not sure it actually delivers the message you think it does.
Publishers have a perception that products like StarForce protect their investment, and you've heard the arguments already - at least, as they refer to the scourge of music piracy. A strange and speculative mathematics is employed to equate pirated copies in a one to one ratio with lost sales, which is a difficult case to make without the use of a crystal ball. But in an industry where budgets have sailed beyond the exophere and into deep space, where breaking even is cause for celebration and first week sales take on holy significance, they can't be seen to do nothing just because some people on a forum said so.
Also: we know that copy protection packages largely represent a "magic feather" when it comes to stopping piracy. Assuming that the product is not available before retail release, which often happens, it is a matter of hours until that software is running free, rolling in Usenet's high grass. Publishers are aware of that, too. But StarForce is considered the most effective product of this type, so there you have it.
Impasse.
They need to perform due diligence when it comes to protecting sales, and we don't like StarForce's business tactics, or their lurking around on our hard disks long after we've uninstalled a game. There's only one possibility of getting our way on this, and boycotting won't work, nor will calls to simply remove StarForce. Neither of those represent good faith efforts: they're naive, and they don't refer to reality. We need to communicate that their image is tarnished when they associate with StarForce, and I don't just mean the ISO. The idea that their company is decreased in value, lowered in esteem and stature with gamers who buy every major release. That the brands they've worked to build aren't served by these schemes - they're diminished.
There are other copy protection suites. I don't like them, I've spoken out against them, but I hate them less. At the same time, I recognize that when a company puts millions of dollars into a game, they want to put in that speed bump for the hax0rz. All we're asking is that publishers distance themselves from a company that has shown such contempt for their industry.
(CW)TB out.
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'''Plymouth, Michigan, United States''' - This week, independent software developer Stardock released ''Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar'', an expansion to their PC turn-based strategy game ''Dread Lords''. Industry websites IGN and GameSpy responded with Editors' Choice awards, while UGO gave it an A. The expansion had previously been named as one of GameSpy's ''Most Wanted Games of 2007''.
Reviewers cited the significant increase in customization options, better artificial intelligence, and an improvement in graphics quality as decisive factors. UGO's Adam Swiderski noted that "if creating a fleet of death-dealing starships sounds like fun to you (and it really should), this is your dream playground," while GameSpy's reviewer suggested that "after a week of playing ''Dark Avatar'', you may forget ''Master of Orion'' altogether." Criticism mostly revolved around "uninspired" ground combat, a too-generic tech tree, and the continued lack of multiplayer support.
The original game received some publicity for its lack of copy protection, but gained far more by the actions of a StarForce forum administrator, who made a post linking to an illegal BitTorrent download of the game. StarForce developer Protection Technology later claimed this to be a poorly-considered attempt to demonstrate the result of not using their software, which is designed to prevent software piracy. The result was a media backlash against the company, including satirical commentary by gaming webcomic/blog ''Penny Arcade'' describing the action as "extortion." Its writer, Jerry Holkins, asked that "publishers distance themselves from a company that has shown such contempt for their industry."
The expansion is available as an online purchase in CD or digital download form through Stardock's gaming subsidiary, TotalGaming.net. A compilation of the original and expansion has also been released as ''Galactic Civilizations II: Gold Edition'' and is available in stores, say Stardock. Their retail game releases still contain no copy protection, but online activation is required to download updates.
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In an ironic twist last week, a moderator on the forums for copy protection software StarForce made it easier for people to pirate a game, posting a link directing users to a site from which they could download illegal "warez" copies of Stardock Systems' PC strategy game Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords.
In response to a user's remark that Dread Lords has been experiencing strong sales despite a lack of copy protection (other than a serial number used to download updates), StarForce forum moderator JM posted a link to a Web site and a message saying that several thousand people were downloading the game illegally. He suggested that the game's success was despite the lack of copy protection, and not because of it.
The offending link has since been removed, and yesterday another StarForce forum moderator offered an apology for the situation.
"In the end, on behalf of the whole StarForce I would like to tender our apologies to all people who have been working on creation of the game Galactic Civilizations II," wrote a moderator using the handle "SF shum." The moderator continued, "We have to officially claim that what has happened is just a mistake of our employee that was boosted into 'our planned PR action' by the people who hate StarForce."
The mod also said it would be the last time a staff member would post a link to a site hosting illegal content, and indicated that the site would be revising its rules and policies in order to prevent such an occurrence from happening again in the future.
Stardock Systems expressed its obvious displeasure with the link to pirate its game on the official Dread Lords Web site, but the game's lead designer and Stardock head Brad Wardell took the time to tackle a few questions about the incident and copy protection in general for GameSpot.
GameSpot: There was a public apology made on behalf of StarForce by one of their mods on their forums. Have they contacted you to apologize directly?
Brad Wardell: I did receive today correspondence from Alan Gasanov of StarForce with an apology over the incident. We appreciate that. I don't think there was any sort of malicious intent. I've been in my share of forum "flame wars" over the years and it's easy to make a mistake. Obviously we were pretty unhappy about them linking to a list of warez torrents but we don't plan to pursue the matter.
GS: Why did Stardock opt not to use traditional industry-accepted forms of copy protection?
BW: It's only industry-accepted in the PC game industry--the industry that people are regularly saying is "doomed." Most of our business is in the application software market (the market that no one argues is "doomed"), and such copy protection measures are not used. I don't have to keep my Adobe Photoshop CD in the drive to use it.
We simply applied the PC application software model of IP protection to our games--release the game with no CD-based copy protection and include a unique serial number that they need to use in order to obtain updates.
What we do is take feedback from our customers and release free updates to our games. Since we have a database of every serial number that's been issued, we can control who has access to those updates. By releasing frequent, convenient, free updates, we reward people for buying the game.
GS: Have you had any positive or negative experience using programs like StarForce in your games?
BW: I don't really have any experience with StarForce. I have read about people having problems with such things but I suspect those problems have been exaggerated.
What other publishers do to protect their intellectual property is up to them. I simply don't [think] CD-based protection is particularly effective. Any copy protection system, in my opinion, should be focused on trying to increase sales--not stop piracy. The two aren't the same. Most people who pirate a software product would never have purchased it. It's pointless to waste time on those people. The people to focus on are the ones who might have bought your product or service but chose not to because it was easier to pirate it.
Most serious PC gamers have had cases where they've lost a CD or damaged it. They resent not being able to play the game because on top of the game using gigabytes of disk space...it's also treating their CD-ROM drive as an expensive dongle key.
As a result, the question is, how many legitimate gamers choose not to buy a game that has CD protection because they're on the fence and know that sooner or later, they'll probably lose that CD? For us, that's the underlying question--do we gain more sales from gamers who were on the fence but decided to buy the game because they didn't have to worry about losing/damaging a CD than we lost through piracy?
GS: Will this change your approach to copy protection in the future?
BW: Not at all. As I type this, EBGames has released their top-selling PC games from last week. Galactic Civilizations II was number one. So if piracy is such a menace, it's not apparently affecting us to the degree that some say it should.
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'''Plymouth, Michigan, United States''' - This week, independent software developer Stardock released ''Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar'', an expansion to their PC turn-based strategy game ''Dread Lords''. Industry websites IGN and GameSpy responded with Editors' Choice awards, while UGO gave it an A. The expansion had previously been named as one of GameSpy's ''Most Wanted Games of 2007''.
Reviewers cited the significant increase in customization options, better artificial intelligence, and an improvement in graphics quality as decisive factors. UGO's Adam Swiderski noted that "if creating a fleet of death-dealing starships sounds like fun to you (and it really should), this is your dream playground," while GameSpy's reviewer suggested that "after a week of playing ''Dark Avatar'', you may forget ''Master of Orion'' altogether." Criticism mostly revolved around "uninspired" ground combat, a too-generic tech tree, and the continued lack of multiplayer support.
The original game received some publicity for its lack of copy protection, but gained far more by the actions of a StarForce forum administrator, who made a post linking to an illegal BitTorrent download of the game. StarForce developer Protection Technology later claimed this to be a poorly-considered attempt to demonstrate the result of not using their software, which is designed to prevent software piracy. The result was a media backlash against the company, including satirical commentary by gaming webcomic/blog ''Penny Arcade'' describing the action as "extortion." Its writer, Jerry Holkins, asked that "publishers distance themselves from a company that has shown such contempt for their industry."
The expansion is available as an online purchase in CD or digital download form through Stardock's gaming subsidiary, TotalGaming.net. A compilation of the original and expansion has also been released as ''Galactic Civilizations II: Gold Edition'' and is available in stores, say Stardock. Their retail game releases still contain no copy protection, but online activation is required to download updates.
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New Page 1 Dark Avatar The Expansion Pack for Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords Release Date: February 2007
Public Beta Begins: November 2006 (for users who pre-order the expansion pack) Not quite a sequel...but far more than your ordinary expansion pack... Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar is the expansion pack for Stardock's award-winning hit strategy game, Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords. This expansion pack not only adds the usual content that expansion packs tend to do such as new opponents, new units and a new campaign. It also greatly expands the game play of Galactic Civilizations II. Stardock's goal with Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar is to vastly expand the game play. It doesn't want players to have to wait until some future sequel to get these cool new features. Galactic Civilizations II is one of the highest rated PC games of 2006 and also one of the best selling. In Galactic Civilizations, player take on the role of leader of an interstellar civilization. It takes place in the 23rd century and humans (based on Earth) are one of the 12 included civilizations players can take command of (or they can design their own custom civilization). Military might, diplomatic maneuvering, technological achievement and economic power all are key elements in succeeding in the game. The expansion pack includes a new story-driven campaign that starts off where Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords left off. It also adds a host of new game elements that will significantly alter the way the game is played and vastly increase re-playability. ...Our Story so far... We won't spoil what happened in Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords. But suffice to say that it is a dark time for the galaxy. The evil Drengin Empire reigns supreme across the galaxy. But there is an internal disagreement over what to do with the vanquished -- enslave them or eliminate them. The most powerful Drengin clan, the Korath, demand total extermination of all non-Drengin. The player takes on the role of the Dark Avatar, leader of the Drengin military to thwart the genocidal plans of the Korath in order to make the galaxy safe for oppression... The ruins of the galaxy also have made it vulnerable for a radical religious movement known as The Krynn who have begun striking across the galaxy to convert the fallen to their righteous philosophy. The Krynn have an advantage as well -- planets considered uninhabitable can now be colonized via new environment technologies that the Krynn have but others lack (but now know exist). And the Iconians have discovered a way to mine the resources from asteroids and transfer the resources through sub-space to any planet they choose creating a new wrinkle. The war may be over...but the conquest has only begun... The Features The goal of the expansion pack is to take the game to the next level. To extend its longevity by adding many new game elements that Stardock hopes will transform the strategies employed by players. The features include: Custom Civilization Opponent s. Players can now design their own opponents within the game and then play against them. This includes both what the opponent looks like but also how it plays.
Espionage Agents. Many of the reviews of Galactic Civilizations II have made mention of how the game allows players to win through many different strategic paths. Espionage agents give players the ability to win through covert operations. Spend money on espionage to hire agents who can sabotage production, research, morale, farming, etc. on enemy worlds. Or use them to snuff out enemy agents on your worlds.
Special Worlds. In Galactic Civilizations II, all worlds could be colonized by all players. That will change. In Dark Avatar, each world will be of a certain environment and only civilizations that know how to build colonies on the proper environment can colonize until they research the proper technology.
The Epic Generator. One of the most popular community building features of Galactic Civilizations II was Stardock's release of epic stories of various games the developers played. Dark Avatar will include its own epic generator that will actually build (in HTML) the story of each game the player plays to read later or share with others that gives the story of each game.
Asteroid Fields . Near worlds are asteroid fields which can be exploited by nearby worlds by players. Players will have a variety of asteroid bases they can construct. No longer are planets and galactic resources the only types of "space terrain".
Diplomatic Treaties. Players will be able to establish research and economic treaties with alien civilizations. In this way, they have other sources of money and research and have more tools to influence diplomatic relations.
New Computer AI options . The advanced artificial intelligence in Galactic Civilizations II has been one of the most appreciated features of the game. For the expansion pack, players will be given new options on just how the computer player will play (what algorithms it will make use of, whether it will "cheat" or not, how much CPU to give it) in order for players to get the best experience possible.
Two new races. Two new civilizations will be joining the mix.
New Ship parts. The popular ship design feature will get a lot of new content to design all kinds of new ships.
The new campaign. A new mini-campaign will also be included to continue the story where things left off at the end of Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords.
MEGA Events. Users can optionally enable mega-events. These events can dramatically alter the course of the game. They're not completely random, intelligent algorithms analyze the galaxy and intentionally upset the balance of the galaxy -- civil wars, plagues, rising dread lords, new game rules, etc.
Super-Abilities. Each civilization now gains its own unique super-ability that is immensely powerful. The super-isolationist can keep ships from traveling more than a certain speed in their sphere of influence, the super-manipulator can more easily get civilizations to go to war with each other via diplomacy, the super-warrior gets extra ships, and so on. Each civilization will feel more unique and have very powerful advantages.
New stream-lined technology tree. The Galactic Civilizations II technology tree gets a make-over to make it more stream-lined and interesting.
Visual Make-Over. Hundreds of little tweaks and touches to how the game looks to make it visually more interesting and more engrossing.
Templates. Players can design ships and save them as templates so that in the future, they can start off with a basic design.
User-assignable default AI ships. Players can not only design their opponents but assign what their ships will look like. Design your own set of sci-fi/fantasy ships and then assign those ships to be used by a civilization of your own design.
And more...Stardock has a lot of other features in the pipeline that will be announced as it gets closer to release... The Story For those who play the optional campaign mode of Galactic Civilizations II, it's a dark time for the galaxy. Sometimes, evil wins. Dark Avatar is the story of the Warlord of one of the clans that make up the Drengin Empire. The Drengin Empire dominates the galaxy. The Terran Alliance is on the brink of collapse, the Arcean home world is occupied by Drengin shock troops. But within the Drengin Empire there is conflict, the most powerful clan of the Drengin Empire is known as The Korath. The Drengin Empire merely wants to conquer and enslave the galaxy. The Korath, however, want all non-Drengin exterminated completely. Moreover, something dark is happening to the Korath. The families of the Korath are starting to look..different from other Drengin. Your mission is to find out what is happening with the Korath and save the galaxy from utter extermination. Slavelings yes. Genocide no. What good is being the greatest power in the galaxy if there are no slaves to cower in terror? General Info Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar Developer: Stardock Entertainment Publisher: Stardock Entertainment via TotalGaming.net (www.totalgaming.net) Requires: Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords to be already installed. List price: $29.95 (pre-order price of $24.95 for a limited time only). Release Date: February 2007 (Digital Distribution Only. Users can elect to have a CD package sent to them when they purchase). Website: www.galciv2.com Screenshots GameSpot Screenshots IGN Screenshots ...more to come... Join the adventure... Pre-Order and optionally participate in the public beta: [Purchase Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar expansion]
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'''Plymouth, Michigan, United States''' - This week, independent software developer Stardock released ''Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar'', an expansion to their PC turn-based strategy game ''Dread Lords''. Industry websites IGN and GameSpy responded with Editors' Choice awards, while UGO gave it an A. The expansion had previously been named as one of GameSpy's ''Most Wanted Games of 2007''.
Reviewers cited the significant increase in customization options, better artificial intelligence, and an improvement in graphics quality as decisive factors. UGO's Adam Swiderski noted that "if creating a fleet of death-dealing starships sounds like fun to you (and it really should), this is your dream playground," while GameSpy's reviewer suggested that "after a week of playing ''Dark Avatar'', you may forget ''Master of Orion'' altogether." Criticism mostly revolved around "uninspired" ground combat, a too-generic tech tree, and the continued lack of multiplayer support.
The original game received some publicity for its lack of copy protection, but gained far more by the actions of a StarForce forum administrator, who made a post linking to an illegal BitTorrent download of the game. StarForce developer Protection Technology later claimed this to be a poorly-considered attempt to demonstrate the result of not using their software, which is designed to prevent software piracy. The result was a media backlash against the company, including satirical commentary by gaming webcomic/blog ''Penny Arcade'' describing the action as "extortion." Its writer, Jerry Holkins, asked that "publishers distance themselves from a company that has shown such contempt for their industry."
The expansion is available as an online purchase in CD or digital download form through Stardock's gaming subsidiary, TotalGaming.net. A compilation of the original and expansion has also been released as ''Galactic Civilizations II: Gold Edition'' and is available in stores, say Stardock. Their retail game releases still contain no copy protection, but online activation is required to download updates.
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Le défi 28 jours sans contact social lancé à la population par le gouvernement Legault, pour tenter de casser la deuxième vague de la pandémie, risque de se prolonger, croit la cheffe du Parti libéral du Québec, Dominique Anglade.
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Cette dernière déplore qu’on envoie des messages contradictoires aux Québécois. La Coalition avenir Québec devrait plutôt tempérer les attentes de la population, selon la cheffe de l’opposition officielle.
Écoutez le journaliste Alexandre Dubé avec Benoit Dutrizac sur QUB Radio:
«Il n'y a personne qui a une boule de cristal, qui peut dire: “Ça va être 28 jours et, après ça, on va passer à autre chose.” Je pense que la bonne approche serait de dire: “On rentre dans une période qui va être difficile, on va faire tout ce que l'on peut pour essayer de contrôler la situation”», a expliqué Dominique Anglade en point de presse à l’Assemblée nationale, mercredi.
Le 25 septembre dernier, le ministre de la Santé et des Services sociaux, Christian Dubé, a demandé aux Québécois d’éviter les interactions sociales pendant les 28 prochains jours, afin de freiner la transmission du virus, le tout dans le but d'éviter une deuxième vague de contaminations.
Écoutez l'analyse d'Antoine Robitaille et de Caroline St-Hilaire avec Benoit Dutrizac sur QUB Radio:
En théorie, cette période prendrait donc fin le 23 octobre prochain. Mais, malgré cet appel, le nombre de cas de COVID-19 déclaré quotidiennement dans la province n’a cessé d’augmenter depuis, jusqu’à atteindre un record de 1364 cas, mardi.
Selon Dominique Anglade, les Québécois devraient donc se préparer à être déçus.
«Encore une fois, on voit beaucoup de déclarations, de rétractations. Je pense que c'est ça qu'on va voir également», a-t-elle indiqué.
À VOIR AUSSI
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Éric Duhaime en 2012.
, animateur de radio à la station et ancien conseiller politique, a annoncé qu'il songeait à présenter sa candidature pour devenir Chef du . L'actuel chef, , a annoncé sa démission le 15 octobre.
, a-t-il déclaré sur sa page . Toutefois, , lui qui avait demandé à ses abonnés d'adhérer au PCQ il y a trois jours.
, poursuit-il. L'animateur de 51 ans a beaucoup critiqué les mesures sanitaires du gouvernement, qu'il considère « exagérées », et a même organisé une manifestation contre le port du masque obligatoire dans les écoles. Il indique également que sa réflexion durera 28 jours en référence au « défi 28 jours » du gouvernement, une campagne qui vise à réduire les contacts sociaux dans la population pour contrer la propagation de la .
;Radio X lâchée par ses annonceurs
La station est dans une situation difficile depuis fin septembre, en raison des propos controversés de ses animateurs concernant les mesures sanitaires. Des dizaines d'annonceurs ont décidé de lâcher la station. , a notamment déclaré le propriétaire de l'entreprise Pizza Royale, qui a commandité la chronique d'Éric Duhaime. La station a également refusé de diffuser certaines publicités gouvernementales faisant la promotion du respect des mesures sanitaires, ce qui a suscité de virulentes critiques.
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L’administration Labeaume n'achètera plus de publicité sur les ondes de la radio CHOI Radio X parce qu'elle met en danger le « bien-être » des citoyens et la « santé publique ».
La Ville estime que le comportement des propriétaires de cette station de radio constitue un danger pour la santé publique et le bien-être des citoyens de Québec, car CHOI fait la promotion de l’opposition aux mesures sanitaires durant cette période de grave pandémie , peut-on lire dans un communiqué envoyé lundi.
Le logo de CHOI Radio X à Québec Photo : CHOI Radio X
Vendredi, le gouvernement du Québec a critiqué CHOI Radio X de ne pas diffuser sur ses ondes une publicité qui vise à combattre le discours des complotistes de la pandémie. La station de Québec fait justement l’objet de critiques, car elle choisit de donner la parole à ceux qui décrient les consignes de la santé publique.
Par leur choix de promouvoir l'opposition aux mesures sanitaires, les propriétaires de cette station de radio mettent en danger la santé et potentiellement la vie des citoyens de Québec et d’ailleurs. Sous le couvert de l’idée de la liberté d’opinion, cette organisation valorise les idées s’opposant aux mesures sanitaires , ajoute David O’Brien, porte-parole de la Ville de Québec.
La Ville de Québec indique dépenser des millions de dollars depuis plusieurs mois pour contrer les effets de la pandémie.
Québec doit basculer en zone rouge, lundi, et connaître un resserrement des mesures de confinement. La région n’aura passé qu’une semaine en état d’alerte modérée (jaune).
Au gouvernement d'emboîter le pas
Le député solidaire de Jean-Lesage, Sol Zanetti, demande au gouvernement Legault de faire de même.
Maintenant, au tour du gouvernement du Québec d’emboîter le pas et de retirer toutes ses publicités des ondes de CHOI Radio X, tant et aussi longtemps que la station refusera de diffuser des messages de la santé publique.
Samedi, le gouvernement a indiqué vouloir abandonner sa campagne publicitaire prévue à CHOI Radio X sans plus de débat. On va passer par-dessus ça et on va continuer avec d'autres médias , a déclaré Jérôme Thibaudeau, directeur des communications au ministère du Conseil exécutif.
La direction de CHOI Radio X n'a pas souhaité commenter la décision de la Ville de Québec.
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Éric Duhaime en 2012.
, animateur de radio à la station et ancien conseiller politique, a annoncé qu'il songeait à présenter sa candidature pour devenir Chef du . L'actuel chef, , a annoncé sa démission le 15 octobre.
, a-t-il déclaré sur sa page . Toutefois, , lui qui avait demandé à ses abonnés d'adhérer au PCQ il y a trois jours.
, poursuit-il. L'animateur de 51 ans a beaucoup critiqué les mesures sanitaires du gouvernement, qu'il considère « exagérées », et a même organisé une manifestation contre le port du masque obligatoire dans les écoles. Il indique également que sa réflexion durera 28 jours en référence au « défi 28 jours » du gouvernement, une campagne qui vise à réduire les contacts sociaux dans la population pour contrer la propagation de la .
;Radio X lâchée par ses annonceurs
La station est dans une situation difficile depuis fin septembre, en raison des propos controversés de ses animateurs concernant les mesures sanitaires. Des dizaines d'annonceurs ont décidé de lâcher la station. , a notamment déclaré le propriétaire de l'entreprise Pizza Royale, qui a commandité la chronique d'Éric Duhaime. La station a également refusé de diffuser certaines publicités gouvernementales faisant la promotion du respect des mesures sanitaires, ce qui a suscité de virulentes critiques.
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Stunden nach einem BBC-World-Interview mit einem angeblichen Sprecher von Dow Chemical erklärte der Sender nun, getäuscht worden zu sein. Ein Firmensprecher gab an, dass der Interviewpartner, der sich selbst als Jude Finisterra ausgab, zu keinem Zeitpunkt Angestellter von Dow Chemical gewesen sei.
In dem Interview hatte Finisterra zum 20. Jahrestag des Giftgas-Unglücks von Bhopal im Namen der Firma die Verantwortung übernommen und zwölf Milliarden US-Dollar Entschädigungen angekündigt. Die Meldung wurde von deutschsprachigen Nachrichten übernommen.
Nach einer Meldung der Nachrichtenagentur Reuters konnte eine Gruppe namens „The Yes Men“ als Urheber der Täuschung identifiziert werden. Gegenüber dem britischen Sender „Channel 4“ gab ein Mitglied der Gruppe, Andy Bichlbaum, eine Erklärung ab.
„The Yes Men“ sind bereits bei vergangenen Anlässen als Gruppe aufgetreten, die im Namen anderer Organisationen und Firmen globalisierungskritische Statements abgaben. Sie gestalten unter anderem Internetseiten so, dass sie sich erst auf den zweiten Blick als Täuschung entpuppen. Darauf war die BBC hereingefallen.
Nach Ausstrahlung des BBC-Berichts brach der Aktienkurs von Dow Chemical um 3,2 Prozent ein. Die Falschmeldung hatten die Yes Men (Kommunikationsguerilla) lanciert um an die Katastrophe in Bhopal vor 20 Jahren zu erinnern. Offiziellen Angaben zufolge starben 1.600 Menschen sofort und rund 6.000 weitere an den unmittelbaren Nachwirkungen. Bis heute summiert sich die Zahl der Opfer auf mindestens 20.000 Personen. Rund ein Fünftel der 500.000 Menschen die dem Gas ausgesetzt waren, leiden heute unter chronischen und unheilbaren Krankheiten, die sich offensichtlich zum Teil weitervererben können. Tausende erblindeten.
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Echtes Gift und falsche Firmensprecher Wolf-Dieter Roth Die "Yes Men" haben wieder zugeschlagen Kein schöner Jahrestag: Vor 20 Jahren flog im indischen Bhopal eine Chemiefabrik des US-Unternehmens Union Carbide in die Luft Zehntausende starben, Hunderttausende sind bis heute geschädigt. Die BBC meldete, Dow Chemical, die 2001 Union Carbide kauften, wollten nun endlich für das Desaster gerade stehen. Doch dann stellte sich heraus, dass der live interviewte Firmensprecher ein "Yes Man" war. Am 3. Dezember 1984 gerät kurz nach Mitternacht in einer Pestizidfabrik Wasser in einen Tank mit Methylisocyanat, was diesen zur Explosion bringt: 40 Tonnen des giftigen Stoffes werden frei und ziehen als Gaswolke über die Stadt. Die ersten Opfer sterben in wenigen Minuten, andere erst nach Monaten. Auch nach Tagen weiß noch niemand, was vorgefallen ist. Union Carbide , Inhaber der Fabrik behauptet, ein der der indischen Polizei bekannter und von dieser gedeckter Angestellter habe die Katatstrophe mit Absicht ausgelöst , jedoch warnte der Journalist Rajkumar Keswani schon Jahre vor dem Unfall vor mangelnden Sicherheitsvorrichtungen in dem Werk, das die Produktion bereits eingestellt hatte . Das Einleiten von Wasser in allerdings leere Tanks gehörte zur normalen Reinigungsprozedur, ein falsch gestelltes Ventil war also bereits ausreichend, um die Katastrophe auszulösen. Zudem waren die Tanks überfüllt und ungekühlt. Heute spielen Kinder auf dem verseuchten Vetriebsgelände (Bild: Raghu Rai/Greenpeace) Auch 20 Jahre nach dem Unglück ist das Fabrikgelände nicht saniert und die Opfer oder deren Hinterbliebene sind nicht einmal mit der vom Unternehmen zur Verfügung gestellten Summe von 470 Millionen Dollar, was etwa 1000 Dollar pro Person ergäbe, vollständig versorgt worden. Immer weiter werden die Bewohner von Bhopal vergiftet . 2001 wurden die Reste von Union Carbide durch Dow Chemical übernommen. Dieses Unternehmen fühlt sich nicht für den Zustand des Geländes in Bhopal oder die Geschädigten zuständig, weil man 1984 ja noch nicht Eigentümer der Fabrik in Bhopal war. (Bild: Raghu Rai/Greenpeace) Umso überraschender war ein Interview, das ein angeblicher Firmensprecher von Dow der BBC gab und in dem dieser sagte: "Ich bin sehr glücklich, dass ich heute mitteilen kann, dass Dow erstmals die volle Verantwortung für die Katastrophe in Bhopal übernimmt." Die Entschädigung solle auch den 120 000 Opfern zugute kommen, die ihr ganzes Leben lang medizinische Hilfe benötigen könnten und außerdem solle das Fabrikgelände saniert werden. "Wir haben beschlossen, Union Carbide zu liquidieren, diesen Albtraum für die Welt, der Dow Kopfschmerzen bereitet". Zweimal war das Interview bereits gesendet worden, als sich Dow Chemical nach zwei Stunden empört bei der BBC meldete und diese feststellen musste, dass sie einer Ente aufgesessen war . Man ist empört einerseits, weil der nur kurz andauernde Scherz angeblich falsche Hoffnungen in Bhopal geweckt haben könnte, andererseits, weil die altehrwürdige BBC nun schon das zweite Mal in einem Jahr eine Falschmeldung verbreitet hat. Ob der Eiffelturm im Hintergrund wenigstens echt war? Doch der angeblich unbekannte Scherzbold ist durchaus kein Unbekannter: Es handelt sich um eine Aktion der Yes-Men ( Die Wahrheit ist eine Bedrohung ). Diese sind bereits für diverse Website-Fälschungen bekannt geworden, von einer angeblichen George-W.-Bush-Website bis zur leicht veränderten Kopie der Gatt-Website , die zu Einladungen auf Kongresse führte, bei denen richtige Dramen vorgeführt wurden wie die Story des an einer auf ihn geworfenen, verdorbenen Sahnetorte verstorbenen Abgesandten ( Zur Ästhetik der Lüge ). Die Transmediale 2002 hatten sie ebenfalls mit einem Vortrag eines nicht existenten US-Ministers beglückt ( Public Spaces Invaders ). Und es gibt auch eine Website über die ethischen Grundsätze von Dow Chemical , die sich erst auf den zweiten Blick als Parodie entpuppt, weil einige der Aussagen einfach zu absurd sind. Auf diese Website war die BBC hereingefallen und hatte am 29. November um ein Interview gebeten . Did you know?
Dow is responsible for the birth of the modern environmental movement. Rachel Carson's 1962 book Silent Spring, about the side-effects of a Dow product, DDT, led to a groundswell of concern and the birth of many of today's environmental action groups. Another example of Dow's commitment to Living. Improved daily.
"Dow Ethics" (Yes Men) Und natürlich gibt es auch über den gelungenen BBC-Dow-Hoax wieder eine scheinbar von Dow Chemical stammende, empörte Meldung auf "Dow Ethics" die ebenfalls wieder nichtsahnend nachgedruckt wird. Zusätzlich hatten die Yes Men auch noch ähnlich lautende Pressemeldungen von dowethics.com verschickt. Neu ist der Dow-Hoax dabei nicht: Etwas ziemlich Ähnliches hatten die Yes Men bereits vor 2 Jahren von sich aus auf dow-chemical.com abgezogen . Da sie diese Website damals allerdings im Namen des Sohns des Dow-Chefs angemeldet hatten, konnte dieser sie in seinen Besitz bringen. Zuvor hatte Dow bereits den Provider der Yes Men zum kompletten Abschalten des gesamten Servers gezwungen, wovon auch etliche andere Sites betroffen waren. ( Mit dem Copyright gegen Kritik ). Damit das nicht wieder passiert, gibt es die Dow-Fake-Site nun auch auf etlichen Mirrors . Dow-Carbide will absolutely not accept the least responsibility for the Bhopal catastrophe caused by our fully owned subsidiary, Union Carbide. Our only responsibility is to our shareholders. Therefore, we cannot and will not do anything to help the victims of the accident. You, however, are free to do what you can, as your conscience dictates
"Dow Ethics" (Yes Men) Zum Erstellen solcher leicht veränderten Websites bieten die Yes Men eine eigene Software . Den Tipp Nummer 1 eine ähnlich klingende Domain zu registrieren sollte man in Deutschland allerdings mit Vorsicht genieße, da er schon bei klar unterscheidbaren, verschiedene Themen behandelnden Websites schnell zehn- oder gar hundertausende Euro kosten kann.
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Stunden nach einem BBC-World-Interview mit einem angeblichen Sprecher von Dow Chemical erklärte der Sender nun, getäuscht worden zu sein. Ein Firmensprecher gab an, dass der Interviewpartner, der sich selbst als Jude Finisterra ausgab, zu keinem Zeitpunkt Angestellter von Dow Chemical gewesen sei.
In dem Interview hatte Finisterra zum 20. Jahrestag des Giftgas-Unglücks von Bhopal im Namen der Firma die Verantwortung übernommen und zwölf Milliarden US-Dollar Entschädigungen angekündigt. Die Meldung wurde von deutschsprachigen Nachrichten übernommen.
Nach einer Meldung der Nachrichtenagentur Reuters konnte eine Gruppe namens „The Yes Men“ als Urheber der Täuschung identifiziert werden. Gegenüber dem britischen Sender „Channel 4“ gab ein Mitglied der Gruppe, Andy Bichlbaum, eine Erklärung ab.
„The Yes Men“ sind bereits bei vergangenen Anlässen als Gruppe aufgetreten, die im Namen anderer Organisationen und Firmen globalisierungskritische Statements abgaben. Sie gestalten unter anderem Internetseiten so, dass sie sich erst auf den zweiten Blick als Täuschung entpuppen. Darauf war die BBC hereingefallen.
Nach Ausstrahlung des BBC-Berichts brach der Aktienkurs von Dow Chemical um 3,2 Prozent ein. Die Falschmeldung hatten die Yes Men (Kommunikationsguerilla) lanciert um an die Katastrophe in Bhopal vor 20 Jahren zu erinnern. Offiziellen Angaben zufolge starben 1.600 Menschen sofort und rund 6.000 weitere an den unmittelbaren Nachwirkungen. Bis heute summiert sich die Zahl der Opfer auf mindestens 20.000 Personen. Rund ein Fünftel der 500.000 Menschen die dem Gas ausgesetzt waren, leiden heute unter chronischen und unheilbaren Krankheiten, die sich offensichtlich zum Teil weitervererben können. Tausende erblindeten.
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Press Announcement
The BBC has moved swiftly to retract a live interview with an individual claiming to be a spokesman for Dow Chemicals.
In the interview the individual admitted responsibility for the Bhopal disaster.
The interview, an elaborate deception, was carried live on BBC World and subsequently on BBC News 24 and BBC Radio.
The individual was contacted by the BBC and, during a series of phone calls, claimed that there would be a significant announcement to be made on behalf of the Dow Chemical company.
He gave no further detail until the live interview, broadcast from the BBC's Paris bureau this morning.
Following further internal enquiries, the BBC realised that the interview was a deception and broadcast the following statement:
"This morning at 9.00 and 10.00am (GMT), BBC World ran an interview with someone purporting to be from the Dow Chemical company about Bhopal.
"This interview was inaccurate, part of an elaborate deception.
"The person did not represent the company and we want to make clear that the information he gave was entirely inaccurate."
The BBC also immediately contacted Dow Chemicals and apologised to them.
The BBC is looking into the incident to establish the background and how the interview got to air.
A report will be made to the BBC's Deputy Director-General, Mark Byford.
Issued by the BBC Corporate Press Office
03/12/2004
All enquiries regarding this matter to the Press Office (tel: +44 20 8576 1865).
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Stunden nach einem BBC-World-Interview mit einem angeblichen Sprecher von Dow Chemical erklärte der Sender nun, getäuscht worden zu sein. Ein Firmensprecher gab an, dass der Interviewpartner, der sich selbst als Jude Finisterra ausgab, zu keinem Zeitpunkt Angestellter von Dow Chemical gewesen sei.
In dem Interview hatte Finisterra zum 20. Jahrestag des Giftgas-Unglücks von Bhopal im Namen der Firma die Verantwortung übernommen und zwölf Milliarden US-Dollar Entschädigungen angekündigt. Die Meldung wurde von deutschsprachigen Nachrichten übernommen.
Nach einer Meldung der Nachrichtenagentur Reuters konnte eine Gruppe namens „The Yes Men“ als Urheber der Täuschung identifiziert werden. Gegenüber dem britischen Sender „Channel 4“ gab ein Mitglied der Gruppe, Andy Bichlbaum, eine Erklärung ab.
„The Yes Men“ sind bereits bei vergangenen Anlässen als Gruppe aufgetreten, die im Namen anderer Organisationen und Firmen globalisierungskritische Statements abgaben. Sie gestalten unter anderem Internetseiten so, dass sie sich erst auf den zweiten Blick als Täuschung entpuppen. Darauf war die BBC hereingefallen.
Nach Ausstrahlung des BBC-Berichts brach der Aktienkurs von Dow Chemical um 3,2 Prozent ein. Die Falschmeldung hatten die Yes Men (Kommunikationsguerilla) lanciert um an die Katastrophe in Bhopal vor 20 Jahren zu erinnern. Offiziellen Angaben zufolge starben 1.600 Menschen sofort und rund 6.000 weitere an den unmittelbaren Nachwirkungen. Bis heute summiert sich die Zahl der Opfer auf mindestens 20.000 Personen. Rund ein Fünftel der 500.000 Menschen die dem Gas ausgesetzt waren, leiden heute unter chronischen und unheilbaren Krankheiten, die sich offensichtlich zum Teil weitervererben können. Tausende erblindeten.
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Stunden nach einem BBC-World-Interview mit einem angeblichen Sprecher von Dow Chemical erklärte der Sender nun, getäuscht worden zu sein. Ein Firmensprecher gab an, dass der Interviewpartner, der sich selbst als Jude Finisterra ausgab, zu keinem Zeitpunkt Angestellter von Dow Chemical gewesen sei.
In dem Interview hatte Finisterra zum 20. Jahrestag des Giftgas-Unglücks von Bhopal im Namen der Firma die Verantwortung übernommen und zwölf Milliarden US-Dollar Entschädigungen angekündigt. Die Meldung wurde von deutschsprachigen Nachrichten übernommen.
Nach einer Meldung der Nachrichtenagentur Reuters konnte eine Gruppe namens „The Yes Men“ als Urheber der Täuschung identifiziert werden. Gegenüber dem britischen Sender „Channel 4“ gab ein Mitglied der Gruppe, Andy Bichlbaum, eine Erklärung ab.
„The Yes Men“ sind bereits bei vergangenen Anlässen als Gruppe aufgetreten, die im Namen anderer Organisationen und Firmen globalisierungskritische Statements abgaben. Sie gestalten unter anderem Internetseiten so, dass sie sich erst auf den zweiten Blick als Täuschung entpuppen. Darauf war die BBC hereingefallen.
Nach Ausstrahlung des BBC-Berichts brach der Aktienkurs von Dow Chemical um 3,2 Prozent ein. Die Falschmeldung hatten die Yes Men (Kommunikationsguerilla) lanciert um an die Katastrophe in Bhopal vor 20 Jahren zu erinnern. Offiziellen Angaben zufolge starben 1.600 Menschen sofort und rund 6.000 weitere an den unmittelbaren Nachwirkungen. Bis heute summiert sich die Zahl der Opfer auf mindestens 20.000 Personen. Rund ein Fünftel der 500.000 Menschen die dem Gas ausgesetzt waren, leiden heute unter chronischen und unheilbaren Krankheiten, die sich offensichtlich zum Teil weitervererben können. Tausende erblindeten.
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03. Dezember 2004 Druckversion | Versenden | Leserbrief
FALSCHMELDUNG ZU BHOPAL
BBC fiel auf Schwindler herein
Nach dem Skandal um den britischen Regierungsbeamten David Kelly ist die BBC erneut in ein Nachrichtendebakel verwickelt: Der Sender behauptete fälschlicherweise, der in die Giftgaskatastrophe im indischen Bhopal verstrickte US-Konzern zahle den Opfern Entschädigung in Milliardenhöhe.
AP Giftgas-Unglück in Bhopal, 1984: 40 Tonnen tödliches Gas
Heute zog der Sender einen Bericht zurück, in dem ein angeblicher Dow-Chemical-Sprecher mit der Aussage zitiert wurde, der Konzern übernehme die volle Verantwortung und werde den Opfern zwölf Milliarden Dollar Entschädigung zahlen. "Diese Information war ungenau, Teil eines aufwendigen Schwindels", erklärte die öffentlich-rechtliche Sendeanstalt. Zudem wiesen Dow Chemical und die heutige Tochter Union Carbide, in deren Fabrik sich das Unglück ereignet hatte, den Bericht zurück.
Eine Übernahme der vollen Verantwortung und eine weitere Entschädigung entspräche einer Abkehr von der bisherigen Unternehmenspolitik des größten US-Chemiekonzerns. Die Aktien von Dow Chemical gaben unmittelbar nach der Bekanntgabe der angeblich beschlossenen Entschädigung im europäischen Handel vor Börsenbeginn in den USA um 3,2 Prozent nach.
Zweimal hatte die BBC den Bericht gesendet, in dem sich ein angeblicher Dow-Chemical-Sprecher namens Jude Finisterra zu Wort meldete. Dieser erklärte: "Ich bin sehr glücklich, dass ich heute mitteilen kann, dass Dow erstmals die volle Verantwortung für die Katastrophe in Bhopal übernimmt." Die Entschädigung solle auch den 120.000 Opfern zugute kommen, die ihr ganzes Leben lang medizinische Hilfe benötigen könnten, so der angebliche Konzernsprecher. Man plane außerdem, das Fabrikgelände zu sanieren. "Wir haben beschlossen, Union Carbide zu liquidieren, diesen Alptraum für die Welt, der Dow Kopfschmerzen bereitet", so die Worte des vermeintlichen Repräsentanten.
Nachdem der Schwindel aufgeflogen war, erklärte die BBC, der angebliche Sprecher sei kein offizieller Vertreter des US-Konzerns. Die Sprecherin von Dow Chemical, Marina Ashanin, versicherte der BBC, der Bericht entbehre jeglicher Grundlage: "Wir bestätigen zudem, dass Jude Finisterra niemals ein Mitarbeiter oder ein Sprecher von Dow war." Auch ein Sprecher von Union Carbide beteuerte: "Der BBC-Bericht ist falsch."
In der Nacht vom 2. auf 3. Dezember 1984 waren in der Pestizidfabrik von Union Carbide in Bhopal fast 40 Tonnen des hochgiftigen Gases Methylisocyanat ausgetreten. Rund 3000 Menschen starben in der Giftgaswolke über der zentralindischen Stadt. Mindestens 15.000 weitere Menschen sind nach Schätzungen der indischen Regierung an den Folgen des Unglücks bis heute gestorben. Die Menschenrechtsorganisation Amnesty International geht sogar von mehr als 20.000 Toten aus. Auch heute noch leiden die Betroffenen unter anderem an Atemwegserkrankungen und Krebs. Das Bhopal-Unglück zählt zu den schwersten in der Geschichte der Industrie.
Das getürkte Entschädigungsstatement ist der zweite schwere Fehler, der dem britischen Sender in letzter Zeit unterlaufen ist. Im Mai 2003 hatte der BBC-Reporter Andrew Gilligan den Kommunikationsdirektor von Premier Tony Blair, Alastair Campbell, beschuldigt, er habe im September 2002 in Blairs Regierungsbericht hineinschreiben lassen, Irak sei in der Lage, binnen 45 Minuten Massenvernichtungswaffen einzusetzen, um einen Krieg gegen das Land zu rechtfertigen.
Als Quelle des Berichts war daraufhin der im Verteidigungsministerium beschäftigte Waffenexperte David Kelly benannt worden, der im vergangenen Juli Selbstmord beging. Die Regierung nannte den Radiobeitrag völlig unhaltbar und warf der BBC vor, in ihrer Berichterstattung wichtige Fakten nicht überprüft und dieses Versäumnis später nicht eingestanden zu haben. Später waren sowohl Gilligan als auch der damalige BBC-Intendant Greg Dyke von ihren Posten zurückgetreten.
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Jahrestag der Gas-Katastrophe: Das Sterben in Bhopal geht weiter (03.12.2004) Freispruch für Tony Blair: "Diese Vorwürfe haben mich ins Herz getroffen" [€] (28.01.2004) Ermittlungen: Bericht zu Kelly-Selbstmord entlastet Blair [€] (28.01.2004)
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Stunden nach einem BBC-World-Interview mit einem angeblichen Sprecher von Dow Chemical erklärte der Sender nun, getäuscht worden zu sein. Ein Firmensprecher gab an, dass der Interviewpartner, der sich selbst als Jude Finisterra ausgab, zu keinem Zeitpunkt Angestellter von Dow Chemical gewesen sei.
In dem Interview hatte Finisterra zum 20. Jahrestag des Giftgas-Unglücks von Bhopal im Namen der Firma die Verantwortung übernommen und zwölf Milliarden US-Dollar Entschädigungen angekündigt. Die Meldung wurde von deutschsprachigen Nachrichten übernommen.
Nach einer Meldung der Nachrichtenagentur Reuters konnte eine Gruppe namens „The Yes Men“ als Urheber der Täuschung identifiziert werden. Gegenüber dem britischen Sender „Channel 4“ gab ein Mitglied der Gruppe, Andy Bichlbaum, eine Erklärung ab.
„The Yes Men“ sind bereits bei vergangenen Anlässen als Gruppe aufgetreten, die im Namen anderer Organisationen und Firmen globalisierungskritische Statements abgaben. Sie gestalten unter anderem Internetseiten so, dass sie sich erst auf den zweiten Blick als Täuschung entpuppen. Darauf war die BBC hereingefallen.
Nach Ausstrahlung des BBC-Berichts brach der Aktienkurs von Dow Chemical um 3,2 Prozent ein. Die Falschmeldung hatten die Yes Men (Kommunikationsguerilla) lanciert um an die Katastrophe in Bhopal vor 20 Jahren zu erinnern. Offiziellen Angaben zufolge starben 1.600 Menschen sofort und rund 6.000 weitere an den unmittelbaren Nachwirkungen. Bis heute summiert sich die Zahl der Opfer auf mindestens 20.000 Personen. Rund ein Fünftel der 500.000 Menschen die dem Gas ausgesetzt waren, leiden heute unter chronischen und unheilbaren Krankheiten, die sich offensichtlich zum Teil weitervererben können. Tausende erblindeten.
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NEWARK, N.J. - Six people connected to a charter jet company that operated a flight that crashed at Teterboro Airport in 2005 have been indicted for conspiring to violate regulatory practices.
The flight failed to take off, smashed through a fence, crossed heavily traveled Route 46 and slammed into a warehouse. No one was killed, but 20 people were injured.
Investigators said the flight crew did not properly calculate the plane's center of gravity due to over-fueling.
In the indictment unsealed Wednesday, five officials and a pilot who worked for the now-defunct Platinum Jet Management of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., were charged with conspiracy to purposely violate regulatory requirements for operating commercial aircraft.
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In the United States, six men linked to the defunct Florida company Platinum Jet Management have been charged in connection to the February 2, 2005 crash of a jet owned by the company at New Jersey's Teterboro Airport. The Bombardier Challenger CL-600's crash left twenty people hospitalised and prosecutors allege that regular breaches of federal law were to blame.
The business jet had been privately chartered for a flight to Chicago Midway Airport but failed to take off. Instead, the aircraft broke through a fence, crossed Route 46 and struck a warehouse, causing a fire. The plane clipped two cars on the way across the road and the accident left eleven people onboard the aircraft and nine more on the ground hospitalised.
The National Transportation Safety Board investigated the accident and found that the flight crew had miscalcualted the aircraft's centre of gravity and that overfilling the fuel tanks had moved it too far forward.
According to a federal indictment filed Wednesday, six men within the company were "routinely undertaking and concealing dangerous fueling and weight-distribution practices." Three co-founders of Platinum - Michael Brassington, 35, his brother Paul Brassington, 29, and Andre Budhan, 42, as well as maintenance director Brien McKenzie, also 42, have been arrested and pilot Francis Vieira, 59, and director of charters Joseph Singh, 37, are being sought.
The 23-count indictment says that Michael Brassington, McKenzie and Vieira regularly stated in paperwork that aircraft were operating at weights up to 1,000 pounds lighter than the true value in breach of Federal Aviation Administration laws. It also accuses Platinum of operating commercial charters for a year between November 2002 and November 2003 without a valid licence and filing such flights as noncommercial.
The document goes on to accuse Platinum of using pilots that lacked proper training; in particular John Kimberling, who flew the jet that crashed, was not adequatly qualified to fly commercial flights, which have stricter regulations than noncommercial air operations. He has not been charged himself at this time, but investigations continue. The ''Southern Ledger'' states the accused face charges of "conspiracy, fraud, endangering the safety of aircraft and making false statements to the National Transportation Safety Board."
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6 indicted over 2005 Teterboro, NJ, jet crash
The company that operated a charter jet that crashed into a warehouse in 2005 routinely overloaded its planes with fuel in violation of federal regulations and used pilots who weren't certified for that type of flying, prosecutors charged in an indictment unsealed Wednesday.
Six people connected to now-defunct Platinum Jet Management, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., face charges that include conspiracy, fraud, endangering the safety of aircraft and making false statements to the National Transportation Safety Board.
The 23-count indictment accuses the six men of "routinely undertaking and concealing dangerous fueling and weight-distribution practices," including on the day a Platinum-operated jet failed to lift off at Teterboro Airport on Feb. 2, 2005.
The Bombardier Challenger CL-600, a corporate jet being used that day as a private charter to Chicago Midway Airport, went off the runway, crashed through a fence and clipped two cars on a busy road, then smashed into a warehouse, causing a fire.
No one was killed, but about 20 people were taken to hospitals, including the 11 people on the plane. The crash prompted the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates the airport 10 miles northeast of Newark, to speed up the installation of barriers at the end of the runway.
The NTSB concluded that the flight crew did not properly calculate the plane's center of gravity and that a decision to top off its fuel tanks moved the jet's center of gravity too far forward.
Federal prosecutors charged Platinum co-founders Michael Brassington, 35, his brother Paul Brassington, 29, and Andre Budhan, 42. Also charged were Joseph Singh, 37, the company's director of charters; director of maintenance Brien McKenzie, 42; and pilot Francis Vieira, 59.
The Brassingtons, Budhan and McKenzie were arrested in Florida on Wednesday, said New Jersey's acting U.S. attorney, Ralph Marra. Vieira and Singh were being sought.
It was not immediately known which of the defendants had retained attorneys. Chris Mancini, an attorney who appeared on behalf of Platinum at Wednesday's court hearing in Fort Lauderdale, did not immediately return a message left by The Associated Press.
All counts in the indictment carry a maximum five-year prison sentence except the endangering count, which carries a 20-year maximum, according to the U.S. attorney's office.
Prosecutors said Michael Brassington, McKenzie and Vieira filed paperwork on numerous occasions that falsely claimed the planes being flown by Platinum out of Teterboro were up to 1,000 pounds lighter than their actual weight, a violation of Federal Aviation Administration regulations.
"This is clearly something that shouldn't happen, and it happened in this case," Marra said.
Platinum also claimed that its on-demand commercial flights were actually noncommercial flights, according to the indictment. The company was not certified to fly the commercial flights, which have more stringent regulations, between Nov. 2002 and Nov. 2003, the indictment alleges.
The defendants also are accused of using unqualified pilots. The indictment charges that John Kimberling, the pilot involved in the 2005 Teterboro crash, was not certified to fly the commercial flights.
Marra said Kimberling has not been charged but that the investigation continues.
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Indictment:
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In the United States, six men linked to the defunct Florida company Platinum Jet Management have been charged in connection to the February 2, 2005 crash of a jet owned by the company at New Jersey's Teterboro Airport. The Bombardier Challenger CL-600's crash left twenty people hospitalised and prosecutors allege that regular breaches of federal law were to blame.
The business jet had been privately chartered for a flight to Chicago Midway Airport but failed to take off. Instead, the aircraft broke through a fence, crossed Route 46 and struck a warehouse, causing a fire. The plane clipped two cars on the way across the road and the accident left eleven people onboard the aircraft and nine more on the ground hospitalised.
The National Transportation Safety Board investigated the accident and found that the flight crew had miscalcualted the aircraft's centre of gravity and that overfilling the fuel tanks had moved it too far forward.
According to a federal indictment filed Wednesday, six men within the company were "routinely undertaking and concealing dangerous fueling and weight-distribution practices." Three co-founders of Platinum - Michael Brassington, 35, his brother Paul Brassington, 29, and Andre Budhan, 42, as well as maintenance director Brien McKenzie, also 42, have been arrested and pilot Francis Vieira, 59, and director of charters Joseph Singh, 37, are being sought.
The 23-count indictment says that Michael Brassington, McKenzie and Vieira regularly stated in paperwork that aircraft were operating at weights up to 1,000 pounds lighter than the true value in breach of Federal Aviation Administration laws. It also accuses Platinum of operating commercial charters for a year between November 2002 and November 2003 without a valid licence and filing such flights as noncommercial.
The document goes on to accuse Platinum of using pilots that lacked proper training; in particular John Kimberling, who flew the jet that crashed, was not adequatly qualified to fly commercial flights, which have stricter regulations than noncommercial air operations. He has not been charged himself at this time, but investigations continue. The ''Southern Ledger'' states the accused face charges of "conspiracy, fraud, endangering the safety of aircraft and making false statements to the National Transportation Safety Board."
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The bus was packed with civilians when it was bombed
Scenes from attack
The blast ripped through the vehicle in the town of Buttala, 240km (150 miles) south-east of the capital, Colombo.
Officials say another five people were killed by gunmen fleeing the attack and several soldiers were hurt in a second blast not far from the first explosion.
The army blamed Tamil Tiger rebels for the attacks, which came as the government formally ended a ceasefire.
Fighting had been going on in the north and east of the island for about two years despite the truce.
'Shots fired'
Army spokesman Brig Udaya Nanayakkara told the BBC four of those injured in the Buttala blast were children.
Everybody was screaming and I saw people on the ground in a bloodbath
TM Lalani,
Survivor
In pictures: Deadly blast
A roadside bomb was detonated as the vehicle was driving past, according to the defence ministry.
Brig Nanayakkara said the attackers fired shots into the wreckage after the explosion. Hospital officials have yet to say whether any of the bomb victims had gunshot wounds.
Bystanders told the BBC Sinhala service that the attackers, clad in black, had shot at them and fired in the air after the attack.
They could not confirm whether shots had been fired at those on the bus after the blast.
A woman bus passenger, who was taking her baby to the doctor, described the incident as a "bloodbath".
"I heard a loud noise and I thought it was a bomb, so I went under the seat of the bus with my baby and we heard firing for about five minutes," TM Lalani, 27, told Reuters news agency.
"Everybody was screaming and I saw people on the ground in a bloodbath. My leg got injured from pieces of glass. Luckily my baby has not got any injuries."
The second blast took place a short distance away from the first - the target was an armoured vehicle and several soldiers were wounded, the military said.
The authorities say five farmers were then killed by gunmen fleeing from the scene of the first attack. A sixth was injured.
There was no immediate word from the rebels, who have carried out a number of attacks in the south in recent months.
Buttala is in a Sinhalese-dominated area, far from the rebels' northern stronghold.
President Rajapaksa accused the Tamil Tigers of savagery.
"This is a brazen demonstration to the whole world of [their] unchanged commitment to terrorism," he said.
Norwegian-led truce monitors, who are leaving Sri Lanka, said neither side could win the war. The US said a political solution was the only option.
'Ready to fight'
The government gave notice two weeks ago it was pulling out of the 2002 ceasefire agreement.
It says the rebels, who want an independent state in the north and east, used the peace pact to rearm and regroup. It now says it aims to crush them by the end of this year.
The head of the Tigers' political wing B Nadesan told the BBC they were ready to fight.
"Definitely if they try to launch a major offensive against our forces, the Sri Lankan forces will face severe casualties," he said.
As the ceasefire came to an end fighting continued along the frontlines that surround territory held by the Tamil Tigers in northern Sri Lanka.
The government now says it will produce within weeks a long delayed package of devolution proposals.
It is seeking to sideline the separatist Tigers and resolve with other groups the complaints of the Tamil minority that they have been marginalised for decades by Sinhalese-dominated governments.
The BBC's Roland Buerk in Colombo says there are serious doubts over whether the scheme can work.
As the last hours of the ceasefire ticked away the Japanese peace envoy, Yasushi Akashi, held meetings with government officials in Colombo.
Japan is a major donor to Sri Lanka and has hinted it might reconsider its aid package, warning of the dire humanitarian consequences of an intensified war.
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Map highlighting location of Sri Lanka.
So far at least 23 people, all civilians, are reported dead when a bomb exploded on a bus in the town of Buttala in Sri Lanka. Nearly 70 have been injured. Reports say that there were at least 50 people on the bus, many of them school children.
"Twenty-three people were killed and 67 wounded. They are all civilians. The terrorists were desperate in that area and are now targeting civilians," said Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara, a spokesman for the country's military. Police also say that someone fire shots at the bus after it exploded.
It is not yet known whether or not the bomb was on the bus, or placed in close proximity of it.
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January 16, 2008 - 6:18PM
A bomb tore through a Sri Lankan bus packed with school children killing 24 people and wounding dozens, the military said.
The Ministry of Defence said a large number of schoolchildren were on the bus at the time of the blast in the central district of Moneragala, around 240km east of the capital Colombo.
However hospital officials said they were treating only four children for minor injuries, and that no children were killed.
Schools in the surrounding province of Uva were temporarily closed following the attack which the military blamed on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
A second blast targeted an army armoured personnel carrier 20km south of the first attack, wounding three soldiers, the military said.
The bus attack in the town of Buttala in the central district of Moneragala was the latest in a series of roadside bomb attacks blamed on the rebels, who are fighting to create an independent state in the island's north and east.
"Twenty-three people were killed and 67 wounded (in the bus attack)," said military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara. "They are all civilians." Another civilian died on his way to hospital, a doctor said.
"The terrorists were desperate in that area and are now targeting civilians," Nanayakkara said.
One bus passenger described hearing a firefight after the blast.
"I was on my way to take my ... baby to the doctor. I heard a loud noise and I thought it was a bomb, so I went under the seat of the bus with my baby and we heard firing for about five minutes," 27-year-old housewife TM Lalani told Reuters from Buttala hospital.
"Everybody was screaming and I saw people on the ground in a bloodbath," she added.
"My leg got injured from pieces of glass. Luckily my baby has not got any injuries."
The Tigers were not immediately available for comment on the blast, which bore the hallmarks of previous rebel attacks, but routinely deny involvement.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa's government announced a fortnight ago it was scrapping a peace pact, triggering fears that the fighting would deepen.
The 2002 ceasefire broke down two years ago.
The government argues the rebels simply used the peace pact, to buy time to regroup and rearm and that they were not sincere about talking peace.
Nordic truce monitors said both sides had repeatedly violated the terms of the ceasefire agreement.
Around 70,000 people have been killed since the war erupted in 1983, and the toll climbs daily.
After the latest incident, Sri Lanka's bourse fell 1.6 per cents to six-month lows, though traders said investors had been expecting violence.
"Investors expected this, so there is no panic selling. But investors are seen selling their holdings and leaving the market," said Vaijra Premawardhana, head of research at Lanka Orix Securities.
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Map highlighting location of Sri Lanka.
So far at least 23 people, all civilians, are reported dead when a bomb exploded on a bus in the town of Buttala in Sri Lanka. Nearly 70 have been injured. Reports say that there were at least 50 people on the bus, many of them school children.
"Twenty-three people were killed and 67 wounded. They are all civilians. The terrorists were desperate in that area and are now targeting civilians," said Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara, a spokesman for the country's military. Police also say that someone fire shots at the bus after it exploded.
It is not yet known whether or not the bomb was on the bus, or placed in close proximity of it.
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R. MOLDOVA ARE DEJA PESTE DOUĂ MILIOANE DE UTILIZATORI AI SERVICIILOR DE TELEFONIE MOBILĂ
(Comunicat de presă) Numărul utilizatorilor serviciilor de telefonie mobilă a crescut, în primul trimestru al anului curent, în raport cu perioada corespunzătoare a anului trecut, cu 47,3 % și a depășit cifra de 2 mil. 88,6 mii. La începutul anului numărul lor era de 1 mil. 882,8 mii. Rata de penetrare a acestor servicii, raportată la o sută de locuitori, s-a majorat cu 19,7 puncte procentuale și s-a apropiat de nivelul de 61%, arată un raport al Agenției Naționale pentru Reglementare în Comunicații Electronice și Tehnologia Informației (ANRCETI). Primul milion de utilizatori ai telefoniei mobile a fost înregistrat în septembrie 2005, iar peste un an jumătate, în mai 2007, - 1,5 mil. de utilizatori.
Potrivit datelor statistice prezentate Agenției de furnizorii de servicii de telefonie mobilă, în perioada de raport, aceștia au conectat la rețelele sale peste 205,8 mii de utilizatori noi, de peste trei ori mai mult decât în primul trimestru al anului 2007. Cei mai mulți utilizatori a conectat la rețeaua sa "MOLDCELL" - 103,9 mii. La începutul lunii aprilie "MOLDCELL" avea în total 660,1 mii utilizatori, "Orange Moldova" - 1 mil. 349,5 mii, "UNITE" - 66,5 mii și "EVENTIS" - 12,5 mii. Cifra de afaceri a furnizorilor serviciilor de telefonie mobilă a crescut, față de primul trimestru al anului 2007, cu 28,7% și a însumat circa 646,5 mil. lei. Cel mai mare volum de vânzări a fost înregistrat de "Orange Moldova" - circa 426,9 mil. lei. Venitul mediu lunar per utilizator (ARPU) al furnizorilor acestor servicii s-a majorat cu 1,2% și a alcătuit 122,1 lei. După cifra de afaceri, cota de piață a "Orange Moldova" a constituit 66%, a "MOLDCELL"-ului - 27,6%, "UNITE" - 5,4% și "EVENTIS" - circa 0,3% . În perioada de raport, volumul investițiilor în telefonia mobilă practic s-a dublat în comparație cu primul trimestru al anului 2007, și a depășit cifra de 228,4 mil. lei. Cea mai mare creștere a investițiilor a înregistrat "MOLDCELL", care a alocat peste 93,8 mil. lei. În 2007, operatorii de telefonie mobilă au investit în dezvoltarea sectorului 1 mlrd. 158,6 mil. lei și au efectuat un volum record de vânzări - de 2 mlrd. 377,2 mil. lei. Pentru 2008 Agenția estimează creșterea acestui segment al pieței serviciilor de comunicații electronice în mărimi comparabile cu cele înregistrate în 2007. În prezent pe piața națională a serviciilor de telefonie mobilă activează patru operatori. "Orange Moldova" (fostul "VOXTEL") și-a lansat rețeaua sa în octombrie 1998, "MOLDCELL" - în aprilie 2000, "MOLDTELECOM", sub marca comercială "UNITE", - în martie 2007, iar "EVENTIS" - în decembrie 2007. Serviciul de presa al ANRCETI
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The number of mobile phone users in Moldova increased by 47.3 % in the first quarter of 2008 against the last year and exceeded 2.88 million. This information was published by the Moldovan National Electronic and Information Technology Regulator (ANRCETI).
At the beginning of this year, the number of mobile phone users was of 1.88 million. The penetration rate of such services per one hundred inhabitants increased by 19.7 percentage points and approached 61%.
The first million of mobile telephony users was registered in September 2005. A year and a half later the figure amounted to 1.5 million users. During the first quarter of 2008, mobile phone service suppliers connected over 205.8 thousand new users, by more than three times more against the first quarter of 2007.
The local mobile phone market is divided between three GSM networks (Orange, Moldcell and Eventis) and one CDMA (Unité) mobile operator. Orange Moldova launched its network in October 1998, Moldcell in April 2000, Moldtelecom (under the trademark Unité) in March 2007 and Eventis in December 2007.
Moldcell connected the most users to its network, achieving 103.9 thousand. Overall, as of April 1, 2008, Moldcell had 660.1 thousand users, Orange Moldova had 1.34 million users, Unite had 66.5 thousand users and Eventis had 12.5 thousand users.
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INSIDE RACING
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Jeff Gordon in 2012
driver Jeff Gordon won the NASCAR on Sunday at in , Virginia. Gordon started the race in ninth, and eventually won his first race of and snapping a 32-race winless streak. The race, contested over 500 laps, featured a season-high 17 for 111 laps and involving 21 drivers, and 15 different race leaders.
The race was primarily dominated by championship contenders and , who led 123 and 202 laps, respectively. However, Johnson fell behind after a caution on lap 218, and dropped back further into the field after another caution on lap 229. Kenseth relinquished the lead on lap 237 to , and was out of the top ten afterwards. Gordon took the lead from Bowyer on lap 282, which he held for 57 laps. Johnson and Kenseth eventually caught up to the top ten, while Gordon lost positions due to a , but he reached second place with 80 laps to go. On lap 479, Gordon passed Kenseth entering turns one and two, and led for the remainder of the race. Kenseth finished second, followed by , champion , and Johnson closed out the top five. , , , and rounded out the top ten.
After winning, Gordon stated:
In the points race, Gordon moved up to third, 27 points behind Johnson and Kenseth, who were both tied for the lead with 2,294. The remaining ten drivers in the were: Harvick (2,266), (2,258), Bowyer (2,239), Earnhardt (2,238), Biffle (2,236), (2,219), (2,218), (2209), (2,188) and (2,170).
The win was Gordon's eighth at Martinsville, tying him with Johnson for the most among active drivers at the track. The win also clinched the Manufacturers' Championship for , the eleventh consecutive title for the American-based manufacturer.
The next race of the season is to be the 2013 AAA Texas 500 at , to air on on November 3, 2013.
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2013 Goody's Headache Relief Shot 500
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NASCAR Sprint Cup race number 33 of 35
Sunday, October 27, 2013 at Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA
500 laps on a .526 mile paved track (263.0 miles)
Time of race: 3:44:21
Average Speed: 70.337 mph
Pole Speed: 99.595 mph Cautions: 17 for 111 laps
Margin of Victory: .605 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 15
Glossary 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup results / 2013 standings
'Chase' drivers are highlighted in green in the qualifying and race results.
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driver Jeff Gordon won the NASCAR on Sunday at in , Virginia. Gordon started the race in ninth, and eventually won his first race of and snapping a 32-race winless streak. The race, contested over 500 laps, featured a season-high 17 for 111 laps and involving 21 drivers, and 15 different race leaders.
The race was primarily dominated by championship contenders and , who led 123 and 202 laps, respectively. However, Johnson fell behind after a caution on lap 218, and dropped back further into the field after another caution on lap 229. Kenseth relinquished the lead on lap 237 to , and was out of the top ten afterwards. Gordon took the lead from Bowyer on lap 282, which he held for 57 laps. Johnson and Kenseth eventually caught up to the top ten, while Gordon lost positions due to a , but he reached second place with 80 laps to go. On lap 479, Gordon passed Kenseth entering turns one and two, and led for the remainder of the race. Kenseth finished second, followed by , champion , and Johnson closed out the top five. , , , and rounded out the top ten.
After winning, Gordon stated:
In the points race, Gordon moved up to third, 27 points behind Johnson and Kenseth, who were both tied for the lead with 2,294. The remaining ten drivers in the were: Harvick (2,266), (2,258), Bowyer (2,239), Earnhardt (2,238), Biffle (2,236), (2,219), (2,218), (2209), (2,188) and (2,170).
The win was Gordon's eighth at Martinsville, tying him with Johnson for the most among active drivers at the track. The win also clinched the Manufacturers' Championship for , the eleventh consecutive title for the American-based manufacturer.
The next race of the season is to be the 2013 AAA Texas 500 at , to air on on November 3, 2013.
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Jeff Gordon wins wild NASCAR Chase race at Martinsville
Race features 17 caution periods, 21 cars involved in incidents
Jeff Gordon won his 88th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on Sunday at ... Photo by LAT PHOTOGRAPHIC. Jeff Gordon takes the checkered flag at Martinsville.... Photo by LAT PHOTOGRAPHIC. Jeff Gordon and his crew begin the celebration after Gordon won for the... Photo by LAT PHOTOGRAPHIC. Jeff Gordon trails Chase leaders Jimmie Johnson and Matt Kenseth by just... Photo by LAT PHOTOGRAPHIC.
Jeff Gordon wasn’t thrilled that his No. 24 Chevrolet team made the 12-driver Chase for the Championship as -– gulp! –- the lucky 13th team. But once he and crew chief Alan Gustafson made the cut with a special dispensation, they vowed to make the most of their second chance to win the NASCAR championship.
So far, they’ve been as good as their word.
Gordon led the final 21 laps on the last Sunday afternoon in October to win the Goody’s 500 at impressively jammed Martinsville Speedway. It was his first victory this year, the 88th of his Sprint Cup career and his eighth at the half-mile track in southern Virginia. It also moved him from fifth place in points (34 behind) to third place (27 behind) with races in Fort Worth, Phoenix and Homestead remaining.
Toyota drivers Matt Kenseth and Clint Bowyer were second and third in the 500-lapper that often resembled a demo derby more than a race. Ford driver Brad Keselowski was fourth, and Chevy driver Jimmie Johnson fifth, followed by Chevy driver Kevin Harvick, pole-winner Denny Hamlin in a Toyota, Chevy driver Dale Earnhardt Jr., Ford driver Greg Biffle and Chevy driver Jamie McMurray. Sixteen drivers finished on the lead lap, with Danica Patrick the first a lap down.
More important than just another number, though, winning at Martinsville reinforced the belief in Gordon and Gustafson that they still have it, still know how to get it done, still have some magic every now and then. Until the latter weeks of the regular season, toward the end of August, the Hendrick Motorsports flagship team struggled. It was briefly slotted as far back as 21st in points and finishing races in the 30s about as often as the top 15.
“It’s hard to top what it feels like to win, especially when you’ve been through what this team has been through,” Gordon said. “I’m so proud of them for never giving up. We’ve shown it all year long; we’ve been through a lot, but this makes it all worth it. It means a lot to all of us to get a huge win here for points, for the Manufacturers’ Championship, for the Rick Hendrick family and for those we lost several years ago [in a plane crash near the track]. We’ve left so many racetracks looking at each other going, ‘what do we need to do?’ Today, it all came together.”
On a day when Kenseth (202 laps) and Johnson (123) were the class of the field, Gordon led twice for only 78 laps, including the final 21. He passed Kenseth with a clean inside move through turns one and two at lap 479 and never looked back. With cautions coming at a ridiculously rapid rate (17 for 111 of the 500 laps), he got lucky and didn’t have to worry about late-race strategy or race-changing restarts since the last 77 laps were run under green.
Once seeded 13th and a Chase afterthought, Gordon and Gustafson have been as good as almost anybody and better than most in the Chase. They were sixth in the opener at Chicagoland, 15th at Loudon, fourth at Dover, third at Kansas City, seventh at Charlotte and 14th last weekend at Talladega. Now, with the title at least within sight, they find themselves in a place nobody expected after they were briefly excluded from the playoffs after Richmond.
“But we need three extraordinary weekends because it’s still a two-man battle until we close that gap,” Gordon said, speaking of points co-leaders Kenseth and Johnson. “Right now, they’re racing each other. It’s our job to make it realistically and legitimately a three-man battle. We have to fight hard to make that happen.
“Let’s be honest: we’re all alive, but there are two still in it. We’ve got to put pressure on those guys, starting at Texas. Right now, other than this win, they don’t really feel a lot of pressure. The way I look at it is, they're racing one another, and they're capable of putting very solid finishes together for the remainder of the season. Mathematically, we’re certainly in it. But I don’t think anybody is looking at it other than those two until we close the gap on them.”
NASCAR Sprint Cup
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At Martinsville Speedway
Ridgeway, Va.
Lap length: .526 miles
(Start position in parentheses)
1. (9) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 500 laps, 127 rating, 47 points.
2. (4) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 500, 134.6, 44.
3. (5) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 500, 122, 42.
4. (11) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 500, 102.1, 40.
5. (2) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 500, 126.4, 40.
6. (10) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 500, 98.5, 38.
7. (1) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 500, 108.2, 38.
8. (12) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 500, 101.5, 36.
9. (33) Greg Biffle, Ford, 500, 79.1, 35.
10. (7) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 500, 85.8, 34.
11. (22) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 500, 90.4, 34.
12. (14) Carl Edwards, Ford, 500, 78.5, 32.
13. (13) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 500, 98, 31.
14. (6) Joey Logano, Ford, 500, 90, 30.
15. (3) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 500, 103.4, 30.
16. (15) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 500, 80.9, 28.
17. (41) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 499, 64.7, 27.
18. (19) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 499, 74.4, 26.
19. (16) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 499, 77, 25.
20. (18) Aric Almirola, Ford, 499, 69.7, 24.
21. (28) Casey Mears, Ford, 499, 61.9, 23.
22. (23) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 499, 65.1, 22.
23. (27) David Gilliland, Ford, 499, 56.6, 21.
24. (32) Travis Kvapil, Toyota, 499, 45.8, 20.
25. (35) Elliott Sadler, Toyota, 499, 57.6, 0.
26. (36) Michael McDowell, Ford, 498, 46.1, 18.
27. (25) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 497, 76.7, 17.
28. (38) Ken Schrader, Ford, 496, 47.3, 16.
29. (24) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 495, 50.8, 0.
30. (37) J.J. Yeley, Chevrolet, 495, 43.1, 14.
31. (20) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 495, 38.9, 13.
32. (34) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 494, 40.2, 12.
33. (40) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 493, 31.8, 0.
34. (31) Josh Wise, Ford, 490, 32, 0.
35. (30) Cole Whitt, Toyota, 459, 37.7, 0.
36. (21) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, 455, 60.6, 8.
37. (43) David Reutimann, Toyota, rear gear, 451, 51, 7.
38. (17) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 432, 68.1, 6.
39. (29) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, accident, 357, 31.5, 5.
40. (42) Reed Sorenson, Ford, rear gear, 275, 28.5, 0.
41. (39) Tony Raines, Chevrolet, brakes, 220, 27.9, 0.
42. (26) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, engine, 160, 39.7, 0.
43. (8) David Ragan, Ford, engine, 109, 46.5, 1.
Race Statistics
Average Speed of Race Winner: 70.337 mph.
Time of Race: 3 hours, 44 minutes, 21 seconds.
Margin of Victory: 0.605 seconds.
Caution Flags: 17 for 111 laps.
Lead Changes: 15 among 8 drivers.
Lap Leaders: D.Hamlin 1-2; J.Johnson 3-24; Ky.Busch 25-36; M.Kenseth 37-110; J.Johnson 111-174; J.Burton 175-179; J.Johnson 180-216; M.Kenseth 217-237; C.Bowyer 238-281; J.Gordon 282-338; D.Hamlin 339-350; C.Bowyer 351-366; M.Kenseth 367; E.Sadler 368-373; M.Kenseth 374-479; J.Gordon 480-500.
Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): M.Kenseth, 4 times for 202 laps; J.Johnson, 3 times for 123 laps; J.Gordon, 2 times for 78 laps; C.Bowyer, 2 times for 60 laps; D.Hamlin, 2 times for 14 laps; Ky.Busch, 1 time for 12 laps; E.Sadler, 1 time for 6 laps; J.Burton, 1 time for 5 laps.
Top 12 in Points: 1. M.Kenseth, 2,294; 2. J.Johnson, 2,294; 3. J.Gordon, 2,267; 4. K.Harvick, 2,266; 5. Ky.Busch, 2,258; 6. C.Bowyer, 2,239; 7. D.Earnhardt Jr., 2,238; 8. G.Biffle, 2,236; 9. Ku.Busch, 2,219; 10. C.Edwards, 2,218; 11. J.Logano, 2,209; 12. R.Newman, 2,188.
NASCAR Driver Rating Formula
A maximum of 150 points can be attained in a race.
The formula combines the following categories: Wins, Finishes, Top-15 Finishes, Average Running Position While on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish.
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Jeff Gordon in 2012
driver Jeff Gordon won the NASCAR on Sunday at in , Virginia. Gordon started the race in ninth, and eventually won his first race of and snapping a 32-race winless streak. The race, contested over 500 laps, featured a season-high 17 for 111 laps and involving 21 drivers, and 15 different race leaders.
The race was primarily dominated by championship contenders and , who led 123 and 202 laps, respectively. However, Johnson fell behind after a caution on lap 218, and dropped back further into the field after another caution on lap 229. Kenseth relinquished the lead on lap 237 to , and was out of the top ten afterwards. Gordon took the lead from Bowyer on lap 282, which he held for 57 laps. Johnson and Kenseth eventually caught up to the top ten, while Gordon lost positions due to a , but he reached second place with 80 laps to go. On lap 479, Gordon passed Kenseth entering turns one and two, and led for the remainder of the race. Kenseth finished second, followed by , champion , and Johnson closed out the top five. , , , and rounded out the top ten.
After winning, Gordon stated:
In the points race, Gordon moved up to third, 27 points behind Johnson and Kenseth, who were both tied for the lead with 2,294. The remaining ten drivers in the were: Harvick (2,266), (2,258), Bowyer (2,239), Earnhardt (2,238), Biffle (2,236), (2,219), (2,218), (2209), (2,188) and (2,170).
The win was Gordon's eighth at Martinsville, tying him with Johnson for the most among active drivers at the track. The win also clinched the Manufacturers' Championship for , the eleventh consecutive title for the American-based manufacturer.
The next race of the season is to be the 2013 AAA Texas 500 at , to air on on November 3, 2013.
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Jeff Gordon, driver of the #24 Drive To End Hunger Chevrolet, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Goody's Headache Relief Shot 500 Powered By Kroger at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia. (Jerry Markland / Getty Images / )
MARTINSVILLE, Va. -- Jeff Gordon claimed his first win of the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season on Sunday with a victory in the Goody's Headache Relief Shot 500 at Martinsville Speedway.
He passed Matt Kenseth with 21 laps remaining in the 500-lap race and led the rest of the way to claim the win and clinch the season manufacturers' championship for Chevrolet.
Kenseth finished second, Clint Bowyer was third, Brad Keselowski fourth, and Jimmie Johnson rounded out the top five.
Johnson entered the race with a four-point lead in the championship points standings, but after Kenseth led the most laps (202) in the race and finished three positions ahead of Johnson, the two drivers left Martinsville tied atop the standings.
Kenseth and Johnson were mainstays up front for the first 200 laps before pit strategies began to vary throughout the race field as a large number of cautions plagued the remainder of the event.
With Kenseth leading and Johnson second on a restart following a lap 218 caution, Johnson lost several spots on the restart, then gave up additional spots to head down pit road during a caution on lap 229.
Kenseth continued to move up, but after he lost the lead to Bowyer a few laps later, he fell back through the field, eventually dropping outside the top 10.
With Johnson and Kenseth no longer near the front, Bowyer and Gordon spent time in front of the pack. Gordon took the lead and Johnson rejoined him up front, restarting second following a caution that came out on lap 285.
Kenseth made multiple pit stops that kept him from gaining track position but kept him on newer tires for later on in the race. Johnson once again joined Kenseth back in the field after losing spots on another restart that following a lap-309 caution.
Gordon continued to lead, joined by the Joe Gibbs Racing teammates of Kyle Busch and Denny Hamlin, among others. In the final 140 laps, though, Kenseth worked his way back up to second in the running order and Johnson re-entered the top 10. Gordon and Busch became mired back in the field after giving up top spots to pit stops.
Kenseth got back to the front and retook the lead from Hamlin on a restart with about 130 laps to go. On fresher tires, Gordon worked his way back up to second with 80 laps remaining. Johnson was third.
Right after Gordon moved back to second, the yellow flag waved again for the final time. With Kenseth leading, Gordon took second on the restart. Kenseth and Gordon then battled side-by-side in lap traffic for several laps before Gordon was able to take the top spot for good with 21 laps remaining.
Finishing sixth through 10th were Kevin Harvick, Hamlin, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Greg Biffle and Jamie McMurray.
NOTES: Gordon's win was his eighth at Martinsville, tying him with Johnson for most at the track among active drivers... Johnson had won the last two races at Martinsville at April and last October... The yellow flag waved 17 times, with 12 of those cautions coming after lap 200... The 17 yellow flags were the most of any race this season... Gordon's win was the 21st at Martinsville for Hendrick Motorsports
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Jeff Gordon in 2012
driver Jeff Gordon won the NASCAR on Sunday at in , Virginia. Gordon started the race in ninth, and eventually won his first race of and snapping a 32-race winless streak. The race, contested over 500 laps, featured a season-high 17 for 111 laps and involving 21 drivers, and 15 different race leaders.
The race was primarily dominated by championship contenders and , who led 123 and 202 laps, respectively. However, Johnson fell behind after a caution on lap 218, and dropped back further into the field after another caution on lap 229. Kenseth relinquished the lead on lap 237 to , and was out of the top ten afterwards. Gordon took the lead from Bowyer on lap 282, which he held for 57 laps. Johnson and Kenseth eventually caught up to the top ten, while Gordon lost positions due to a , but he reached second place with 80 laps to go. On lap 479, Gordon passed Kenseth entering turns one and two, and led for the remainder of the race. Kenseth finished second, followed by , champion , and Johnson closed out the top five. , , , and rounded out the top ten.
After winning, Gordon stated:
In the points race, Gordon moved up to third, 27 points behind Johnson and Kenseth, who were both tied for the lead with 2,294. The remaining ten drivers in the were: Harvick (2,266), (2,258), Bowyer (2,239), Earnhardt (2,238), Biffle (2,236), (2,219), (2,218), (2209), (2,188) and (2,170).
The win was Gordon's eighth at Martinsville, tying him with Johnson for the most among active drivers at the track. The win also clinched the Manufacturers' Championship for , the eleventh consecutive title for the American-based manufacturer.
The next race of the season is to be the 2013 AAA Texas 500 at , to air on on November 3, 2013.
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MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Jeff Gordon pulled into the championship picture Sunday with a win at Martinsville Speedway, his first victory of the season.
It was Gordon's eighth career win at Martinsville, but first since he swept the two races at the track in 2005. He's tied with Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jimmie Johnson for Martinsville victories, but both trail Richard Petty (15) and Darrell Waltrip (11) on the career list.
Most important, though, is that the victory moved Gordon from fifth to third in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship.
Matt Kenseth and Johnson left Martinsville tied atop the standings with three races remaining, and Gordon sits 27 points behind the leaders. Kevin Harvick is 28 points out, and Kyle Busch is 36 points behind.
Kenseth led a race-high 202 laps and was out front on the final restart with 77 laps remaining and Gordon lurking in third. Gordon stalked him for more than 50 laps, thinking, he said, "What would Jimmie Johnson do, or better yet, what would Richard Petty do?" He finally made the pass for the lead with 21 laps remaining.
Gordon didn't look back in snapping a 32-race losing streak dating to last year's season finale at Homestead.
"Matt drove a really first-class-caliber race today and I didn't know if we were going to get him, but it sure was awesome when we finally did and just kind of hoped there were no cautions," Gordon said.
The victory clinched the manufacturers' championship for Chevrolet, which won for the 11th consecutive season and 37th time overall. Chevrolet did it this year in the debut season of its SS race car.
Kenseth's second-place finish closed the gap on Johnson, who was up four points as they came into one of Johnson's best tracks and one of Kenseth's worst. He had to drive from the middle of the pack to save his finish after a call not to pit midway through the race backfired, but Kenseth was still a bit disappointed not to leave with the victory.
"Whenever your team puts you in front for that last run and you're out there leading, you get beat, you're always a little bit disappointed," Kenseth said. "I just got beat by honestly experience and a better driver of this track. I was hesitant to change my line and do the things he was doing because what I was doing got me there. Just got too tight at the end. Wish I could do it over."
Clint Bowyer finished third, his best finish of the Chase, and moved up two spots in the standings to sixth.
Defending Sprint Cup champion Brad Keselowski, who is not part of the Chase, was fourth.
Johnson finished fifth and braced for an epic fight for his sixth championship.
"It's been a great battle with [Kenseth] and [Gordon] has really shown that he wants to be part of this deal as well," Johnson said. "It's going to be a dogfight to the end — the way I would like to race for a championship, and I know that's what the fans want to see, so we'll be digging hard."
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Jeff Gordon in 2012
driver Jeff Gordon won the NASCAR on Sunday at in , Virginia. Gordon started the race in ninth, and eventually won his first race of and snapping a 32-race winless streak. The race, contested over 500 laps, featured a season-high 17 for 111 laps and involving 21 drivers, and 15 different race leaders.
The race was primarily dominated by championship contenders and , who led 123 and 202 laps, respectively. However, Johnson fell behind after a caution on lap 218, and dropped back further into the field after another caution on lap 229. Kenseth relinquished the lead on lap 237 to , and was out of the top ten afterwards. Gordon took the lead from Bowyer on lap 282, which he held for 57 laps. Johnson and Kenseth eventually caught up to the top ten, while Gordon lost positions due to a , but he reached second place with 80 laps to go. On lap 479, Gordon passed Kenseth entering turns one and two, and led for the remainder of the race. Kenseth finished second, followed by , champion , and Johnson closed out the top five. , , , and rounded out the top ten.
After winning, Gordon stated:
In the points race, Gordon moved up to third, 27 points behind Johnson and Kenseth, who were both tied for the lead with 2,294. The remaining ten drivers in the were: Harvick (2,266), (2,258), Bowyer (2,239), Earnhardt (2,238), Biffle (2,236), (2,219), (2,218), (2209), (2,188) and (2,170).
The win was Gordon's eighth at Martinsville, tying him with Johnson for the most among active drivers at the track. The win also clinched the Manufacturers' Championship for , the eleventh consecutive title for the American-based manufacturer.
The next race of the season is to be the 2013 AAA Texas 500 at , to air on on November 3, 2013.
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Enviado por: NoticiasdeEmpresas | Tags: Ciencia
Crean un “paño invisible” como el de Harry Potter. Se trata de un nuevo material construido con nanotubos de grafeno, formando una amplia red de un átomo de espesor y que tiene la capacidad de hacer invisibles los objetos tridimensionales.
Esta lámina de grafeno puede oscurecer todo tipo de objetos, que se verán como una capa casi invisible al ser cubiertos. Este efecto es posible gracias a que su refracción de luz es muy cercana a la del aire, lo que significa que se logra reducir la velocidad de la luz de manera muy similar a como lo hace el aire. El efecto que se logra es semejante al fenómeno óptico que origina los “charcos de agua” que se ven en el horizonte, cuando se conduce en una carretera.
Desde la agencia espacial estadounidense (NASA), han comentado que siguen de cerca estos estudios acerca de las propiedades de los nanotubos de grafeno para absorber la luz. Esta nueva tecnología podría ser útil para recubrir detectores y todo tipo de componentes e instrumentos a los que la luz afecta. Incluso podría servir para camuflar una nave espacial y volverla completamente invisible, en el espacio exterior.
El trabajo científico, a cargo de investigadores de la Universidad de Michigan, será publicado próximamente en la revista especializada Applied Physics Letters (Cartas de Física Aplicada).
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El viejo sueño de hacerse invisible descrito en series animadas como ''El Coyote y el Correcaminos'' y películas como ''Harry Potter'', se hace realidad gracias a un estudio científico que será publicado en '' Applied Physics Letters''.
La investigación, realizada en la Universidad de Michigan (Estados Unidos) y dirigida por Haofei Shi, revela que la capa de invisibilidad está compuesta por nanotubos de carbono formados por grafenos de un átomo de espesor, cuya finalidad es esconder los objetos para no ser visibles a través del ojo humano gracias a la refracción de la luz y por consiguiente reducir la velocidad de ésta.
Además, las posibilidades con esta nueva creación abarcaría la protección de naves espaciales (en el cual se podría absorber la luz visible de las estrellas, y las imperceptibles como la ultravioleta y la infrarroja) así como al transporte militar.
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Los científicos usaron diminutos tubos de carbono para esconder objetos y hacerlos imperceptibles a la visión humana.
Los nanotubos están formados por capas de grafeno de un átomo de espesor, enrolladas en tubos cilíndricos.
Los científicos hallaron que dichas unidades pueden ser usadas para oscurecer objetos, lo cual, en términos prácticos, significa que los objetos que se cubran con una capa de esos nanotubos sólo se verán como una lámina negra plana.
Los autores del estudio señalaron que "bosques" de ese material podrían ser usados en el futuro para cubrir una nave espacial en el espacio profundo.
De acuerdo con el grupo de la universidad estadounidense, la tecnología funciona porque el "índice de refracción de los nanotubos es muy cercano al del aire".
Esto significa que ellos consiguen reducir la velocidad de la luz a un grado similar.
Como resultado, hay muy poca dispersión de luz al momento de pasar desde el aire hasta la capa de nanotubos.
Esconder
Haofei Shi, el investigador que dirigió el estudio, señaló que el material "funciona como una tela negra perfecta que puede ocultar por completo la estructura tridimensional de un objeto".
Para probar su teoría, los científicos grabaron una pequeña imagen tridimensional de un tanque hecho de silicio.
Cuando se vio a través de un microscopio, los contornos del tanque pudieron verse claramente bajo la luz blanca.
Sin embargo, cuando la capa de nanotubos se colocó, la estructura del tanque desapareció y no se pudo distinguir del fondo.
La investigación sera publicada en la revista especializada Applied Physics Letters (Cartas de Física Aplicada).
Este grupo no es el primero que asegura que los nanotubos de carbono pueden ser usados para crear telas de invisibilidad.
Un científico de la Universidad de Texas en Dallas demostró recientemente que laminas transparentes del material desaparecieron de la vista cuando se sumergieron en un líquido y se calentaron.
El doctor Ali Aliev señaló que el material provocó un efecto de espejismo al hacer que la luz se curvara a su alrededor.
El experto asoció el efecto a los "charcos de agua" que a veces creemos ver a lo lejos en la carretera, durante un día caluroso.
Aliev indicó que el material podría, en el futuro, ser trabajado a escala macro para esconder objetos grandes, incluyendo vehículos militares.
Al espacio
Las propiedades de los nanotubos de carbono para absorber la luz también están en la mira de los investigadores de la Nasa.
La agencia especial dijo a inicios de este año que se encontraba estudiando el uso de la sustancia para crear un nuevo tipo de pintura negra.
La capa puede absorber más de 99% de la luz visible, ultravioleta, infrarroja y la luz en el rango del infrarrojo cercano.
La Nasa informó que podría usarse en detectores y en componentes de instrumentos en los que la luz difusa causa problemas.
Debido a que el material refleja cientos de veces menos luz que las pinturas actualmente usadas, la organización indicó que podría ayudar a crear equipamientos que puedan medir la distancia de objetos como planetas en órbita, estrellas afuera de nuestro sistema solar.
"Es un material muy prometedor", dijo el científico de la Nasa, Ed Wollack.
"Se trata de un (material) robusto, ligero y muy negro", dijo el experto.
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El viejo sueño de hacerse invisible descrito en series animadas como ''El Coyote y el Correcaminos'' y películas como ''Harry Potter'', se hace realidad gracias a un estudio científico que será publicado en '' Applied Physics Letters''.
La investigación, realizada en la Universidad de Michigan (Estados Unidos) y dirigida por Haofei Shi, revela que la capa de invisibilidad está compuesta por nanotubos de carbono formados por grafenos de un átomo de espesor, cuya finalidad es esconder los objetos para no ser visibles a través del ojo humano gracias a la refracción de la luz y por consiguiente reducir la velocidad de ésta.
Además, las posibilidades con esta nueva creación abarcaría la protección de naves espaciales (en el cual se podría absorber la luz visible de las estrellas, y las imperceptibles como la ultravioleta y la infrarroja) así como al transporte militar.
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Jetzt hat es also doch noch geklappt, und das Shakespeare-Jahr kann sich mit einer atemraubenden Shakespeare-Ausgrabung schmücken, die nicht nur echt, sondern auch noch ernst zu nehmen ist. Ja, es gibt sie, die musikalisch satisfaktionsfähige, literarisch hochachtbare Hamlet-Oper! Sie ist kitschfrei und unsentimental, anders als die bekannte französische Lyrique-Version von Ambroise Thomas. Sie ist ein Manifest des „nuovo melodramma“, wie es sich die wilden jungen Opernreformer der „Scapigliatura“ auf die Fahne geschrieben hatten: wahrhaftig, wuchtig, antikisch-dramatisch und ironiefrei, dazu mit reichlich Brio aufgeladen, und auch die Eierschalen der alten Nummernoper sind darin noch nicht ganz abgestreift. Es gibt also eine zünftige Preghiera, ein Brindisi, Fernmusiken, Blechgepränge, mit Tempo in die Stretta rauschende Ensembles – kurz: alles, was das italienische Opernherz begehrt.
Autorin: Eleonore Büning, Jahrgang 1952, Redakteurin im Feuilleton. Folgen:
Ein schwarzgründelnder, kontrabassknurrender Geist tritt auf, aus dem posaunendurchwehten Zwischenreich der Untoten. In bellinihaft unendlichen Melodienbögen verströmt sich die wahnsinnige Ofelia. Hamlet tanzt, ficht, kämpft, küsst, blödelt, verstellt sich und sticht zu wie nur je ein Dänenprinz, er singt mit metallischer, fast roher Attacke wie nur je ein Tenorheld. Schleudert sein „Essere o non essere“ an der Rampe so klar und bedingungslos heraus, als gälte es, wie behauptet, das Leben, dergestalt, dass das sinnlich tremolierende Solovioloncello, das ihn beim dieses Rezitativ durchbrechenden süß-zweifelnden Arioso zu begleiten hat, fast hörbar eine Gänsehaut bekommt.
Ein hartnäckig in Fußnoten verbreitetes Gerücht
Wohl die wenigsten derer, die der historischen Wiederentdeckung des Werks am Mittwochabend in Bregenz beiwohnten, hatten damit gerechnet, dass so viel dran sein könnte an diesem von einigen wenigen Verdi-Experten hartnäckig in Fußnoten verbreiteten „Amleto“-Gerücht. Giuseppe Verdi selbst hatte die Sache damals ziemlich dubios gefunden. Und wir verstehen den chronisch schlecht gelaunten Alten aus Sant’Agata und seine Idiosynkrasien jetzt, da wir diese kraftvolle Kostprobe aus der Opernreformwerkstatt seiner jungen Verehrer oder vielmehr Widersacher, der strubbelköpfigen „Scapigliati“, selbst gehört und erlebt haben, ein bisschen besser als vorher.
© dpa Zum vierten Mal überhaupt wird die Oper aufgeführt. Dafür braucht man ein junges, enthusiastisches Ensemble – Intendantin Elisabeth Sobotka hatte Glück.
© dpa Zum vierten Mal überhaupt wird die Oper aufgeführt. Dafür braucht man ein junges, enthusiastisches Ensemble – Intendantin Elisabeth Sobotka hatte Glück.
Der „Amleto“ hat vier Akte, ein Libretto von Arrigo Boito, wurde komponiert von Boitos gutem Freund Franco Faccio und im Mai 1865 in Genua uraufgeführt. Ein Jahr später schlossen sich die beiden Strubbelköpfe der Armee Garibaldis an und zogen in den Krieg. Als sie zurückkehrten, vertrugen sie sich mit Verdi, und der eine, Boito, wurde dessen Lieblingslibrettist, der andere, Faccio, dessen Lieblingsdirigent. Ihre eigene Jugendsünde, der „Amleto“, wurde nach der Uraufführung bislang nur noch dreimal aufgeführt: im Februar 1871 in Mailand, im Oktober 2014 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, und vorgestern, am 20. Juli 2016, in Bregenz.
Der Jugendtraum der Intendantin
Und das kam so: Die Intendantin der Bregenzer Festspiele, Elisabeth Sobotka, hatte, als sie noch an der Wiener Universität ihre musikwissenschaftliche Diplomarbeit schrieb, erste Kenntnisse über das apokryphe Werk und deren Schöpfer gesammelt. Jetzt setzte sie ihren Jugendtraum kurzerhand auf den Spielplan, engagierte eine Riege hervorragender junger Sänger (aus hoffnungsvollen Jahrgängen, die noch bereit sind, anspruchsvolle Partien zu büffeln, auf die Gefahr hin, sie nie wieder singen zu können) und überzeugte, unter gleichen Vorzeichen, auch die Wiener Symphoniker, den Dirigenten Paolo Carignani sowie den Philharmonischen Chor Prag von dem Projekt. In dem Regisseur Olivier Tambosi und dem Bühnenbildner Frank Philipp Schlößmann fand sie probate Mitstreiter. Alle gaben, bis in die kleinste Nebenrolle, ihr Bestes, nur die Kostümbildnerin Gesine Völlm, sonst um kreative Einfälle nicht verlegen, gab diesmal nur ihr Zweitbestes.
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Pavel Černoch als Hamlet,Bregenzer Festspiele 2016
Die Komponistengeneration nach Giuseppe Verdi versuchte sich in den 1860er Jahren, vom großen Maestro zu emanzipieren und die italienische Oper stilistisch zu erneuern. Verdi selbst war noch aktiv, sollte aber nur mehr wenige Opern komponieren. Zu den jungen Wilden der damaligen Zeit zählten die Komponisten Arigo Boito und Franco Faccio, gute Freunde, die auch gemeinsam in den Truppen Garibaldis kämpften. Boito, der auch Libretti schrieb, verfasste für seinen Freund eine Opernfassung von Shakespeares ''Hamlet'', die Faccio vertonte und die 1865 in Genua mit einigem Erfolg uraufgeführt wurde. Als jedoch 1871 die Oper mit dem italienischen Titel ''Amleto'' an der Mailänder Scala angesetzt wurde, erkrankte der Tenor, sang ohne Stimme und das Werk fiel durch. Es erlebte danach 143 Jahre lang keine weitere Aufführung.
Der amerikanische Komponist und Dirigent Anthony Barrese entdeckte die Oper im 21. Jahrhundert wieder, erstellte aus dem Autograph eine Notenausgabe und brachte die Oper 2014 in Baltimore konzertant und in Albuquerque szenisch zur Aufführung. 2016 wagte die neue Intendantin der Bregenzer Festspiele, Elisabeth Sobotka, eine Renaissance des Werkes auch in Europa. Die Neuinszenierung von Olivier Tambosi, dirigiert von Paolo Carignani begeisterte Publikum und Presse. Gelobt wurden sowohl das Werk als auch die Inszenierung. „Alles, was das Opernherz begehrt“, titelte Eleonore Büning, die Kritikerin der FAZ, und bezeichnete Faccios vergessenes Werk „eine sensationelle Opern-Entdeckung“. Auch die Wiener Tageszeitung Kurier berichtete vom „Jubel!“ und lobt insbesondere den stimmlich und darstellerisch überzeugenden Darsteller der Titelrolle, den tschechischen Tenor Pavel Černoch: „ein Tenor zum Niederknien“.
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Es beginnt gleich mit einem effektvollen Hymnus. Dann folgen ein beschwingter Walzer zum Hochzeitsfest, wunderbare Cellosoli, später ein anrührender Trauermarsch, beeindruckende Chöre, glutvolle Zwischenspiele, emotional berührende Arien.
Immer wieder hört man Verdi und Puccini durch, aber durchaus auch eine eigene Tonsprache: Bis auf kleine Längen lohnt sich die Wiederentdeckung von Franco Faccios romantischer Rarität "Hamlet" ("Amleto"), dessen Libretto von Arrigo Boito, ganz nah an Shakespeare, stammt.
Zu verdanken ist diese Wiederbelebung der Southwest Opera aus den USA, die diese 1865 in Genua mit Erfolg uraufgeführte Oper, die dann 1871 bei ihrer zweiten Inszenierung in Mailand wegen des erkrankten Tenors durchfiel und in völlige Vergessenheit geriet, 2014 wieder ausgrub. und der Intendantin Elisabeth Sobotka, die in Bregenz für die österreichische Erstaufführung sorgt.
Vital und aufregend
Die Oper wirkt auch umso mehr, weil sie so vital und aufregend von den Wiener Symphonikern unter dem energiegeladenen Paolo Carignani umgesetzt wird: Spannungsvolle Steigerungen, gepaart mit feinen Lyrismen sind aus dem Graben des Festspielhauses zu vernehmen.
Dazu kommt noch ein Tenor zum Niederknien: Denn der junge Pavel Černoch spielt und singt die mörderisch schwere Titelpartie mit unangestrengter Höhe, schöner Mittelage und Durchschlagskraft. Vor allem sein schmerzvolles Abschiednehmen von der toten Ophelia geht unter die Haut. Hamlets Mutter Gertrude wird von Dshamilja Kaiser mit enormer Intensität gesungen.
Seinen Onkel und Brudermörder Claudio gestaltet Claudio Sgura kraftvoll, anfänglich etwas knorrig. Iulia Maria Dan singt die Ofelia, der die schönsten Arien geschenkt wurden, mit großer Zartheit und Innigkeit. Paul Schweinester singt den Laerte ausgezeichnet. Gianluca Buratto besticht als bedrohlicher Geist. Den Prager Philharmonischen Chor hört man stimmgewaltig.
Der hintere Vorhang, ein Abbild des vorderen, öffnet sich und im gleißenden Licht und Rauch erscheint als Schatten in einer Rüstung, die an einen Jedi-Ritter aus "Star-Wars" erinnert, der Vater von Hamlet als Geist.
Efektvoll und stilisiert
So effektvoll lässt Olivier Tambosi dieses Bild der ansonsten meist ziemlich ausgeräumten Bühne (Frank Philipp Schlößmann) des Stückes wirken. Bei den vielen im Stück aufgeworfenen existenziellen Fragen, interessiert den Regisseur hauptsächlich die Grundfrage nach dem "Sein und Schein", weswegen er es als Spiel im Spiel inszeniert und die Welt als Bühne zeigt. Es ist eine in stilisierten, bewusst überzeichneten Kostümen (Gesine Völlm) mit großen, symbolhaften Augen darauf, farbenfrohe, detailreiche Inszenierung, manchmal vielleicht etwas zu plakativ. Jubel!
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Pavel Černoch als Hamlet,Bregenzer Festspiele 2016
Die Komponistengeneration nach Giuseppe Verdi versuchte sich in den 1860er Jahren, vom großen Maestro zu emanzipieren und die italienische Oper stilistisch zu erneuern. Verdi selbst war noch aktiv, sollte aber nur mehr wenige Opern komponieren. Zu den jungen Wilden der damaligen Zeit zählten die Komponisten Arigo Boito und Franco Faccio, gute Freunde, die auch gemeinsam in den Truppen Garibaldis kämpften. Boito, der auch Libretti schrieb, verfasste für seinen Freund eine Opernfassung von Shakespeares ''Hamlet'', die Faccio vertonte und die 1865 in Genua mit einigem Erfolg uraufgeführt wurde. Als jedoch 1871 die Oper mit dem italienischen Titel ''Amleto'' an der Mailänder Scala angesetzt wurde, erkrankte der Tenor, sang ohne Stimme und das Werk fiel durch. Es erlebte danach 143 Jahre lang keine weitere Aufführung.
Der amerikanische Komponist und Dirigent Anthony Barrese entdeckte die Oper im 21. Jahrhundert wieder, erstellte aus dem Autograph eine Notenausgabe und brachte die Oper 2014 in Baltimore konzertant und in Albuquerque szenisch zur Aufführung. 2016 wagte die neue Intendantin der Bregenzer Festspiele, Elisabeth Sobotka, eine Renaissance des Werkes auch in Europa. Die Neuinszenierung von Olivier Tambosi, dirigiert von Paolo Carignani begeisterte Publikum und Presse. Gelobt wurden sowohl das Werk als auch die Inszenierung. „Alles, was das Opernherz begehrt“, titelte Eleonore Büning, die Kritikerin der FAZ, und bezeichnete Faccios vergessenes Werk „eine sensationelle Opern-Entdeckung“. Auch die Wiener Tageszeitung Kurier berichtete vom „Jubel!“ und lobt insbesondere den stimmlich und darstellerisch überzeugenden Darsteller der Titelrolle, den tschechischen Tenor Pavel Černoch: „ein Tenor zum Niederknien“.
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Egypt unrest: Anti-Mubarak protesters fight back
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Anti-government protesters in Egypt have fought back against supporters of President Hosni Mubarak, pushing them out of some streets in central Cairo which they controlled.
Stones were thrown on both sides, and some gunshots have been heard.
The army, which was trying to separate the two sides, appears to have failed to control the crowds.
The clashes came as the vice-president said Mr Mubarak's son Gamal would not stand for president.
In a TV address on Tuesday, President Mubarak said he would stand down at presidential elections later this year, but said nothing about his son.
Earlier PM Ahmed Shafiq apologised for the fighting, which has killed nine and wounded hundreds.
Continue reading the main story “ Start Quote People believe the assault was the police state fighting back using familiar dirty tactics - many now wear bandages on wounds they have sustained in fighting” End Quote
He pledged to investigate the violence, calling it a "disaster".
The protesters are demanding that Mr Mubarak, who has ruled for 30 years, step down immediately.
The BBC's Jeremy Bowen in Tahrir Square says they are now more determined than ever.
The square looks for the first time like a revolutionary scene, with barricades, flags and men with bandages around their heads, he adds.
Tension is also high in the second city, Alexandria, where one of the country's largest shopping malls has been ransacked by looters.
'Great destruction'
Separately, there were reports of attacks on foreign journalists, with Mubarak supporters said to have stormed a number of Cairo hotels.
Some journalists were said to have been beaten and had their equipment smashed, while others were reportedly detained by the security forces.
Continue reading the main story At the scene I'm in the middle of a pitched battle taking place just on the northern edge of Tahrir Square, just beyond the Egyptian museum. There are two overpasses and I'm between the two. The protesters are pushing forward, trying to drive away the band of Mubarak supporters. They've been lobbing stones and rocks. There have been firebombs thrown from the other side. There is a huge state of excitement. It is, quite frankly, very hard to believe you are standing in the middle of the heart of the Arab world's biggest capital - an area normally thronged with traffic - now a scene of complete anarchy. There is a field of rubble here - everybody shouting and throwing stones, a complete confrontation.
US state department spokesman Robert Gibbs said the "systematic targeting" of journalists was unacceptable.
Pro-Mubarak groups also prevented food and water from being delivered to anti-government protesters camped out in a square in central Cairo.
Egypt's Health Minister Ahmed Samih Farid said that eight people had died in the fighting, which began on Wednesday, and 890 were injured, nine of them critically.
Another person was later reported killed in clashes on Abdel Monem Riyad Square, also in central Cairo. Many more were injured.
The BBC's Khaled Ezzelarab in Cairo says the shift in focus from Tahrir Square to Abdel Monem Riyad Square appears to indicate a strategic advance for the anti-Mubarak protesters, who have managed to hold their ground in Tahrir and move the clashes elsewhere.
Mr Shafiq told journalists: "As officials and a state which must protect its sons, I thought it was necessary for me to apologise and to say that this matter will not be repeated."
He promised an investigation to find out whether the demonstration was planned or spontaneous.
The protest was causing damage to the economy, he warned.
"I call on the protesters in these demonstrations to feel that with every passing hour there is destruction. Our work is frozen," he said.
"There is very, very great destruction and we will suffer from it a great deal."
Travel ban
Mr Mubarak has said that he will serve out his current presidential term, which ends in September, but will not run for re-election.
State TV quoted Vice-President Omar Suleiman as saying Gamal Mubarak would also not now run for the job.
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Mr Suleiman also called for the release of detained demonstrators "not involved in criminal acts", but he said those responsible for the clashes and the "general deterioration in security" would be held accountable.
He said opposition party the Muslim Brotherhood had been invited to talks.
"They're still hesitant to enter dialogue but I believe it's in their interests," he told state TV.
The party has previously rejected government calls for negotiations, saying Mr Mubarak must leave office first.
And in a separate development, the public prosecutor issued a travel ban on three former ministers and a senior member of the ruling party, among them the unpopular former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly.
Correspondents say these legal measures against some of the most powerful people in the country are confirmation of a deep split within the ruling elite.
His statement said other officials were covered by the ban, which would last "until national security is restored and the authorities and monitoring bodies have undergone their investigations".
Unrest has left about 300 people dead across the country over the past 10 days, according to UN estimates.
The BBC's Jon Leyne in Cairo cites a retired general who has been speaking to tank crews on the square as saying the army is losing patience, and if firing continues from pro-government supporters, it is willing to fire on them.
Those attacking them appear to be either police who have taken off their uniforms or plain-clothes "thugs", our correspondent says.
The military leadership seems deeply uncomfortable with what is happening, adds our correspondent; they do not want to turn on protesters but they are not willing to defy the president either.
Meanwhile mobile phone firm Vodafone said the authorities had used its network to send pro-government messages.
If Mr Mubarak does not step down, demonstrators have planned to march on the presidential palace on Friday.
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Durch die Unruhen in Ägypten, die seit gestern noch einmal eskalierten und zu gewalttätigen Auseinandersetzungen zwischen bislang friedlichen Anti-Mubarak-Demonstranten und Mubarak-Anhängern führten, die mit Schlagstöcken und Steinwürfen gegen die Regierungsgegner vorgingen, kam es in den letzten beiden Tagen zu neun Toten und hunderten Verletzten. Der ägyptische Gesundheitsminister Ahmed Samih Farid nennt eine Zahl von 890 Verletzten. Davon befinden sich neun in kritischem Zustand.
Indessen leidet die Wirtschaft des Landes unter den politischen Auseinandersetzungen. Fabriken und Banken haben seit Tagen geschlossen. Seit dem vergangenen Freitag kam der Zahlungsverkehr in Ägypten praktisch zum Stillstand. Darunter leidet auch der Warenverkehr und in der Folge die Versorgung mit Gütern. Auch die Börse musste ihren Handel einstellen. Allein die Abschaltung des Internets vom vergangenen Freitag bis Montag verursachte Millionenschäden. Das teilte heute die Organisation für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (OECD) mit. Sie bezifferte den entstandenen Schaden auf rund 18 Millionen US-Dollar (13 Millionen Euro) pro Tag. Nach Berechnungen der OECD sind die blockierten Internetdienste für rund drei bis vier Prozent der Wirtschaftsleistung des Landes verantwortlich. Auch längerfristige Schäden für die ägyptische Wirtschaft seien nicht auszuschließen, weil Investoren abgeschreckt würden.
Nach Einschätzung von Hamadi El-Aouni, Politik- und Wirtschaftswissenschaftler an der Freien Universität Berlin, macht die ägyptische Wirtschaft zurzeit täglich Verluste von 420 Millionen US-Dollar. Die wirtschaftliche Situation Ägyptens befindet sich auch unabhängig von der gegenwärtigen Krise in keinem guten Zustand. Die Inflationsrate liegt bei zehn Prozent, knapp die Hälfte der Bevölkerung lebt unterhalb der Armutsgrenze.
Der amtierende Ministerpräsident Ägyptens, Ahmad Schafiq, entschuldigte sich heute für die Gewalt gegen friedliche Demonstranten. Er sagte, man werde die Vorgänge, die er ein „Desaster“ nannte, untersuchen, berichtet BBC. Die Demonstranten verlangen weiterhin den Rücktritt des ägyptischen Präsidenten Husni Mubarak. Der Tahrir-Platz gleicht heute einer revolutionären Szene mit Barrikaden und Fahnen und Menschen mit bandagierten Köpfen, schreibt ein BBC-Korrespondent. Die Armee griff wieder nur sehr zaghaft in die Auseinandersetzungen ein. Sie versuchte, die beiden verfeindeten Gruppierungen auf dem Platz voneinander zu trennen. Schüsse waren zu hören.
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Unruhen in Ägypten Korruption und Vetternwirtschaft
Die aktuellen Proteste lähmen Ägyptens ohnehin schon schwache Wirtschaft. Die Inflation liegt bei zehn Prozent, fast die Hälfte der Bevölkerung lebt unter der Armutsgrenze.
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Touristen und Mitarbeiter ausländischer Unternehmen verlassen das Land. Der Handel an der Börse in Kairo ist seit Tagen ausgesetzt, Fabriken und Banken haben geschlossen. Vielen Ägyptern geht das Bargeld aus, den Geschäften die Waren. Die Wirtschaft des Landes steht still. "Ägypten gehen derzeit jeden Tag 420 Millionen Dollar verloren", sagt Hamadi El-Aouni, Politik- und Wirtschaftswissenschaftler an der Freien Universität Berlin. Die Krise werfe die Wirtschaft des Landes massiv zurück, verkündete vor wenigen Tagen der entlassene Minister für Handel und Industrie, Rashid Muhammad Rashid.
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Ohne massive Hilfe aus dem Ausland wird sich Ägypten ökonomisch nicht erholen und somit politisch nicht stabilisieren – unabhängig davon, wie sich die aktuellen Unruhen entwickeln, und wer das Land demnächst führen wird. Denn schon vor den Protesten steckte das Land in einer tiefen Krise. Zwar verkündete die Regierung Jahr für Jahr ein hohes Wirtschaftswachstum, für 2011 werden beispielsweise sechs Prozent erwartet. Aber Experten haben erhebliche Zweifel, dass die offiziell verkündeten Zahlen auch der Realität entsprechen. "Wenn allein das hohe Bevölkerungswachstum herausgerechnet wird, liegt das Wachstum nur noch bei fünf Prozent“, sagt Stephan Roll von der Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP).
Politische Situation Der ägyptische Präsident Hosni Mubarak ist seit fast dreißig Jahren an der Macht. Er trat sein Amt am 13. Oktober 1981 an. Seit der Parlamentswahl im vergangenen Herbst hat Mubaraks Regierungspartei NDP (Nationaldemokratische Partei) zwei Drittel aller Sitze im Parlament. Damit können die Abgeordneten auch die Verfassung ändern. Die Opposition ist praktisch ausgeschaltet. Erfahrungen mit Demokratie hat das ägyptische Volk kaum. Nach dem Sturz von König Faruk im Jahr 1952 wurde das Land zwischen 1954 und 1970 von Revolutionsführer Gamal Abdel Nasser regiert. Er machte aus Ägypten einen sozialistischen Staat, der mehrfach in Konflikt mit dem Nachbarn Israel geriet. Nach Nassers Tod regierte Anwar al-Sadat das Land, er setzte sich für Frieden mit Israel ein. 1981 wurde Sadat von Islamisten ermordet. Notstandsgesetze Sadats Nachfolger wurde der damalige Vizepräsident Mubarak. Dieser erließ 1982 Notstandsgesetze, die bis heute bestehen und so dem Präsidenten zum autoritären Herrscher machen. Grund für die Notstandsgesetze war der erfolgreiche Anschlag fundamentalistischer Angehöriger der ägyptischen Streitkräfte auf seinen Vorgänger. 2005 versprach Mubarak erstmals eine politische Öffnung des Landes und die Zulassung von unabhängigen Kandidaten zu den Präsidentschaftswahlen. Als die islamistische Muslimbruderschaft bei den Wahlen an Einfluss gewann, wurde der Liberalisierungskurs wieder gekappt. Ägypten heute Heute leben 80 Millionen Menschen in dem nordafrikanischen Staat. Über 90 Prozent von ihnen sind nach Angaben des Auswärtigen Amts Muslime, rund sechs Prozent sind Christen. Ein Anschlag auf koptische Christen in Alexandria mit mehr als 20 Toten schürte Angst vor aufkeimendem Radikalislamismus. Bei den jetzigen Demonstrationen seien aber keine entsprechenden Tendenzen zu bemerken, berichten Beobachter.
Sein Kollege El-Aouni hält auch das noch für zu hoch. Die ägyptische Regierung operiere mit falschen Zahlen, die Wirtschaft wachse bei weitem nicht so schnell, wie offiziell behauptet. "Mehr als zwei, drei Prozent sind es auf keinen Fall", sagt El-Aouni.
Aber das ist nicht das einzige ökonomische Problem: Ägypten exportiert pro Jahr Waren im Wert von rund 30 Milliarden Euro, hauptsächlich Erdöl, importiert aber Güter für 60 bis 70 Milliarden. Das meiste davon sind Maschinen und Fahrzeuge. "Das heißt, die Hälfte der Importe werden auf Pump gekauft. Das kann auf Dauer nicht gut gehen", sagt El-Aouni. Die Inflation liegt bei rund zehn Prozent, fast die Hälfte der Bevölkerung lebt unter der Armutsgrenze. Das Geld, das ins Land kommt, dringt nicht durch bis in die unteren Bevölkerungsschichten. Gründe hierfür sind laut Roll von der SWP vor allem mangelnde Rechtsstaatlichkeit und Korruption.
"Die gesamte Wirtschaftsstrategie des Landes ist mir nie deutlich geworden", sagt er. Offenbar versuchte die Regierung alles, um in internationalen Statistiken gut dazustehen. Dafür nimmt sie beispielsweise enorme Schäden an der Umwelt in Kauf – in Ägypten ein besonders kostbares Gut, 96 Prozent des Landes sind Wüste. In den Städten ist die Luftverschmutzung enorm, Abwässer fließen ungeklärt in den Nil, die Müllentsorgung funktioniert nur mangelhaft.
Ein weiteres Problem ist die Verflechtung von Politik und Wirtschaft. Unternehmer mit guten Beziehungen wurden in der Vergangenheit bei Privatisierungen von Staatsunternehmen bevorzugt, bekamen günstig Grundstücke, konnten bei Investitionen mitreden. "Die Wirtschaftselite des Landes dürfte extrem viele Leichen im Keller haben", sagt Roll. Er schließt deshalb nicht aus, dass manche Unternehmen nach einem Regierungswechsel zwangsverstaatlicht werden.
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Durch die Unruhen in Ägypten, die seit gestern noch einmal eskalierten und zu gewalttätigen Auseinandersetzungen zwischen bislang friedlichen Anti-Mubarak-Demonstranten und Mubarak-Anhängern führten, die mit Schlagstöcken und Steinwürfen gegen die Regierungsgegner vorgingen, kam es in den letzten beiden Tagen zu neun Toten und hunderten Verletzten. Der ägyptische Gesundheitsminister Ahmed Samih Farid nennt eine Zahl von 890 Verletzten. Davon befinden sich neun in kritischem Zustand.
Indessen leidet die Wirtschaft des Landes unter den politischen Auseinandersetzungen. Fabriken und Banken haben seit Tagen geschlossen. Seit dem vergangenen Freitag kam der Zahlungsverkehr in Ägypten praktisch zum Stillstand. Darunter leidet auch der Warenverkehr und in der Folge die Versorgung mit Gütern. Auch die Börse musste ihren Handel einstellen. Allein die Abschaltung des Internets vom vergangenen Freitag bis Montag verursachte Millionenschäden. Das teilte heute die Organisation für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (OECD) mit. Sie bezifferte den entstandenen Schaden auf rund 18 Millionen US-Dollar (13 Millionen Euro) pro Tag. Nach Berechnungen der OECD sind die blockierten Internetdienste für rund drei bis vier Prozent der Wirtschaftsleistung des Landes verantwortlich. Auch längerfristige Schäden für die ägyptische Wirtschaft seien nicht auszuschließen, weil Investoren abgeschreckt würden.
Nach Einschätzung von Hamadi El-Aouni, Politik- und Wirtschaftswissenschaftler an der Freien Universität Berlin, macht die ägyptische Wirtschaft zurzeit täglich Verluste von 420 Millionen US-Dollar. Die wirtschaftliche Situation Ägyptens befindet sich auch unabhängig von der gegenwärtigen Krise in keinem guten Zustand. Die Inflationsrate liegt bei zehn Prozent, knapp die Hälfte der Bevölkerung lebt unterhalb der Armutsgrenze.
Der amtierende Ministerpräsident Ägyptens, Ahmad Schafiq, entschuldigte sich heute für die Gewalt gegen friedliche Demonstranten. Er sagte, man werde die Vorgänge, die er ein „Desaster“ nannte, untersuchen, berichtet BBC. Die Demonstranten verlangen weiterhin den Rücktritt des ägyptischen Präsidenten Husni Mubarak. Der Tahrir-Platz gleicht heute einer revolutionären Szene mit Barrikaden und Fahnen und Menschen mit bandagierten Köpfen, schreibt ein BBC-Korrespondent. Die Armee griff wieder nur sehr zaghaft in die Auseinandersetzungen ein. Sie versuchte, die beiden verfeindeten Gruppierungen auf dem Platz voneinander zu trennen. Schüsse waren zu hören.
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Internet-Aus: Millionenschaden für Ägyptens Wirtschaft
Die Organisation für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (OECD) hat heute mitgeteilt, dass die von der Regierung erzwungene Abschaltung des Internets in Ägypten von Freitag bis Montag in der Wirtschaft des Landes einen Schaden in Höhe von rund 18 Millionen US-Dollar (13 Mio. Euro) pro Tag angerichtet habe.
Die OECD errechnete, dass die blockierten Internetdienste für rund drei bis vier Prozent der Wirtschaftsleistung des Landes verantwortlich seien. Mittelfristig könnte die Schadenssumme sogar steigen, da die Maßnahme auch ausländische Investoren abgeschreckt habe. Die Firmen hätten kein Vertrauen mehr in Stabilität und Verfügbarkeit des Netzes in Ägypten.
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Durch die Unruhen in Ägypten, die seit gestern noch einmal eskalierten und zu gewalttätigen Auseinandersetzungen zwischen bislang friedlichen Anti-Mubarak-Demonstranten und Mubarak-Anhängern führten, die mit Schlagstöcken und Steinwürfen gegen die Regierungsgegner vorgingen, kam es in den letzten beiden Tagen zu neun Toten und hunderten Verletzten. Der ägyptische Gesundheitsminister Ahmed Samih Farid nennt eine Zahl von 890 Verletzten. Davon befinden sich neun in kritischem Zustand.
Indessen leidet die Wirtschaft des Landes unter den politischen Auseinandersetzungen. Fabriken und Banken haben seit Tagen geschlossen. Seit dem vergangenen Freitag kam der Zahlungsverkehr in Ägypten praktisch zum Stillstand. Darunter leidet auch der Warenverkehr und in der Folge die Versorgung mit Gütern. Auch die Börse musste ihren Handel einstellen. Allein die Abschaltung des Internets vom vergangenen Freitag bis Montag verursachte Millionenschäden. Das teilte heute die Organisation für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (OECD) mit. Sie bezifferte den entstandenen Schaden auf rund 18 Millionen US-Dollar (13 Millionen Euro) pro Tag. Nach Berechnungen der OECD sind die blockierten Internetdienste für rund drei bis vier Prozent der Wirtschaftsleistung des Landes verantwortlich. Auch längerfristige Schäden für die ägyptische Wirtschaft seien nicht auszuschließen, weil Investoren abgeschreckt würden.
Nach Einschätzung von Hamadi El-Aouni, Politik- und Wirtschaftswissenschaftler an der Freien Universität Berlin, macht die ägyptische Wirtschaft zurzeit täglich Verluste von 420 Millionen US-Dollar. Die wirtschaftliche Situation Ägyptens befindet sich auch unabhängig von der gegenwärtigen Krise in keinem guten Zustand. Die Inflationsrate liegt bei zehn Prozent, knapp die Hälfte der Bevölkerung lebt unterhalb der Armutsgrenze.
Der amtierende Ministerpräsident Ägyptens, Ahmad Schafiq, entschuldigte sich heute für die Gewalt gegen friedliche Demonstranten. Er sagte, man werde die Vorgänge, die er ein „Desaster“ nannte, untersuchen, berichtet BBC. Die Demonstranten verlangen weiterhin den Rücktritt des ägyptischen Präsidenten Husni Mubarak. Der Tahrir-Platz gleicht heute einer revolutionären Szene mit Barrikaden und Fahnen und Menschen mit bandagierten Köpfen, schreibt ein BBC-Korrespondent. Die Armee griff wieder nur sehr zaghaft in die Auseinandersetzungen ein. Sie versuchte, die beiden verfeindeten Gruppierungen auf dem Platz voneinander zu trennen. Schüsse waren zu hören.
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Opinião Pública
05/05/2007
64% dos brasileiros se declaram católicos
Os católicos continuam sendo maioria na população brasileira, segundo estudo realizado pelo Datafolha a partir de dados consolidados de oito pesquisas nacionais realizadas em 2006 e em 2007, em um total de 44642 entrevistas. Esses dados revelam que os católicos são 64%, que os evangélicos pentecostais somam 17%, e os não pentecostais, 5%. Espíritas kardecistas ou espiritualistas são 3% e, umbandistas, 1%. Adeptos do candomblé e de outras religiões afrobrasileiras não chegam a 1% e outras religiões atingem 3%. Dizem não ter religião ou ser ateus 7%.
Quando o Datafolha fez essa pergunta aos brasileiros pela primeira vez, em agosto de 1994, 75% dos brasileiros se diziam católicos, 10% evangélicos pentecostais e 4% evangélicos não pentecostais.
A análise segmentada dos resultados mostra contrastes, principalmente, no que diz respeito às duas religiões com maior número de adeptos: o catolicismo e as igrejas evangélicas pentecostais.
Nas cidades localizadas no interior do país, o percentual de brasileiros que se declaram católicos é de 70%, seis pontos acima da média nacional. Nas capitais, essa taxa é de 56%, oito pontos abaixo da média. Nas cidades localizadas em regiões metropolitanas, capitais incluídas, ela também é de 56%; quando as capitais são excluídas da análise ela é de 55%.
Os evangélicos pentecostais se destacam nas regiões metropolitanas do país. São 20% entre os que moram nessas cidades, capitais incluídas. Quando se levam em consideração apenas as capitais, essa taxa é de 19%; no segmento de municípios localizados em regiões metropolitanas, mas sem contar as capitais, ela chega a 23%, seis pontos acima da média registrada nacionalmente.
No Nordeste, o percentual de brasileiros que se declaram católicos chega a 71%, sete pontos percentuais acima da média. No interior nordestino essa taxa chega a 75%, 11 pontos acima da média. Já nas capitais da região ela fica ligeiramente abaixo da média, sendo de 61%.
Esses percentuais se assemelham aos registrados entre os moradores da região Sul, onde 70% se declaram católicos, sendo que essa taxa é de 73% no interior e de 63% nas capitais.
Nessas regiões são registrados os menores percentuais de evangélicos pentecostais: 13% entre os moradores do Sul, 14% entre os nordestinos. Nas cidades localizadas no interior de ambas as regiões a taxa de moradores que se declaram evangélicos pentecostais é de 12%, cinco pontos percentuais abaixo da média nacional.
Nas regiões Norte e Centro-Oeste, o percentual de católicos fica dentro da média (62%), e a taxa de evangélicos pentecostais (20%) é ligeiramente maior do que a registrada no país como um todo, chegando a 23% nas cidades localizadas em regiões metropolitanas, excluídas as capitais.
No Sudeste, 59% se dizem católicos, taxa cinco pontos inferior à média nacional. Nessa região, os evangélicos pentecostais chegam a 20% (três pontos acima da média). A pesquisa permite uma análise, em separado, de três Estados dessa região: São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro e Minas Gerais.
Entre os paulistas, 59% se dizem católicos e 20% evangélicos pentecostais. Entre os que moram na cidade de São Paulo, 54% se declaram católicos (10 pontos abaixo da média nacional) e 20% se dizem evangélicos pentecostais. Entre os que residem no interior do Estado essas taxas são de, respectivamente, 64% e 19%. Nas cidades localizadas em regiões metropolitanas do Estado, sem contar as capitais, a taxa de evangélicos pentecostais chega a 24%, sete pontos maior do que a média nacional.
No Estado do Rio, a taxa de entrevistados que se declaram católicos fica 18 pontos abaixo da média, sendo de 46%. Essa diferença se distribui entre outras religiões e entre os que declaram não ter qualquer vínculo religioso, destacando-se os que se declaram evangélicos pentecostais (23%, seis pontos percentuais acima da média nacional), os evangélicos não pentecostais (7%), os espíritas (5%) e os que dizem não ter religião (12%, cinco pontos acima da média). Entre os que moram na capital, 45% são católicos e 24% são evangélicos pentecostais.
A exemplo do que ocorre em São Paulo, entre os moradores de municípios localizados em regiões metropolitanas do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, capitais excluídas, há mais evangélicos pentecostais. Nesse caso, eles são 29%, taxa 12 pontos superior à média nacional, e maior taxa verificada entre todos os segmentos analisados no estudo. Nessas cidades, a taxa de católicos é de 41%, 23 pontos abaixo da média do país, e a menor entre todos os segmentos analisados. Ateus e pessoas sem religião ficam acima da média, chegando a 13%.
Em Minas Gerais, 69% são católicos, 15% são evangélicos pentecostais e 5% são evangélicos não pentecostais. Contribuem para um percentual de católicos acima da média nacional as cidades do interior do Estado, nas quais 73% dizem seguir essa religião. Em Belo Horizonte, por outro lado, a taxa dos que se declaram católicos fica abaixo da média, sendo de 56%.
Quanto maiores a escolaridade e a renda do entrevistado, menor a adesão ao catolicismo. São católicos 67% dos que têm escolaridade fundamental, 62% dos que completaram o ensino médio e 59% daqueles com nível superior. Entre os brasileiros mais escolarizados 9% se declaram espíritas, taxa seis pontos superior à média nacional, e 11% não têm religião, quatro pontos acima da média. Entre os que têm renda familiar mensal até dois salários mínimos, 66% se declaram católicos. Essa taxa é de 63% entre os que têm renda na faixa de dois a cinco salários mínimos, de 61% entre os que têm rendimentos de cinco a dez salários mínimos e de 60% entre os que ganham mais de dez mínimos. Entre os brasileiros que se enquadram no segmento de maior renda, a taxa de espíritas é de 8% (cinco pontos acima da média) e a dos que não têm religião alguma chega a 11% (quatro pontos acima da média).
Entre os brasileiros com 60 anos ou mais, a taxa de católicos chega a 71%, dez pontos maior do que a registrada entre aqueles com idade de 16 a 24 anos (61%).
O percentual dos que se declaram evangélicos é ligeiramente maior entre as mulheres (19%) do que entre os homens (15%). Entre eles, 65% se dizem católicos, taxa que é de 63% entre as brasileiras.
O estudo também permite uma análise levando-se em consideração a ocupação dos entrevistados. Quando os dados são analisados dividindo-se os entrevistados entre aqueles que fazem parte da População Economicamente Ativa (PEA), como assalariados, freelancers e profissionais liberais, e os que não fazem parte dela (aposentados, donas de casa, pessoas que apenas estudam), de um modo geral, não se verificam maiores contrastes. Entre os que fazem parte da PEA, 63% se declaram católicos, 17% são evangélicos pentecostais e 5% são evangélicos não pentecostais. Entre os que não fazem parte da PEA essas taxas são de, respectivamente, 67%, 18% e 4%.
Contrastes são observados quando se consideram alguns segmentos específicos: entre os brasileiros desempregados, por exemplo, o percentual de católicos é de 59%, cinco pontos abaixo da média nacional, enquanto a taxa de evangélicos pentecostais fica ligeiramente acima da média, chegando a 20%. O percentual de adeptos da religião católica também fica abaixo da média entre os estagiários e aprendizes (53%) e entre os profissionais liberais (59%).
Entre os aposentados, 71% se declaram católicos, taxa sete pontos superior à registrada entre os brasileiros como um todo.
Entre as donas-de-casa 66% se dizem católicas, e a taxa de evangélicos fica quatro pontos acima da média, chegando a 21%. Dizem não ter religião 3% das donas-de-casa, taxa quatro pontos inferior à média nacional.
Por outro lado, o percentual de entrevistados que dizem não ter religião chega a 15% entre os estagiários e aprendizes e a 12% entre os que apenas estudam no momento, percentual idêntico ao observado entre os profissionais liberais. Entre os que fazem parte dessa categoria de profissionais a taxa dos que se declaram espíritas chega a 13%, 10 pontos percentuais acima da média nacional.
São Paulo, 16 de abril de 2007.
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Segundo pesquisa Datafolha realizada em 2006 e 2007, existem hoje no Brasil menos católicos do que há 10 anos. Em dezembro de 2006 o número de católicos era em torno de 74% diminuindo atualmente esse percentual para 64%. O número de evangélicos pentecostais, por sua vez, ao contrário, aumentou passando de 11% em 1996 para 17% atualmente.
A pesquisa realizou 44642 entrevistas e além dos números relacionados às religiões católica e evangélica, obteve-se os seguintes índices para as demais religiões: evangélicos não pentecostais 5%, Espíritas kardecistas ou espiritualistas 3%, umbandistas 1%. Os adeptos do candomblé e de outras religiões afrobrasileiras não chegaram a 1% e outras religiões atingiram 3%, girando em torno de 7% aqueles que afirmaram não ter religião alguma, ou ateus.
O ano de 2007, precisamente o mês de maio, será para os católicos um período de grandes expectativas com a vinda do papa Bento XI, programada para o próximo dia 9. Segundo informações do site G1, está sendo esperada cerca de 500 mil pessoas à cidade de Aparecida a 167 km de São Paulo, no período em que o papa estiver na cidade.
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Al menos 54 personas han muerto y otras 75 han resultado heridas este viernes en un atentado en una mezquita en el norte del Sinaí, en Egipto, ha informado una fuente oficial a la agencia de noticias estatal Mena. Un portavoz del Ministerio de Salud egipcio, Khaled Megahed, había confirmado previamente que 75 personas habían resultado heridas, aunque precisó que por el momento desconocían si había fallecidos. El ataque se ha producido en la mezquita de Al Rawdah, al oeste de la ciudad de Al Arish.
Atentado suicida en #egipto contra una mezquita cerca de #AlArish, en el norte de la península del #Sinai . La prensa egipcia informa en El Cairo de decenas de víctimas, con al menos 75 heridos, tras la explosión de una bomba seguida de un tiroteo contra los fieles @elpais_inter — Juan Carlos Sanz (@jcspais) 24 de noviembre de 2017
Los terroristas han colocado artefactos explosivos de fabricación casera alrededor de la mezquita y los han hecho detonar a la salida de los fieles del rezo del viernes, el día sagrado para los musulmanes, según la fuente de seguridad, que ha añadido que las personas que pudieron escapar fueron tiroteadas por los extremistas. Varios testigos han relatado que han visto cómo las ambulancias trasladaban heridos desde el lugar de los hechos a hospitales cercanos.
El presidente del país, Abdelfatá al Sisi, reúne este viernes al comité de seguridad para abordar la situación, ha informado el canal de televisión privada Extra News TV, según recoge la cadena británica BBC.
Desde que el ejército derrocó en 2013 al presidente Mohamed Morsi, miembro de los Hermanos Musulmanes, diversos grupos yihadistas, entre ellos la filial local del Estado Islámico, han multiplicado los atentados contra los militares y los policías, causando cientos de muertos en sus filas, sobre todo en la península del Sinaí. Los turistas y la comunidad cristiana copta también han sido blanco de ataques sangrientos. En 2015, un avión ruso fue derribado con 224 pasajeros a bordo que murieron.
Los yihadistas de la región prometieron lealtad al Estado Islámico a finales de 2014, y supuestamente establecieron la "provincia del Sinaí" del Califato en la península, en el límite con Israel y Gaza. Sin embargo, a diferencia de Siria e Irak, han sido incapaces de apoderarse de centros de población. En cambio, han tratado de mantener una guerra de desgaste que incluye bombardeos en carreteras, uso de francotiradores y ataques a puntos de control.
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Un ataque con bombas y explosivos contra una mezquita en Bir al-Abed, 40 kilómetros al oeste de (Egipto) causó al menos 235 muertos. Medios locales hablan de 235 fallecidos y 120 heridos en el atentado contra el templo, lleno de fieles en este viernes, día consagrado a la oración. Se trata del peor registrado en ese país.
, presidente egipcio, afirmó que se responderá con "brutal fuerza" a los atacantes. Asimismo, se decretaron tres días de duelo nacional. Testigos indicaron que los terroristas hicieron estallar una bomba en la mezquita, al tiempo que otros atacantes dispararon indiscriminadamente contra los fieles que huían. Fuerzas de seguridad evacuaron a los heridos a hospitales cercanos durante el tiroteo cruzado.
Aunque ningún grupo se ha atribuido el ataque, en la región las autoridades egipcias han combatido a la insurgencia islamista. Los reportes de los medios aseguran que los agresores incendiaron los vehículos estacionados en las cercanías de la mezquita para bloquear los accesos. Además, "estaban disparando contra las ambulancias" aseguró un residente local a ''''.
Según '''', la mezquita atacada alberga regularmente reuniones de seguidores del , una rama mística del . Grupos , como el , considera herejes a los sufíes.
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Derechos de autor de la imagen EPA Image caption Los atacantes utilizaron como objetivo del ataque una mezquita cercana a la región de al Arish, en el Sinaí.
Más de 300 personas murieron este viernes en un ataque perpetrado con armas y explosivos en una mezquita ubicada en la localidad de Bir al-Abed, en la región del Sinaí, en el norte de Egipto.
Cerca de una treintena de niños se encuentran entre las víctimas mortales.
Las autoridades egipcias aseguraron este sábado que los agresores portaban banderas del autodenominado Estado Islámico.
La fiscalía informó que entre 25 y 30 atacantes abrieron fuego a través de las 12 ventanas y la puerta del centro de culto, donde decenas de fieles estaban congregados por la oración de los viernes.
El fiscal calificó a los victimarios de "takfiris", palabra que designa a los musulmanes que acusan a otros musulmanes de apostasía, en un comunicado hecho público por la agencia de noticias del Estado egipcio, MENA.
Derechos de autor de la imagen AFP Image caption Aún no se sabe qué grupo armado es el responsable.
El presidente egipcio, Abdul Fattah al Sisi, aseguró que responderán con "brutal fuerza" a quienes perpetraron el mayor atentado de la historia reciente del país.
Apenas horas después de la masacre, las fuerzas armadas de Egipto informaron que lanzaron ataques aéreos sobre quienes creen que son los militantes extremistas responsables del ataque, que supuestamente se encontraban en las zonas montañosas que hay alrededor de la mezquita.
La fuente oficial aseguró que destruyeron vehículos y escondites de los atacantes, sin identificar a los militantes extremistas ni precisar si hubo alguna víctima mortal, según la agencia Reuters.
El gobierno decretó tres días de duelo nacional y mantiene reuniones de emergencia para determinar qué medidas tomar.
Derechos de autor de la imagen AFP Image caption El ataque dejó más de un centenar de heridos.
Se trata del peor ataque en la región en cuatro años y es la primera vez que militantes islamistas atacan a fieles dentro de una sala de oración, explicó Sally Nabil, periodista de la BBC en El Cairo, quien recordó que antes este tipo de atentados solían tener como objetivo a las fuerzas de seguridad.
Hasta ahora ningún grupo se ha atribuido el ataque, pero desde hace varios años las autoridades egipcias combaten la insurgencia islamista en la región, lucha que se ha intensificado desde 2013, luego de que los militares egipcios derrocaran al presidente islamista Mohammed Morsi en julio de ese año.
Qué sucedió
Reportes señalan que hubo una explosión mientras los fieles rezaban y que, a continuación, un grupo de hombres comenzó a disparar a la gente mientras esta huía.
Los testigos dijeron que los atacantes llegaron en vehículos todoterreno y bombardearon la sala de oración abarrotada antes de abrir fuego contra los feligreses cuando trataban de huir.
Según los reportes de medios, los agresores incendiaron vehículos estacionados en las inmediaciones para bloquear el acceso a la mezquita.
"También estaban disparando contra las ambulancias", dijo un residente local que tenía parientes allí a la agencia de noticias Reuters.
Fotos de la escena muestran varios cuerpos tirados dentro de la mezquita sobre un suelo cubierto de sangre.
Sufíes
La mezquita donde sucedió el ataque era utilizada por la tribu local al-Sawarka, conocida por cooperar con las fuerzas de seguridad en la lucha contra los grupos yihadistas.
Derechos de autor de la imagen AFP Image caption La sala de oración de la mezquita estaba abarrotada por ser viernes de oración.
El local también era concurrido por seguidores del sufismo, una rama mística del Islam sunita a la que algunos fundamentalistas islámicos, incluido el autodenominado Estado Islámico (EI), considera hereje.
El jefe de la policía religiosa de EI afirmó en el Sinaí en diciembre pasado que los sufíes que no se "arrepintieron" serían asesinados.
Cientos de policías, soldados y civiles han sido asesinados desde entonces.
Los ataques yihadistas en Egipto en los últimos años apuntaron a fuerzas de seguridad e iglesias cristianas.
Reacciones
El jefe de la Liga Árabe, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, condenó el ataque al considerarlo un "crimen aterrador que nuevamente muestra que el Islam es inocente de los que siguen la ideología terrorista extremista".
Derechos de autor de la imagen AFP Image caption Entre las víctimas mortales hay 30 niños.
La primera ministra del Reino Unido, Theresa May, tuiteó: "Horrorizada por el enfermizo ataque a una mezquita en Sinaí del Norte. Mis condolencias a todos los que están en Egipto afectados por este acto malvado y cobarde".
Omitir publicación de Twitter número de @realDonaldTrump Horrible and cowardly terrorist attack on innocent and defenseless worshipers in Egypt. The world cannot tolerate terrorism, we must defeat them militarily and discredit the extremist ideology that forms the basis of their existence! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) 24 de noviembre de 2017
Por su parte, el presidente estadounidense, Donald Trump, calificó el ataque de "horrible y cobarde" y señaló que "el mundo no puede tolerar al terrorismo", mientras que el canciller francés, Jean-Yves Le Drian, expresó sus condolencias a las familias de las víctimas de ese "ataque despreciable".
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Un ataque con bombas y explosivos contra una mezquita en Bir al-Abed, 40 kilómetros al oeste de (Egipto) causó al menos 235 muertos. Medios locales hablan de 235 fallecidos y 120 heridos en el atentado contra el templo, lleno de fieles en este viernes, día consagrado a la oración. Se trata del peor registrado en ese país.
, presidente egipcio, afirmó que se responderá con "brutal fuerza" a los atacantes. Asimismo, se decretaron tres días de duelo nacional. Testigos indicaron que los terroristas hicieron estallar una bomba en la mezquita, al tiempo que otros atacantes dispararon indiscriminadamente contra los fieles que huían. Fuerzas de seguridad evacuaron a los heridos a hospitales cercanos durante el tiroteo cruzado.
Aunque ningún grupo se ha atribuido el ataque, en la región las autoridades egipcias han combatido a la insurgencia islamista. Los reportes de los medios aseguran que los agresores incendiaron los vehículos estacionados en las cercanías de la mezquita para bloquear los accesos. Además, "estaban disparando contra las ambulancias" aseguró un residente local a ''''.
Según '''', la mezquita atacada alberga regularmente reuniones de seguidores del , una rama mística del . Grupos , como el , considera herejes a los sufíes.
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Na última terça e quarta-feira, dias 24 e 25, realizou-se a reunião do Grupo de Trabalho do Foro de São Paulo. Trata-se da instancia de coordenação do Foro. O Partido Comunista do Brasil participou da reunião, na qualidade de convidado, por meio de José Reinaldo Carvalho, secretario de Relações Internacionais e de Ronaldo Carmona, da Comissão de Relações Internacionais do Partido. A principal decisão da reunião foi a convocação do 12º Encontro do Foro de São Paulo para os próximos dias 01 a 04 de julho, no Parlatino, na capital paulista. O tema geral em debate será “A integração dos países e dos povos latino-americanos”. O Foro de São Paulo é um espaço de cooperação e debates dos partidos de esquerda na América Latina. Fundado em 1990, na capital paulista, o Foro de São Paulo se reuniu pela primeira vez meses depois da caída do muro de Berlim e do fim dos chamados paises socialistas do Leste Europeu e num período marcado pelo inicio da ofensiva de governos neoliberais na América Latina. O Encontro do Foro reúne mais de cem partidos e organizações de esquerda da América Latina e do Caribe. Por razões políticas e organizativas não é realizado desde dezembro de 2002, quando foi realizado em Antigua, na Guatemala. O Encontro de julho próximo comemorará o 15º aniversario da fundação do Foro. Nessa ocasião um ato político com a presença do presidente Lula como convidado de honra celebrará a data. Afinal, passados 15 anos de seu surgimento, numa difícil conjuntura para a esquerda e os setores progressistas do continente, o quadro político atual tem como marca o avanço político e social das forças de esquerda em toda a região. A reunião do Grupo de Trabalho do Foro decidiu ainda aprovar os sete pontos do Relatório de sua Missão Parlamentar enviada em abril último à Colômbia, visando intensificar o dialogo com as diversas forças políticas e sociais do país, objetivando uma saída política e negociada para a grave crise que vive o país, agredido pelo Plano Colômbia, imposto pelo Estados Unidos. Outra decisão foi a de intensificar a solidariedade para com o povo do Haiti, diante de sua difícil situação atual, os Partidos membros do Foro buscarão apoiar saídas políticas que estabilizem e garantam a retomada da soberania do Haiti pelos próprios haitianos. Além disso, os Partidos protestaram contra a demora dos organismos internacionais de financiamento em destinar fundos para a reconstrução e desenvolvimento do país caribenho. Participaram da reunião, além do PCdoB, o PT do Brasil, o Partido Comunista do Chile, o Partido Comunista de Cuba, a FMLN de El Salvador, o MPD do Equador, o PRD do México, a FSLN de Nicarágua e uma delegação da Frente Ampla do Uruguai.
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O próximo encontro do Foro de São Paulo será na cidade de São Paulo, no Brasil. O XII Encontro do Foro de São Paulo está marcado para acontecer nos dias 01 a 04 de julho.
A decisão foi tomada nos dias 24 e 25 de maio em reunião do Grupo de Trabalho do Foro de São Paulo, em que participaram o PCdoB e o Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) do Brasil, o Partido Comunista do Chile, o Partido Comunista de Cuba, a Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN) de El Salvador, o MPD do Equador, o PRD do México, a Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) da Nicarágua e a Frente Ampla do Uruguai.
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Wissenschaftler der US-Raumfahrtbehörde Nasa haben im Pine-Island-Gletscher in der Antarktis einen riesigen Riss entdeckt und erwarten nun, dass ein Eisberg von der Größe New Yorks von der Eisfläche abbricht.
Ende dieses Jahres oder Anfang 2012 könnte der antarktische Gletscher kalben, mutmaßen die Wissenschaftler. Der Riss sei am 14. Oktober vermessen worden, als ein Flugzeug den Pine-Island-Gletscher in geringer Höhe überflog, teilten die Experten mit. Die Spalte sei fast 30 Kilometer lang, 50 Meter tief und im Mittel 80 Meter breit. Sie wachse um fast zwei Meter am Tag in die Länge, sagte Michael Studinger vom Nasa-Projekt IceBridge.
Wenn das Eis abbreche, werde ein Berg entstehen, der eine Größe von mehr als 880 Quadratkilometer haben werde. Die Nasa-Forscher rechnen mit der Entstehung des Eisbergs Ende dieses oder Anfang nächsten Jahres. Allerdings habe der Abbruch wenig mit der globalen Erwärmung zu tun. „Dies sind zyklische Ereignisse, die alle paar Jahre vorkommen“, fügte Studinger hinzu. In etwa alle zehn Jahre komme es zu einem Abbruch.
Wohl kein Zusammenhang mit Erderwärmung Der letzte vergleichbare Eisberg ist 2001 entstanden, daher war mit der baldigen Entstehung eines neuen Eisbergs zu rechnen, teilten die Forscher mit. Sie hatten schon Ende September den Riss im Pine-Island-Gletscher entdeckt. Die Nasa überwacht die Veränderungen des ewigen Eises von Flugzeugen aus. Damit überbrückt sie die Zeit, in der für diesen Zweck kein Satelliten zur Verfügung steht: 2009 war der Satellit ICESat abgeschaltet worden, sein Nachfolger ICESat 2 soll erst 2016 in Betrieb gehen. Vom Pine-Island hatte sich schon 2007 ein kleinerer Eisberg abgelöst.
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Die Spalte im Eis von oben.
Wissenschaftler der National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) entdeckten im Pine-Island-Gletscher eine mindestens 30 Kilometer lange Spalte mit einer Tiefe von 50 Metern. Der Riss, der in der Mitte 80 Meter breit ist, deutet darauf hin, dass sich in den nächsten Monaten ein riesiger Eisberg vom Gletscher lösen wird.
Eine Spalte erstreckt sich über etwa 30 km über das Schelfeis.
Michael Studinger vom NASA-IceBridge-Projekt sagt: „Die Spalte wird täglich um zwei Meter länger. Wenn das Eis abbricht, wird ein gewaltiger Eisberg mit einer Fläche von 880 Quadratkilometern entstehen.“ Die NASA geht davon aus, dass es sich um ein regelmäßig wiederkehrendes Ereignis handelt. Ein Zusammenhang mit der Erderwärmung wird nicht gesehen. Der letzte große Eisberg entstand im Jahr 2001.
Bis ins Jahr 2009 hat die NASA die Veränderungen im Eis mit dem Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESAT) überwacht. Er ist abgeschaltet und wird voraussichtlich im Jahr 2016 durch den ICESAT 2 ersetzt. Bis dahin erfolgt die Überwachung mit Flugzeugen.
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In der Antarktis entsteht derzeit offenbar ein Eisberg von der Größe New Yorks. NASA-Forscher entdeckten im Gletscher Pine Island im Westen der Antarktis einen riesigen Riss, der stetig größer wird und auf eine baldige Abspaltung hinweist, wie die US-Raumfahrtbehörde mitteilte.
Nasa-Forscher entdeckten in der Antarktis einen riesigen Riss.
Der Vorgang stehe nicht im Zusammenhang mit der globalen Erwärmung, fügte Studinger hinzu. "Dies sind zyklische Ereignisse, die alle paar Jahre vorkommen". Der letzte große Eisberg sei 2001 entstanden, daher sei mit der baldigen Entstehung eines neuen Eisberg gerechnet worden. Die Forscher hatten erstmals Ende September den Riss im Pine-Island-Gletscher gesehen.
Die NASA überwacht die Veränderungen des antarktischen Eises von Flugzeugen aus. Damit überbrückt sie die Zeit, in der es für den Zweck keinen Satelliten gibt. 2009 war der Satellit ICESAT abgeschaltet worden, sein Nachfolger ICESAT 2 soll erst 2016 in Betrieb gehen.
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Die Spalte im Eis von oben.
Wissenschaftler der National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) entdeckten im Pine-Island-Gletscher eine mindestens 30 Kilometer lange Spalte mit einer Tiefe von 50 Metern. Der Riss, der in der Mitte 80 Meter breit ist, deutet darauf hin, dass sich in den nächsten Monaten ein riesiger Eisberg vom Gletscher lösen wird.
Eine Spalte erstreckt sich über etwa 30 km über das Schelfeis.
Michael Studinger vom NASA-IceBridge-Projekt sagt: „Die Spalte wird täglich um zwei Meter länger. Wenn das Eis abbricht, wird ein gewaltiger Eisberg mit einer Fläche von 880 Quadratkilometern entstehen.“ Die NASA geht davon aus, dass es sich um ein regelmäßig wiederkehrendes Ereignis handelt. Ein Zusammenhang mit der Erderwärmung wird nicht gesehen. Der letzte große Eisberg entstand im Jahr 2001.
Bis ins Jahr 2009 hat die NASA die Veränderungen im Eis mit dem Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESAT) überwacht. Er ist abgeschaltet und wird voraussichtlich im Jahr 2016 durch den ICESAT 2 ersetzt. Bis dahin erfolgt die Überwachung mit Flugzeugen.
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PARÍS, June 9, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --
En vísperas de la celebración de la UEFA EURO 2016(TM), justo antes de que comience el campeonato de fútbol de Europa del que Hublot es el reloj oficial, el relojero suizo está reuniendo a dos equipos nuevos para la celebración de un partido histórico. Una alineación que el fútbol jamás ha visto, y con la que los aficionados al fútbol siempre han soñado. Hay momentos en el fútbol que son eternos, y Hublot está escribiendo uno.
"Todos hemos soñado con el equipo ideal, viendo a algunos de nuestros jugadores favoritos defendiendo los mismos colores. Ver a dos de los rivales más grandes de todos los tiempos asociarse para celebrar un partido legendario, alimentados por la pasión por el fútbol que nos impulsa a todos, que es un auténtico privilegio. Este partido es uno de los momentos de tipo "off the record" que podría haber elegido como mi "EURO momento" favorito. Se trata de un partido que dice mucho acerca de la implicación de Hublot y de los lazos que ha marcado en la última década en el mundo del fútbol, asociándose con equipos de prestigio, formadores de estrellas, magos del balón y las mejores ligas".
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Ricardo Guadalupe, consejero delegado de Hublot
Hublot, como primera marca de lujo en invertir en el fútbol desde el año 2008, fue seleccionado como "écrin" en un lugar de prestigio. A solo unos metros del Louvre, en el centro del Palais Royal, cercano a las "Colonnes de Buren", los dos equipos de leyenda se enfrentarán en un césped novedoso. Coge a los 2 mejores jugadores de todos los tiempos, 10 leyendas y estrellas del juego y crea a 2 equipos para un partido amistoso clásico que reúne a jugadores que solían competir entre sí. Los jugadores tomarán el campo, seguidos de Pelé y Maradona. Reconocidos como los mejores jugadores de todos los tiempos, los dos entrenadores se darán la mano antes del saque inicial. En el descanso, se llevará a cabo una tanda de lanzamientos de penaltis para la UEFA Foundation, "UEFA Foundation for the children".
Equipo de Pelé - Ferdinand, Hierro, Dida, Crespo y Bebeto
Equipo de Maradona - Trezeguet, Peruzzi, Ferrara, Cannavaro y Seedorf.
Fútbol, la fórmula ganadora de Hublot.
Contacto:
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+41-(0)-22-990-90-00
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Diego Maradona en 2006. Photographie de Armando Tovar.
Jeudi dernier, dans le cadre d'une campagne publicitaire pour la marque de montres Hublot, les légendes de l'histoire du football et se sont retrouvées ensemble à . Ont également participé à cette réunion et le .
Pelé en 2004. Photographie de Ricardo Stuckert/PR
Un jour avant le début du Championnat d'Europe en , le label , l'un des premiers à investir dans le football depuis 2008, a eu le luxe de voir de grands athlètes se rassembler pour la célébration d'un nouveau parti historique.
Après plusieurs chicanes entre eux, il était temps de faire la paix. C'est Maradona qui a fait le premier pas vers la réconciliation : '''« no más peleas, te prometo »''' (''« plus de combats, je vous promet »'')
Alors que la star a été émue en affirmant que ces chicanes ont été générées par les médias et le public.
Cette trêve a été conclue dans le cadre d'un match amical dans lequel les deux joueurs ont joué avec d'autres anciens joueurs. Pour l'équipe ont joué: , et , et David Trezeguet. Pelé a accompagné Dida, , , et Crespo.
=== Critique de Diego envers Lionel Messi ===
Maradona a prononcé un discours dans lequel il a décrit le joueur qui a reçu en 2015 le prix Golden Ball et nommé une autre année comme le meilleur joueur de football, comme une bonne personne, mais qui manque de personnalité pour être un chef de file de l'équipe nationale argentine.
Le commentaire visait la performance de Messi dans l'équipe représentant l'Argentine dans cette édition de la Copa America 2016 Centennial qui a commencé le 3 Juin. Notez que le 10 provient d'une blessure et le premier match contre le a été perdu.
Demain aura lieu la deuxième présentation de l'équipe argentine à contre le ; à cette occasion, va commencer. Alors qu'il est en attente pour la récupération de . et sont déjà à la disposition des entraîneurs après avoir récupéré de leurs blessures respectives.
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Y un día firmaron la paz. Después de muchas idas y vueltas, de agresiones mutuas y de varios enfrentamientos, Diego Maradona y Pelé, dos de los más grandes futbolistas de la historia, se reconciliaron ante el mundo. Fue en París, y en medio de una campaña publicitaria, de la que también participaron Hernán Crespo y David Trezeguet, entre otros. Y el momento más emocionante se produjo cuando Diego abrazó a Pelé y le dijo: "No más peleas".
"Quiero agradecer exclusivamente a Pelé por estar al lado de los jugadores. Nosotros, con el corazón, sabemos quién es y quién será. Necesitamos una figura como él", dijo Maradona, micrófono en mano. Y enseguida llegó la devolución de Pelé. "Quiero tener un mensaje de paz y de tranquilidad. Gracias a mi amigo Maradona", concluyó O'Rei.
Ojalá sea el fin a las tensiones de una relación con vaivenes en la que los celos jugaron un papel importante. Es que ambos se tiraron artillería pesada y fueron protagonistas de una eterna discusión futbolera, en la que estaba en juego el trono al mejor futbolista de la historia.
Pelé siempre se jactó de haber ganado tres Mundiales (1958, 1962 y 1970), y de haber sido elegido como el mejor jugador del siglo en una votación realizada por los ganadores del Balón de Oro. Y el Comité Olímpico Internacional lo eligió como el mejor deportista del siglo XX.
Maradona, en tanto, obtuvo apenas una Copa del Mundo (1986), pero tiene otros pergaminos que el brasileño no. Por ejemplo, haber anotado el mejor gol de la historia de los Mundiales, contra Inglaterra, el 22 de junio de 1986. Y ganó el título de Mejor Jugador del Siglo con el 53.6% de los votos en el sitio Web de la FIFA.
A nivel equipo, Pelé brilló en el Santos, un equipo plagado de figuras, con el que se cansó de ganar títulos. Y cerró su carrera en el Cosmos de Estados Unidos. Maradona, por su parte, surgió de Argentinos Juniors, con el que salió subcampeón, y después de consagrarse con Boca, en 1981, viajó a Europa. Fue campeón en el Barcelona, pero lo mejor se vio en el Napoli, con el que dio varios vueltas olímpicas. Tras un paso por el Sevilla, Diego regresó al país, jugó un puñado de partidos en Newell's y cerró su carrera en Boca.
La relación entre Maradona y Pelé tuvo muchos cortocircuitos y hubo un acercamiento en 2005, cuando Diego invitó al astro brasileño al programa de La Noche del Diez. Hubo risas, un cabeza y buena onda. Pero todo quedó ahí.
Hoy, 9 de junio, Maradona y Pelé firmaron la tregua. La excusa fue el Partido de la Amistad, en el que Diego se dio el gusto de jugar unos minutos con varios ex jugadores. Tuvo como compañeros a los italianos Angelo Peruzzi, Fabio Cannavaro y Ciro Ferrara, más el holandés Clarence Seedorf y el francés David Trezequet. Para el equipo de Pelé jugaron los brasileños Dida, Bebeto, el español Fernando Hierro, el inglés Rio Ferdinand y el argentino Crespo.
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Diego Maradona en 2006. Photographie de Armando Tovar.
Jeudi dernier, dans le cadre d'une campagne publicitaire pour la marque de montres Hublot, les légendes de l'histoire du football et se sont retrouvées ensemble à . Ont également participé à cette réunion et le .
Pelé en 2004. Photographie de Ricardo Stuckert/PR
Un jour avant le début du Championnat d'Europe en , le label , l'un des premiers à investir dans le football depuis 2008, a eu le luxe de voir de grands athlètes se rassembler pour la célébration d'un nouveau parti historique.
Après plusieurs chicanes entre eux, il était temps de faire la paix. C'est Maradona qui a fait le premier pas vers la réconciliation : '''« no más peleas, te prometo »''' (''« plus de combats, je vous promet »'')
Alors que la star a été émue en affirmant que ces chicanes ont été générées par les médias et le public.
Cette trêve a été conclue dans le cadre d'un match amical dans lequel les deux joueurs ont joué avec d'autres anciens joueurs. Pour l'équipe ont joué: , et , et David Trezeguet. Pelé a accompagné Dida, , , et Crespo.
=== Critique de Diego envers Lionel Messi ===
Maradona a prononcé un discours dans lequel il a décrit le joueur qui a reçu en 2015 le prix Golden Ball et nommé une autre année comme le meilleur joueur de football, comme une bonne personne, mais qui manque de personnalité pour être un chef de file de l'équipe nationale argentine.
Le commentaire visait la performance de Messi dans l'équipe représentant l'Argentine dans cette édition de la Copa America 2016 Centennial qui a commencé le 3 Juin. Notez que le 10 provient d'une blessure et le premier match contre le a été perdu.
Demain aura lieu la deuxième présentation de l'équipe argentine à contre le ; à cette occasion, va commencer. Alors qu'il est en attente pour la récupération de . et sont déjà à la disposition des entraîneurs après avoir récupéré de leurs blessures respectives.
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Voici des propos qui pourraient bien avoir les effets d'une bombe. L'ex-footballeur argentin Diego Maradona a confié à la légende brésilienne Pelé que son compatriote Lionel Messi n'avait "pas de personnalité", lors d'une conversation privée captée par l'AFP jeudi à Paris.
"C'est une bonne personne, mais il n'a pas de personnalité. Il n'a pas la personnalité pour être un leader", a déclaré le champion du monde 1986, interrogé par Pelé sur Messi, quintuple ballon d'or (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016) qui dispute actuellement la Copa America aux Etats-Unis avec la sélection argentine. Les deux légendes attendaient à ce moment-là le début d'une rencontre entre anciennes gloires du football, au sein de laquelle ils officiaient tous deux comme entraîneurs. Un événement organisé par un horloger suisse partenaire de l'Euro 2016, qui débute vendredi en France.
En 2011, Maradona défendait Messi
Après cette réponse, le triple champion du monde brésilien (1958, 1962 et 1970) a demandé au "Pibe de Oro" s'il y avait beaucoup de joueurs à forte personnalité à l'époque où tous deux jouaient (1956-1977 pour Pelé, 1976-1997 pour Maradona). "Plein de joueurs", a répondu Maradona.
En 2011, Maradona avait pourtant défendu Messi quand "le Roi Pelé" avait affirmé que son compatriote Neymar était "plus fort" que Messi, suggérant à son illustre aîné (âgé de 75 ans aujourd'hui) de prendre "le bon médicament". "Au lieu de prendre son comprimé le soir, il l'a pris le matin. Il était embrouillé et ne savait pas de quoi il parlait. La prochaine fois, qu'il prenne le bon médicament avant de parler, et je lui conseille aussi de changer de médecin", avait déclaré Maradona.
Pelé et Maradona, qui ont eu des relations houleuses par le passé, se sont montrés très cordiaux l'un envers l'autre pendant l'événement promotionnel, voire proches. "Fini les combats", a souhaité Maradona au Brésilien, qui en retour l'a appelé "mon ami".
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Diego Maradona en 2006. Photographie de Armando Tovar.
Jeudi dernier, dans le cadre d'une campagne publicitaire pour la marque de montres Hublot, les légendes de l'histoire du football et se sont retrouvées ensemble à . Ont également participé à cette réunion et le .
Pelé en 2004. Photographie de Ricardo Stuckert/PR
Un jour avant le début du Championnat d'Europe en , le label , l'un des premiers à investir dans le football depuis 2008, a eu le luxe de voir de grands athlètes se rassembler pour la célébration d'un nouveau parti historique.
Après plusieurs chicanes entre eux, il était temps de faire la paix. C'est Maradona qui a fait le premier pas vers la réconciliation : '''« no más peleas, te prometo »''' (''« plus de combats, je vous promet »'')
Alors que la star a été émue en affirmant que ces chicanes ont été générées par les médias et le public.
Cette trêve a été conclue dans le cadre d'un match amical dans lequel les deux joueurs ont joué avec d'autres anciens joueurs. Pour l'équipe ont joué: , et , et David Trezeguet. Pelé a accompagné Dida, , , et Crespo.
=== Critique de Diego envers Lionel Messi ===
Maradona a prononcé un discours dans lequel il a décrit le joueur qui a reçu en 2015 le prix Golden Ball et nommé une autre année comme le meilleur joueur de football, comme une bonne personne, mais qui manque de personnalité pour être un chef de file de l'équipe nationale argentine.
Le commentaire visait la performance de Messi dans l'équipe représentant l'Argentine dans cette édition de la Copa America 2016 Centennial qui a commencé le 3 Juin. Notez que le 10 provient d'une blessure et le premier match contre le a été perdu.
Demain aura lieu la deuxième présentation de l'équipe argentine à contre le ; à cette occasion, va commencer. Alors qu'il est en attente pour la récupération de . et sont déjà à la disposition des entraîneurs après avoir récupéré de leurs blessures respectives.
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Derrière les sourires de la photo de famille, les insultes. Le ton est monté entre les présidents de la Colombie et du Venezuela, ce lundi, lors d'un sommet régional au Mexique.
Un affrontement verbal musclé a opposé ce lundi les présidents colombien Alvaro Uribe et vénézuélien Hugo Chavez, lors d'un sommet des pays d'Amérique latine et des Caraïbes, qui se tient pendant deux jours à Cancun, au Mexique. Au coeur de la joute: des différends commerciaux et militaires.
Uribe estime que le Venezuela impose un embargo commercial à la Colombie. Chavez, lui, estime que la sécurité du Venezuela est menacée par un accord signé entre Bogota et Washington qui permet à l'armée américaine de faire usage d'au moins sept bases en Colombie.
Les deux pays voisins traversent depuis quelques années une sérieuse crise qui a entraîné la suspension des relations diplomatiques par Caracas en juillet 2009. Fin octobre, la découverte d'une dizaine de corps sans vie à la frontière commune avait ravivé ces tensions. Plus tôt, en mars 2008, c'est l'incursion de l'armée colombienne en territoire équatorien lors d'une intervention contre les Farc qui mettait le feu aux poudres entre les deux chefs d'Etat.
"Soyez un homme!" // "Allez en enfer!"
Nouveau regain de tension, donc, ce lundi à Cancun... Pendant la réunion privée des trente-deux chefs d'Etat, "le président Uribe s'est plaint auprès de Chavez de l'embargo commercial de son pays contre la Colombie. Cette plainte n'a pas plu à Chavez, qui s'est posé en victime et a accusé la Colombie d'avoir ordonné de le tuer par l'entremise de paramilitaires et a menacé de se retirer de la réunion", a précisé une source diplomatique colombienne.
REUTERS/Jorge Silva
"Mal à l'aise, Uribe a crié: 'soyez un homme!'. Ces sujets se discutent dans ces forums. Vous êtes courageux pour parler à distance et lâche pour parler de face", a poursuivi cette source diplomatique sous le couvert de l'anonymat. Ce à quoi Chavez aurait répondu par un "Allez en enfer!".
Calderon a seulement déclaré, dans un message à la presse, que les deux pays devraient "éviter les mises en demeure et les récriminations", et que leurs relations devraient entrer dans le cadre de "mécanismes de dialogue respectueux". Des "pays amis" vont contribuer à ce "dialogue".
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Hugo Chávez, en 2003
Álvaro Uribe, le 16 septembre 2003
Les relations étaient gelées entre le Venezuela et la Colombie depuis juillet 2009, après la signature entre Bogotá et Washington d'un accord permettant à l'armée américaine d'utiliser plusieurs bases militaires en Colombie.
Le lundi 22 février 2010, lors d'un sommet des pays d'Amérique latine et des Caraïbes, à Cancún (Mexique), Hugo Chávez et Álvaro Uribe ont eu un accrochage verbal après que le président colombien a protesté contre ce qu'il considère comme un embargo vénézuélien. M. Chávez a répliqué en accusant la Colombie d'avoir ordonné de l'assassiner par l'entremise de paramilitaires et a menacé de se retirer de la réunion.
Le lendemain, le président vénézuélien a déclaré vouloir avec la Colombie. Il souhaite ainsi , ajoutant qu' .
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N. Rokita: odeszłam z PO - partia skręca w lewo
Nelly Rokita
TVN24
Nelly Rokita odeszła z Platformy Obywatelskiej. "Największy wpływ na moją decyzję ma złe i niesprawiedliwe potraktowanie mojego męża" - napisała żona Jana Rokity w oświadczeniu. Uważa również, że partia skręca za bardzo w lewo.
"Ja osobiście podjęłam decyzję o rezygnacji z bycia członkiem Platformy, tę rezygnację wysłałam do swojego koła (w Krakowie)" - powiedziała Nelly Rokita rano w radiowej Trójce.W oświadczeniu adresowanym do swojego krakowskiego koła Nelly Rokita napisała, że decyzja o odejściu była dla niej bardzo trudna. Zaznaczyła, że chciała budować partię konserwatywno- liberalną, tymczasem - według niej - "Donald Tusk z pełną odpowiedzialnością buduje partię liberalną, w której nie ma miejsca dla ludzi, takich jak ona, o poglądach chrześcijańsko- konserwatywno-ludowych". "Największy wpływ na moją decyzję o opuszczeniu PO ma złe i niesprawiedliwe potraktowanie mojego męża. Myślałam przez dłuższy czas, że to, co się stało między Tuskiem a Rokitą to jedynie nieporozumienie" - podkreśliła.Jak zaznaczyła, liczyła na to, że szef partii przeprosi jej męża, który - według niej - zachował się przyzwoicie. Podkreśliła, że "nie było i nie mogło być zakazu popierania człowieka przyzwoitego jakim jest prof. Ryszard Terlecki", kandydat PiS na prezydenta Krakowa w listopadowych wyborach samorządowych."Nie uważam, że był to wystarczający powód, aby w taki sposób upokarzać Jana, odbierając mu nawet kierowanie +Gabinetem cieni+, który był jego autorskim pomysłem. Ten ostatni fakt definitywnie wpłynął na moją decyzję" - zaznaczyła.Niespodziewane poparcie, jakiego Rokita udzielił Terleckiemu przed II turą wyborów samorządowych w Krakowie spotkało się z krytyką Donalda Tuska i innych liderów partii. Wywołało też irytację wśród działaczy PO w tych miastach, w których w II turze wyborów wójtów, burmistrzów i prezydentów kandydaci Platformy walczyli z kandydatami PiS.Konflikt wokół Rokity spowodował, że nie został on szefem klubu parlamentarnego PO, chociaż wcześniej był faworytem na to stanowisko. Media spekulowały nawet, że Rokita odejdzie z partii, ale pozostał w Platformie.Według Nelly Rokity, członkowie PO przestali szczerze dyskutować, boją się ujawniać różnice zdań. Ponadto - napisała - po wyborach samorządowych Platforma coraz ostrzej skręca na lewo, o czym "świadczą przyjacielskie relacje Tuska z Aleksandrem Kwaśniewskim".W jej ocenie, Tusk dba o realizację własnych celów i nie potrafi być przywódcą dużej partii. W radiowej Trójce prognozowała, że Tusk chce budować "małą partię liberalną" i tworzyć "jakiś sojusz z lewicą". "Ja siebie w takim sojuszu absolutnie nie widzę" - mówiła.W oświadczeniu oceniła, że Tusk stawia na drużynę, ale "jest to drużyna oparta bardziej na etykiecie dworskiej niż na partnerskiej współpracy"."Zmuszenie do odejścia najpierw Macieja Płażyńskiego, a potem prof. Zyty Gilowskiej było przemyślanym działaniem Donalda Tuska. Mam jednak nadzieję, że Tuskowi nie będzie tak łatwo zmusić do odejścia Jana Rokity, choć pracuje on nad tym od dawna, o czym świadczą brutalne zwolnienia pracowników Klubu Parlamentarnego PO, współpracujących z Rokitą" - czytamy w oświadczeniu.Rano mówiła zaś, że chce wierzyć, iż jej mąż zostanie w PO i "będzie chciał ją zmieniać".Uznała, że dla Platformy nastał "zły czas", a partia musi zastanowić się nad przyszłością. "Jestem bardzo rozczarowana i smutna z tego powodu, co się stało w PO" - powiedziała.
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Działaczka krakowskiej Platformy Obywatelskiej, żona Jana Rokity - jednego z liderów tej partii Nelli Rokita złożyła swoją legitymację partyjną. Na decyzję o opuszczeniu partii miał, jej zdaniem, wpływ złego i niesprawiedliwego potraktowania jej męża, który w czasie wyborów samorządowych poparł kandydata PiS na fotel prezydenta Krakowa. Rokita mówiła ''Nie uważam, że był to wystarczający powód, aby w taki sposób upokarzać Jana, odbierając mu nawet kierowanie "Gabinetem cieni", który był jego autorskim pomysłem. Ten ostatni fakt definitywnie wpłynął na moją decyzję''. Według Nelli Rokity ''Platforma coraz bardziej skręca w lewo'', o czym mają świadczyć "przyjacielskie relacje Tuska z Aleksandrem Kwaśniewskim". W oświadczeniu wydanym przez Rokitę czytamy, że ''zmuszenie do odejścia najpierw Macieja Płażyńskiego, a potem prof. Zyty Gilowskiej było przemyślanym działaniem Donalda Tuska. Mam jednak nadzieję, że Tuskowi nie będzie tak łatwo zmusić do odejścia Jana Rokitę, choć pracuje on nad tym od dawna, o czym świadczą brutalne zwolnienia pracowników Klubu Parlamentarnego PO, współpracujących z Rokitą''.
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Ciencia | 16/04/2013 - 16:05h | Última actualización: 16/04/2013 - 17:24h
Madrid. (EP).- El inventor iraní de 27 años, Razeghi Ali, ha asegurado haber construido una máquina del tiempo que puede predecir el futuro de una persona con "una precisión sorprendente".
Esta máquina imprime un informe del futuro detallado de un individuo utilizando, para la predicción, algoritmos complejos. Según ha explicado, en declaraciones al Daily Telegraph, lleva trabajando en este proyecto "los últimos 10 años" y, en ese tiempo, ha logrado crear una invención que "se adapta fácilmente al tamaño de un PC".
En cuanto a su funcionamiento, Razeghi ha querido aclarar que "no es como el coche de 'Regreso al futuro' porque no lleva a la persona al futuro, sino que predice qué le ocurrirá en los próximos 5-8 años de vida del usuario".
Sobre sus usos, Razeghi ha asegurado que puede ser útil, por ejemplo, para Irán, para predecir la "posibilidad de una confrontación militar con un país extranjero", para pronosticar la fluctuación del valor de las monedas extranjeras o los precios del petróleo.
"Naturalmente, un gobierno que puede ver su futuro a cinco años será capaz de prepararse para los desafíos que podrían desestabilizarle", ha explicado al diario. El inventor, que tiene en su currículum otras 179 invenciones, ha indicado que espera comercializar este producto entre los países de todo el mundo, así como entre personas, una vez que se alce la etapa de producción en masa".
Por otra parte, Razeghi ha reconocido haber recibido críticas por parte de sectores que le acusan de "querer tratar de ser Dios". A su juicio, "este proyecto no está en contra de los valores religiosos en absoluto".
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La máquina, desarrollada por el iraní Razeghi Ali, es capaz de predecir con cierta precisión el futuro de un individio con relación a los eventos que han de sucederle en los 5 a 8 años próximos al estudio, utilizando alrogitmos complejos durante el proceso de predicción.
Razeghi Ali, inventor de nacionalidad , asegura haber creado una máquina capaz de predecir el futuro de un individuo con "una presición sorprendente". La máquina imprime un reporte detallado sobre el futuro de dicha persona utilizando algoritmos complejos durante el proceso.
Según ha declarado Razeghi Ali a , el inventor ha trabajado en el proyecto durante los últimos diez años. Ali también indicó que en el trascurso de ese período logró modificar su invención para que esta se adaptara de forma sencilla al tamaño de un computador convencional.
Con respecto al funcionamiento del dispositivo, Ali aclaró que su invención no guarda similitud alguna con el famoso coche de '''', ya que el mismo no transporta a la persona a través del tiempo, sino que en cambio predice los eventos que tendrán lugar en los próximos 5 a 8 años de vida del sujeto estudiado.
El inventor también ha indicado que su máquina puede tener una gran variedad de utilidades, como predecir la "posibilidad de una confrontación militar de con un país extranjero", o las variaciones del valor de monedas extranjeras o del . Además, reconoció haber sido criticado por sectores que lo acusan de "querer tratar de ser Dios".
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De los libros y películas de ciencia ficción, ¿a la realidad? Un iraní de 27 años asegura haber inventado una máquina del tiempo que puede predecir el futuro de una persona con "una precisión sorprendente".
Se trata de Razeghi Ali, cuyo aparato imprime un informe detallado de lo que le depara a un individuo utilizando para el vaticinio algoritmos complejos.
Además, sobre el funcionamiento, adelantándose a cualquier burla, aclaró que "no es como el auto de 'Volver al futuro' porque no lleva a la persona al futuro, sino que presagia qué le ocurrirá en los próximos 5-8 años de vida del usuario".
Según explicó, en declaraciones al periódico Daily Telegraph, lleva trabajando en este proyecto "los últimos 10 años" y, en ese tiempo, logró crear una invención que "se adapta fácilmente al tamaño de una PC".
En cuanto a sus usos, Razeghi aseguró que puede ser útil, por ejemplo, para Irán, para predecir la "posibilidad de una confrontación militar con un país extranjero", para pronosticar la fluctuación del valor de las monedas extranjeras o los precios del petróleo.
"Naturalmente, un gobierno que puede ver su futuro a cinco años será capaz de prepararse para los desafíos que podrían desestabilizarle", explicó al matutino.
El inventor, que tiene en su currículum otras 179 invenciones, indicó que espera comercializar este producto entre los países de todo el mundo, así como entre personas, una vez que se llegue a la etapa de producción en masa".
Por otra parte, Razeghi reconoció haber recibido críticas por parte de sectores que lo acusan de "querer tratar de ser Dios". A su juicio, "este proyecto no está en contra de los valores religiosos en absoluto".
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La máquina, desarrollada por el iraní Razeghi Ali, es capaz de predecir con cierta precisión el futuro de un individio con relación a los eventos que han de sucederle en los 5 a 8 años próximos al estudio, utilizando alrogitmos complejos durante el proceso de predicción.
Razeghi Ali, inventor de nacionalidad , asegura haber creado una máquina capaz de predecir el futuro de un individuo con "una presición sorprendente". La máquina imprime un reporte detallado sobre el futuro de dicha persona utilizando algoritmos complejos durante el proceso.
Según ha declarado Razeghi Ali a , el inventor ha trabajado en el proyecto durante los últimos diez años. Ali también indicó que en el trascurso de ese período logró modificar su invención para que esta se adaptara de forma sencilla al tamaño de un computador convencional.
Con respecto al funcionamiento del dispositivo, Ali aclaró que su invención no guarda similitud alguna con el famoso coche de '''', ya que el mismo no transporta a la persona a través del tiempo, sino que en cambio predice los eventos que tendrán lugar en los próximos 5 a 8 años de vida del sujeto estudiado.
El inventor también ha indicado que su máquina puede tener una gran variedad de utilidades, como predecir la "posibilidad de una confrontación militar de con un país extranjero", o las variaciones del valor de monedas extranjeras o del . Además, reconoció haber sido criticado por sectores que lo acusan de "querer tratar de ser Dios".
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Asegura que el dispositivo puede predecir el futuro de una persona con una precisión sorprendente
No es como en “Regreso al futuro”, pero un joven inventor iraní afirma haber construido una máquina del tiempo que puede predecir el futuro de una persona con una precisión sorprendente.
Razeqi Ali, de 27 años y el "director general del Centro de Irán para las invenciones estratégicas", afirman que su dispositivo imprimirá un informe del futuro detallado de un individuo después de usar algoritmos complejos para predecir su destino.
Según el Daily Telegraph, Razeqi dijo a la agencia estatal de noticias Fars que su dispositivo "cabe fácilmente en una caja de un portátil y puede predecir los detalles de los próximos 5-8 años de la vida de sus usuarios". No es viajar el futuro, "sino traer el futuro al presente".
Razeqi dice que Irán ha decidido mantener su profética máquina del tiempo en secreto por ahora, por temor a que "los chinos le roben la idea y la produzcan a millones por la noche". El viceministro iraní de Ciencias, Investigación y Tecnología desestimó las pretensiones de Razeqi en una entrevista con la agencia Fars, una señal de la gran atención que ha recibido.
Hablamos con Thomas romano, físico teórico de la Universidad Estatal de Connectica Central y coautor del libro «Time Travel and Drives Warp», para preguntar sobre las posibilidades de que exista una máquina del tiempo como la de Razeqi y desacreditar ideas falsas populares sobre viajes en el tiempo. He aquí una versión editada de la entrevista:
¿Qué piensa de la autoría de Razeqi sobre que una máquina del tiempo puede predecir el futuro de una persona?
Es una locura.
¿La máquina del tiempo rompe alguna ley física?
Es difícil de saber porque es todo el proceso es bastante loco.
¿Cuáles son algunas ideas populares falsas sobre el viaje en el tiempo?
Una creencia popular es que puedes regresar a cualquier momento del pasado. Y eso no es cierto. Sólo puedes volver hasta el momento en que la máquina del tiempo fue inventada. Así que si yo invento hoy mi máquina del tiempo y espero 30 años y vuelvo al pasado, lo más atrás posible en el pasado que puedo ir es hoy.
Otra idea falsa- que ves mucho en las típicas películas, es la idea de que se puede volver atrás en el tiempo y cambiar la línea del tiempo.
En estas historias, el viajero del tiempo va hacia atrás en el tiempo y hace algo que cambia el futuro y, después, tiene que hacer algo para "restaurar la línea de tiempo." Sin embargo, eso no puede ser así, ya que no podemos tener el mismo evento, no en el mismo universo. No se puede cambiar el pasado.
Por ejemplo, supongamos que retrocedemos en el tiempo y trato de matar a mi abuelo. Si lo consigo, nunca habría nacido y nunca podría haber hecho el viaje de vuelta utilizando la máquina del tiempo. Una vez más, no puede ocurrir el mismo evento, el asesinato de mi abuelo.
¿Hay alguna manera de entender la "paradoja del abuelo"?
Hay dos posibilidades. Una es la que a veces se llama “el escenario de auto-consistencia”, en la que todos los eventos a lo largo del bucle se ajustan para ser auto-consistente. Así, por ejemplo, si voy hacia atrás en el tiempo y trato de disparar a mi abuelo, habría algo que siempre me impediría hacerlo. Es como si el universo y las leyes de la física conspiraran para hacer que las cosas continúen su evolución. La otra posibilidad es que cuando dispare a mi abuelo el universo se divida y haya un universo en el que disparo a mi abuelo y otro en el que no.
Bueno, quizás no podremos viajar al pasado. Pero, ¿es posible viajar al futuro?
No hay ningún problema. De hecho, sabemos cómo hacerlo en un principio. Si viajas muy cerca de la velocidad de la luz, el tiempo se ralentiza para el viajero del espacio en comparación con alguien en la Tierra.
Si el viaje al futuro es posible, entonces ¿podría una máquina del tiempo como la que el empresario iraní afirmó haber construido realmente funcionar?
Ir hacia el futuro no es un problema. Un mecanismo para viajar en el futuro es factible gracias a la teoría de la relatividad. Sin embargo, dicho esto, lo que el empresario dice haber construido todavía está una locura.
Sigue leyendo la entrevista en National Geographic.
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La máquina, desarrollada por el iraní Razeghi Ali, es capaz de predecir con cierta precisión el futuro de un individio con relación a los eventos que han de sucederle en los 5 a 8 años próximos al estudio, utilizando alrogitmos complejos durante el proceso de predicción.
Razeghi Ali, inventor de nacionalidad , asegura haber creado una máquina capaz de predecir el futuro de un individuo con "una presición sorprendente". La máquina imprime un reporte detallado sobre el futuro de dicha persona utilizando algoritmos complejos durante el proceso.
Según ha declarado Razeghi Ali a , el inventor ha trabajado en el proyecto durante los últimos diez años. Ali también indicó que en el trascurso de ese período logró modificar su invención para que esta se adaptara de forma sencilla al tamaño de un computador convencional.
Con respecto al funcionamiento del dispositivo, Ali aclaró que su invención no guarda similitud alguna con el famoso coche de '''', ya que el mismo no transporta a la persona a través del tiempo, sino que en cambio predice los eventos que tendrán lugar en los próximos 5 a 8 años de vida del sujeto estudiado.
El inventor también ha indicado que su máquina puede tener una gran variedad de utilidades, como predecir la "posibilidad de una confrontación militar de con un país extranjero", o las variaciones del valor de monedas extranjeras o del . Además, reconoció haber sido criticado por sectores que lo acusan de "querer tratar de ser Dios".
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La máquina, desarrollada por el iraní Razeghi Ali, es capaz de predecir con cierta precisión el futuro de un individio con relación a los eventos que han de sucederle en los 5 a 8 años próximos al estudio, utilizando alrogitmos complejos durante el proceso de predicción.
Razeghi Ali, inventor de nacionalidad , asegura haber creado una máquina capaz de predecir el futuro de un individuo con "una presición sorprendente". La máquina imprime un reporte detallado sobre el futuro de dicha persona utilizando algoritmos complejos durante el proceso.
Según ha declarado Razeghi Ali a , el inventor ha trabajado en el proyecto durante los últimos diez años. Ali también indicó que en el trascurso de ese período logró modificar su invención para que esta se adaptara de forma sencilla al tamaño de un computador convencional.
Con respecto al funcionamiento del dispositivo, Ali aclaró que su invención no guarda similitud alguna con el famoso coche de '''', ya que el mismo no transporta a la persona a través del tiempo, sino que en cambio predice los eventos que tendrán lugar en los próximos 5 a 8 años de vida del sujeto estudiado.
El inventor también ha indicado que su máquina puede tener una gran variedad de utilidades, como predecir la "posibilidad de una confrontación militar de con un país extranjero", o las variaciones del valor de monedas extranjeras o del . Además, reconoció haber sido criticado por sectores que lo acusan de "querer tratar de ser Dios".
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Breaking News Top Stories Business InfoTech Health Sports Soccer Hot News Singapore News World News Voices Business plus ClassAd Sports TODAY FIRST DEGREE Hot News // Friday, October 27, 2006 Thaksin and the burden of proof Hard-pressed to nail former Thai PM, coup leader Sonthi admits there's no evidence — Agencies, with additional reporting by Ng Hun Wei — Agencies, with additional reporting by Ng Hun Wei BANGKOK — More than a month after he ousted Mr Thak-sin Shinawatra citing widespread corruption, Thailand's coup leader General Sonthi Boonyaratglin (picture) has rattled friends and foes alike with a stunning admission: No evidence of corruption has been found against the former premier so far, and it is possible that none may surface. BANGKOK — More than a month after he ousted Mr Thak-sin Shinawatra citing widespread corruption, Thailand's coup leader General Sonthi Boonyaratglin (picture) has rattled friends and foes alike with a stunning admission: No evidence of corruption has been found against the former premier so far, and it is possible that none may surface. . Analysts said that Gen Sonthi's remarks could undermine the main rationale for the coup, but the outspoken soldier was not holding back. Not only did he admit that hard evidence was hard to come by, but he also expressed his frustration at the developments. Analysts said that Gen Sonthi's remarks could undermine the main rationale for the coup, but the outspoken soldier was not holding back. Not only did he admit that hard evidence was hard to come by, but he also expressed his frustration at the developments. . "It will be difficult to implicate him in major corruption cases," Gen Sonthi told The Nation newspaper. "I am not sure how far the Office of the Auditor-General can investigate suspected corruption cases involving him. They might get nowhere at all. "It will be difficult to implicate him in major corruption cases," Gen Sonthi told The Nation newspaper. "I am not sure how far the Office of the Auditor-General can investigate suspected corruption cases involving him. They might get nowhere at all. . "We cannot impound the money he made with accountable legal evidence, but can only look for some possible hidden (evidence) with questionable background." "We cannot impound the money he made with accountable legal evidence, but can only look for some possible hidden (evidence) with questionable background." . Perhaps aware that his words might not go down well with Thaksin-baiters, who have been baying for the former prime minister's blood, Gen Sonthi said: "I know how the people feel. I guess I feel the same way when I watch soccer. I am always frustrated when waiting for my team to score and feel like getting on the field and playing myself." Perhaps aware that his words might not go down well with Thaksin-baiters, who have been baying for the former prime minister's blood, Gen Sonthi said: "I know how the people feel. I guess I feel the same way when I watch soccer. I am always frustrated when waiting for my team to score and feel like getting on the field and playing myself." . In this case, however, the general appears to be content playing the referee. In this case, however, the general appears to be content playing the referee. . Despite the lack of evidence, he has advised Mr Thaksin against returning to Thailand in the near future. Despite the lack of evidence, he has advised Mr Thaksin against returning to Thailand in the near future. . Asked what would happen if Mr Thaksin, who has based himself in London, "just got on a plane and flew here", the report quoted Gen Sonthi as saying: "It wouldn't be allowed to land." Asked what would happen if Mr Thaksin, who has based himself in London, "just got on a plane and flew here", the report quoted Gen Sonthi as saying: "It wouldn't be allowed to land." . Analysts quickly busied themselves examining the coup leader's words, saying that he walked a tightrope between appearing fair and appeasing those who wanted proof of Mr Thaksin's corruption. Analysts quickly busied themselves examining the coup leader's words, saying that he walked a tightrope between appearing fair and appeasing those who wanted proof of Mr Thaksin's corruption. . "I think it is just a statement of fact," said Associate Professor Prodhisan Jumbala from Chulalongkorn University. "It is difficult to prove such cases. In some of them, Mr Thaksin might not be directly responsible. It could be his ministers." "I think it is just a statement of fact," said Associate Professor Prodhisan Jumbala from Chulalongkorn University. "It is difficult to prove such cases. In some of them, Mr Thaksin might not be directly responsible. It could be his ministers." . His colleague Assoc Prof Panitan Wattanayagorn saw a silver lining in the general's pronouncements. "The junta have not set up kangaroo courts," he said. "It is good that investigations are being conducted by independent agencies." His colleague Assoc Prof Panitan Wattanayagorn saw a silver lining in the general's pronouncements. "The junta have not set up kangaroo courts," he said. "It is good that investigations are being conducted by independent agencies." . This was a point that Gen Sonthi himself touched on in his interview. "We have to abide by the law," he said. "The international community is watching to see whether human rights and civil liberties are being violated." This was a point that Gen Sonthi himself touched on in his interview. "We have to abide by the law," he said. "The international community is watching to see whether human rights and civil liberties are being violated." . But while the general put on a brave face, analysts agreed that the pressure was on the Council for National Security to come up with evidence that would justify the Sept 19 coup. But while the general put on a brave face, analysts agreed that the pressure was on the Council for National Security to come up with evidence that would justify the Sept 19 coup. . Political science lecturer Sombat Chantawong told AFP: "The coup group needs to prove that their reasons are true, otherwise they will be in trouble. Otherwise people will say the coup leaders only ousted the government to take power." Political science lecturer Sombat Chantawong told AFP: "The coup group needs to prove that their reasons are true, otherwise they will be in trouble. Otherwise people will say the coup leaders only ousted the government to take power." . BOX THIS BOX THIS . BANGKOK — Thailand's top royal adviser Thursday told the wife of ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra that he should accept his fate and not try to stage a comeback, a general told reporters Thursday. BANGKOK — Thailand's top royal adviser Thursday told the wife of ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra that he should accept his fate and not try to stage a comeback, a general told reporters Thursday. . The comments came during a 15-minute meeting between Pojaman Thaksin and the king's chief adviser, Prem Tinsulanonda, according to General Oud Beungbon, who attended the meeting. The comments came during a 15-minute meeting between Pojaman Thaksin and the king's chief adviser, Prem Tinsulanonda, according to General Oud Beungbon, who attended the meeting. . "General Prem asked Khunying (Pojaman) how Thaksin is," Gen Oud told reporters. "General Prem asked Khunying (Pojaman) how Thaksin is," Gen Oud told reporters. . "He also asked Khunying to tell Thaksin to accept the situation, that he has lost power, that it would have happened one day anyway, and asked Thaksin to be strong and be patient," he added. "He also asked Khunying to tell Thaksin to accept the situation, that he has lost power, that it would have happened one day anyway, and asked Thaksin to be strong and be patient," he added. . According to Gen Oud, Ms Pojaman replied that Mr Thaksin was playing golf and spending time with his daughter in London. According to Gen Oud, Ms Pojaman replied that Mr Thaksin was playing golf and spending time with his daughter in London. . Ms Pojaman, who is considered a shrewd political player in her own right, flew to Britain soon after the coup, but returned to Thailand last week. Ms Pojaman, who is considered a shrewd political player in her own right, flew to Britain soon after the coup, but returned to Thailand last week. . Thai media had reported that she had sought the meeting with Gen Prem to try to secure permission for Mr Thaksin to return home. Thai media had reported that she had sought the meeting with Gen Prem to try to secure permission for Mr Thaksin to return home.
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In an interview earlier today, the leader of the recent political coup in Thailand, General Sonthi Boonyaratglin, said that he could not find solid evidence to support corruption charges against ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
"It will be difficult to implicate him," said General Boonyaratglin. He added that he is "not sure how far the Office of the Auditor General can investigate suspected corruption cases involving him. They might get to nowhere at all...We cannot impound the money he made with accountable legal evidence, but can only look for some possible hidden (evidence) with questionable background..."
General Sonthi also justified the bloodless coup of September 19 by saying that the rampant corruption in Thailand was undermining democracy there.
After the coup, General Sonthi quickly reinstated the country's corruption watchdog to work alongside his own team of investigators to find evidence of corruption in Mr. Thaksin's leadership.
In addition to corruption, General Sonthi also cited the Thaksin administration's perceived lack of respect for the king as another reason to have staged the coup. He said that
"Soldiers are obliged to protect the national security, safeguard the nation, and uphold loyalty to the monarchy. The military cannot tolerate any leaders who lack or have limited loyalty to the king..."
Insulting the 78-year-old monarch, who has spent 60 years on the throne, is considered a very serious crime in Thailand.
The general has admitted that the military could lose public support if no evidence is found to support the accusations.
Mr. Shinawatra is currently living in exile in London.
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Thai coup leader admits little proof of Thaksin's corruption
Related News Myanmar, Thai coup stand in way of US-ASEAN summit Thai PM meets with political party leaders Thai army trains amid rumours of ousted PM's return Critics say Thai's legislative assembly lacks representation for the poor BANGKOK - Investigators had failed to uncover solid evidence of corruption by Thailand's ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra, the country's coup leader said Thursday, undermining the main rationale for the takeover.
However, General Sonthi Boonyaratglin advised Thaksin against returning in the near future and warned the military was on the alert for any risk of a counter-coup by his supporters.
"It will be difficult to implicate him" in major corruption cases, Sonthi told the Nation newspaper.
"I am not sure how far the Office of the Auditor General can investigate suspected corruption cases involving him. They might get nowhere at all," he said.
"We cannot impound the money he made with accountable legal evidence, but can only look for some possible hidden (evidence) with questionable background," the newspaper quoted him as saying.
Sonthi has repeatedly justified the bloodless September 19 coup by saying widespread corruption during Thaksin's five years in office had undermined democracy.
He quickly revived the nation's dormant corruption watchdogs and set up his own high-powered team of investigators to look into graft allegations against Thaksin.
"Under the previous government, widespread corruption was evident. The administration was plagued by irregularities," he told the paper.
But Sonthi acknowledged the military could lose the public support it has generally enjoyed since the coup if nothing emerged to back up specific corruption claims.
"We have tried to abide by the law and take all parties' concerns into account," he was quoted as saying.
"For example, the international community is watching to see whether human rights and civil liberties are being violated" during the corruption probes, he said.
"I know how the people feel. I guess I feel the same way when I watch soccer. I am always frustrated when waiting for my team to score and feel like getting on the field and playing myself," he said.
Political science lecturer Sombat Chantawong said he did not know why Sonthi made the comments before the anti-graft bodies had completed their investigations.
"The coup group needs to prove that their reasons are true, otherwise they will be in trouble," he told AFP. "Otherwise the coup leaders only ousted the government to take power."
Sonthi also told the Nation that the military was on guard for a possible counter-coup movement, and warned Thaksin not to try to return home yet.
"If he's really concerned about the country, he shouldn't try to come back at present," Sonthi was quoted as saying.
"For people who used to have so much and lose it so swiftly, it's hard to come to terms with that, and they may do everything necessary to get it all back," he said.
Thaksin was in New York when the coup occurred, and has stayed in exile in London since.
His wife, Pojaman, had gone to meet him, but has since returned to Thailand.
She spent 15 minutes early Thursday meeting former prime minister Prem Tinsulanonda, a top adviser to Thailand's revered king, in an effort to secure permission for Thaksin's return. Neither Pojaman nor Prem commented on the meeting.
Prem is believed to have played a key role in orchestrating the coup, and many of the leaders imposed by the military in government and in parliament have close ties to him.
In his interview with the Nation, Sonthi denied he had informed Prem before staging the coup, but cited the Thaksin government's perceived lack of respect for the monarchy as one of his reasons for the takeover.
"The military cannot tolerate any leaders who lack or have limited loyalty to the king," he told the paper.
Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who at 78 has spent six decades on the throne, is revered by his people and any perceived insult to him is a serious crime here.
But Sonthi said that criminal charges that Thaksin had insulted the king were also failing to stick.
"He has cleared some of the cases (before the coup), and our officials are looking into the other remaining cases," he said. - AFP/ir
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In an interview earlier today, the leader of the recent political coup in Thailand, General Sonthi Boonyaratglin, said that he could not find solid evidence to support corruption charges against ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
"It will be difficult to implicate him," said General Boonyaratglin. He added that he is "not sure how far the Office of the Auditor General can investigate suspected corruption cases involving him. They might get to nowhere at all...We cannot impound the money he made with accountable legal evidence, but can only look for some possible hidden (evidence) with questionable background..."
General Sonthi also justified the bloodless coup of September 19 by saying that the rampant corruption in Thailand was undermining democracy there.
After the coup, General Sonthi quickly reinstated the country's corruption watchdog to work alongside his own team of investigators to find evidence of corruption in Mr. Thaksin's leadership.
In addition to corruption, General Sonthi also cited the Thaksin administration's perceived lack of respect for the king as another reason to have staged the coup. He said that
"Soldiers are obliged to protect the national security, safeguard the nation, and uphold loyalty to the monarchy. The military cannot tolerate any leaders who lack or have limited loyalty to the king..."
Insulting the 78-year-old monarch, who has spent 60 years on the throne, is considered a very serious crime in Thailand.
The general has admitted that the military could lose public support if no evidence is found to support the accusations.
Mr. Shinawatra is currently living in exile in London.
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Samstag 19. Februar 2005, 09:57 Uhr Zehntausende Jobs sollen ins Ausland wandern Hamburg (AFP) - Die deutsche Wirtschaft wird in den nächsten drei Jahren einem Zeitungsbericht zufolge rund 150.000 Arbeitsplätze ins Ausland verlagern. Allein in diesem Jahr würden voraussichtlich 50.000 Arbeitsplätze von Deutschland aus in andere Länder verlegt, berichtet die "Bild-Zeitung" unter Berufung auf eine Umfrage des Deutschen Industrie- und Handelskammertages (DIHK) bei rund 8000 Firmen. 43 Prozent der in den nächsten drei Jahren voraussichtlich abgebauten Stellen würden in osteuropäische EU-Staaten verschoben, 37 Prozent nach China. Zu den Branchen, die von der Jobverlagerung am stärksten betroffen sind, zählten laut DIHK-Umfrage die Metallindustrie, das Elektrotechnik-Gewerbe und die Textilibranche. Diesen Artikel per E-Mail versenden
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Die BILD-Zeitung berichtet über eine Umfrage des Deutschen Industrie- und Handelskammertages (DIHK) bei rund 8.000 Firmen.
Diese ergab, dass bis Ende 2007 rund 150.000 Arbeitsplätze ins Ausland verlegt werden sollen. 43 Prozent sollen in die neuen EU-Länder wandern, 37 Prozent sollen nach China gehen. Die Metallindustrie, das Elektrotechnikgewerbe und die Textilbranche ist am meisten betroffen. Bereits in diesem Jahr werden 50.000 Arbeitsplätze in Deutschland wegfallen.
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Luciano Hang ao lado da mãe, Regina Hang, falecida nesta quinta-feira (4) em São Paulo. — Foto: Acervo pessoal
Regina Hang, 82 anos, mãe do empresário Luciano Hang , dono da rede de lojas varejistas Havan, morreu nesta quinta-feira (4), em São Paulo.
Ela foi internada no hospital Sancta Maggiore, da rede Prevent Sênior, na Zona Sul da capital paulista, após ser diagnosticada com Covid-19.
"Dona Regina sempre esteve ao lado do filho, presente nas inaugurações e nos momentos mais importantes destes quase 35 anos de história de Havan. Era nossa “cliente número 1”, a primeira a comprar em cada filial inaugurada pelo Brasil. Cozinheira de mão cheia, todas as terças-feiras fazia questão de cozinhar, recepcionar a família e os convidados da Havan", diz nota da empresa sobre a morte.
Luciano Hang recebeu alta no último dia 20 e deixou o Hospital Sancta Maggiore, onde estava internado com a mãe para tratamento de Covid-19. A mulher do empresário também estava internada na mesma unidade.
"Acabei de receber alta, graças a Deus. Parabenizo e agradeço toda equipe da @preventsenior que atendeu a mim, minha mãe e esposa com excelência. Fiz uma live mais cedo onde compartilhei a minha experiência com Covid. A vida é uma só e temos que lutar com todas as forças para preservá-la", escreveu em uma rede social.
Hang descreveu seu quadro como assintomático. "Prefiro pecar pelo excesso do que errar sem ao menos tentar. Hoje o sentimento é de gratidão. Obrigado a todos pelas mensagens de carinho. Vocês me emocionam! Minha mãe segue internada e melhorando a cada dia, rezem por ela. Fiquem bem e se cuidem. Um grande abraço!", disse.
Apoiador do presidente Jair Bolsonaro (sem partido), Hang costuma contestar o isolamento social e usar as redes sociais para defender uso de hidroxicloroquina. O medicamento não tem eficácia científica comprovada na prevenção ou tratamento da doença causada pelo coronavírus.
Em live transmita no Instagram nesta quarta antes da alta, o empresário voltou a defender o uso de medicamentos sem eficácia comprovada. No entanto, disse também acreditar na vacina – medida que, de fato, pode prevenir o contágio pelo coronavírus, segundo os cientistas.
"Acredito na vacina, mas também no tratamento precoce. Prefiro pecar pelo acesso a não fazer nada. Vou fazer todos os tratamentos que estiverem disponíveis", afirmou.
Em julho do ano passado, Hang teve o cadastro aprovado para recebimento do auxílio emergencial de R$ 600. O caso veio à tona após dados do empresário terem sido vazados por supostos hackers. Embora o cadastro tenha sido aprovado, Hang afirmou em post em rede social que não recebeu o benefício.
2 de 2 O empresário Luciano Hang em live nesta quarta-feira (20). — Foto: Reprodução/Instagram O empresário Luciano Hang em live nesta quarta-feira (20). — Foto: Reprodução/Instagram
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Regina Modesti Hang, mãe do empresário , dono da Havan e grande apoiador do presidente Jair Bolsonaro, morreu hoje em São Paulo devido a piora do quadro de . Ela tinha 82 anos e estava internada há mais de duas semanas no hospital Sancta Maggiore na Zona Sul da capital paulista.
Ela foi internada na mesma época que Luciano, que, no entanto, precisou de cerca de cinco dias para se recuperar da doença, que também acometeu sua esposa.
"Apoiador do presidente Jair Bolsonaro (sem partido), Hang costuma contestar o isolamento social e usar as redes sociais para defender o uso de ", escreveu o G1 na matéria em seu website.
No Twitter, numa publicação do UOL, alguns usuários comentaram o assunto. Um deles escreveu: "E daí? Quer que eu faça o quê? Não sou coveiro. Sou Messias, mas não faço milagre.", numa referência a uma das frases famosas e polêmicas usadas por Bolsonaro durante a pandemia. Outra usuária comentou: "Ele tomou do próprio veneno."
Em seu Instagram, Luciano postou uma foto com sua genitora e escreveu que "a dor de perder uma mãe é inexplicável".
A avó de Michelle Bolsonaro, esposa do presidente, também morreu de covid meses atrás.
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A mãe de Luciano Hang, dono da rede de lojas Havan, morreu nesta quarta-feira (3/2), em São Paulo, em decorrência de complicações clínicas após contrair Covid-19. Regina Modesti Hang tinha 82 anos e estava internada desde o fim de dezembro em um hospital da capital paulista.
A idosa apresentou um quadro febril no dia 27 de dezembro. No dia seguinte, recebeu o diagnóstico de que estava com Covid-19 e foi internada com 95% dos pulmões afetados. No hospital, ela precisou ser entubada e, com o agravamento de seu quadro respiratório, foi submetida a uma traqueostomia, mas teve uma infecção generalizada e morreu.
Regina costumava acompanhar o filho nas inaugurações das lojas Havan, que já somam 155 unidades em 17 estados do país.
Em nota, a assessoria de Luciano Hang disse que “é com profunda tristeza que a Havan comunica o falecimento de Regina Modesti Hang, 82 anos”.
“Dona Regina sempre esteve ao lado do filho, presente nas inaugurações e nos momentos mais importantes destes quase 35 anos de história de Havan. Era nossa ‘cliente número 1’, a primeira a comprar em cada filial inaugurada pelo Brasil. Cozinheira de mão cheia, todas as terças-feiras fazia questão de cozinhar, recepcionar a família e os convidados da Havan”, diz o texto.
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Regina deixa dois filhos, João Luiz e Luciano, noras, netos e bisnetos. A celebração de despedida será em família. “Aqueles que passam por nós não nos deixam sós, deixam um pouco de si e levam um pouco de nós”, finaliza a nota.
O empresário, a mulher, Andrea, e os três filhos também se contaminaram com o coronavírus. Luciano e Andrea tiveram sintomas da doença e se internaram na unidade Dubai do Hospital Sancta Maggiore, no bairro do Morumbi, na capital paulista, mas tiveram alta.
Hang defendeu o uso da cloroquina além do “tratamento precoce”, que inclui a prática de atividade física, boa alimentação e o uso de vitaminas C e D, além de zinco.
Os medicamentos defendidos pelo empresário não têm eficácia contra o vírus comprovada por estudos científicos.
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Regina Modesti Hang, mãe do empresário , dono da Havan e grande apoiador do presidente Jair Bolsonaro, morreu hoje em São Paulo devido a piora do quadro de . Ela tinha 82 anos e estava internada há mais de duas semanas no hospital Sancta Maggiore na Zona Sul da capital paulista.
Ela foi internada na mesma época que Luciano, que, no entanto, precisou de cerca de cinco dias para se recuperar da doença, que também acometeu sua esposa.
"Apoiador do presidente Jair Bolsonaro (sem partido), Hang costuma contestar o isolamento social e usar as redes sociais para defender o uso de ", escreveu o G1 na matéria em seu website.
No Twitter, numa publicação do UOL, alguns usuários comentaram o assunto. Um deles escreveu: "E daí? Quer que eu faça o quê? Não sou coveiro. Sou Messias, mas não faço milagre.", numa referência a uma das frases famosas e polêmicas usadas por Bolsonaro durante a pandemia. Outra usuária comentou: "Ele tomou do próprio veneno."
Em seu Instagram, Luciano postou uma foto com sua genitora e escreveu que "a dor de perder uma mãe é inexplicável".
A avó de Michelle Bolsonaro, esposa do presidente, também morreu de covid meses atrás.
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RÉPUBLIQUE CENTRAFRICAINE
LE CHOLÉRA INFECTE PLUS DE 230 PERSONNES
En date du 25 août, 235 cas de choléra et 25 décès ont été enregistrés au cours de l'épidémie déclarée le 11 août. Le Ministère de la Santé et le groupe de travail conjoint WASH et Santé intensifient la réponse avec la mise en place de points de chloration de l'eau, distributions de kits de purification d'eau, de campagnes sur les bonnes pratiques d'hygiène et de traitement des patients. Une hotline est opérationnelle pour toutes les questions du grand public liées au choléra.
TCHAD
LA MALNUTRITION PERSISTE DANS LA CEINTURE SAHELIENNE
Environ 2 000 cas de malnutrition ont été enregistrés dans la région occidentale de Kanem en juillet, c’est-à-dire 200 de plus que le mois précédent. La région du Bahr-elGhazal, également dans l'ouest du pays, a enregistré près de 1 000 cas. La tendance à la baisse observée dans d'autres régions de la ceinture du Sahel peut être attribuée à des mouvements saisonniers. Les familles s’éloignent de plus en plus des centres de santé car ils se déplacent pour mener des activités agricoles dans les champs. De plus, de nombreux centres de santé sont inaccessibles pendant la saison des pluies.
GABON
LES CANDIDATS PRINCIPAUX REVENDIQUENT LA VICTOIRE À L'ÉLECTION PRÉSIDENTIELLE
Le camp du président sortant Ali Bongo et celui de son principal challenger, Jean Ping, ont tous deux revendiqué leur victoire à l'élection présidentielle du 27 août. Les résultats officiels sont attendus le 30 août. L'activité économique dans la capitale Libreville est au ralentie depuis le jour du scrutin. Cependant, la situation est restée calme malgré les revendications de victoire des deux parties.
NIGERIA
URGENCE DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DÉCLARÉE SUITE À LA RÉSURGENCE DE LA POLIOMYELITE
Selon un communiqué paru le 29 août, les ministres de la Santé du Cameroun, de la République centrafricaine, du Tchad, du Niger et du Nigeria ont déclaré la récente épidémie de poliomyélite au Nigeria une urgence de santé publique pour les pays du bassin du lac Tchad. Le 11 août, les autorités nigérianes ont rapporté deux nouveaux cas de polio dans l‘État de Borno, les premiers cas de ce genre en deux ans. La déclaration invite le Nigeria et les pays du bassin du lac Tchad à mettre en œuvre pleinement et de toute urgence des réponses coordonnées pour endiguer l'épidémie avant la fin de l'année et prévenir une éventuelle propagation internationale.
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LA GRIPPE AVIAIRE APPARAIT DANS DEUX FERMES
Les autorités togolaises ont déclaré le 27 août avoir abattu 11 500 poulets pour lutter contre une propagation de la grippe aviaire dans deux fermes situées dans la capitale Lomé et à Adétikopé, une ville au nord de la capitale. Les œufs et les aliments ont également été détruits dans le cadre de mesures de contrôle. Aucun cas humain n'a été signalé. Au cours des derniers mois, plusieurs pays d'Afrique de l'Ouest ont été touchés par le virus hautement pathogène appelé H5N1.
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Un communiqué publié conjointement par les ministres de la Santé du Cameroun, de la République centrafricaine, du Tchad, du Niger et du Nigeria le a annoncé la résurgence d'une épidémie de au Nigeria causant un état d'urgence de santé publique.
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A decisão deverá ser tomada amanhã pela presidente interina do STF, Ellen Gracie. "Estou pedindo que sejam preservados os seus direitos de pessoa investigada", afirmou um dos advogados de Marcos Valério, Marcelo Leonardo. Indagado sobre quais seriam esses direitos de pessoa investigada, o defensor respondeu que pessoa investigada tem o direito de não se auto-incriminar.
Ou seja, o publicitário não seria obrigado a responder a eventuais perguntas cujas respostas pudessem incriminá-lo. A defesa quer que o STF reconheça que Marcos Valério tem os direitos de ser assistido por um advogado, de ficar em silêncio e de não ser obrigado a firmar termo de compromisso legal de testemunha.
Em CPIs recentes, investigados pediram para garantir o direito de ficar em silêncio diante de perguntas que poderiam incriminá-los e conseguiram obter habeas-corpus no STF. Nos habeas- corpus protocolados, os advogados costumam requerer o reconhecimento da condição de investigados de seus clientes sob o argumento de que pessoas ouvidas como testemunha podem supostamente ser coagidas a responder perguntas que as sujeitem à auto-incriminação e à prisão, caso se recusem a falar.
O depoimento de Marcos Valério tornou-se uma das prioridades da CPI dos Correios, que apura a existência de um suposto esquema de corrupção na Empresa Brasileira de Correios e Telégrafos (ECT). Na semana passada, as expectativas em torno do depoimento aumentaram com a divulgação de uma informação de que ele e suas empresas teriam sacado R$ 20,9 milhões em dinheiro entre julho de 2003 e maio deste ano.
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Segundo o jornal O Estado de São Paulo, os advogados do publicitário brasileiro Marcos Valério Fernandes de Souza entraram ontem (4 de julho) com um pedido de ''habeas corpus'' preventivo no Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) do Brasil.
Marcos Valério foi acusado pelo deputado brasileiro Roberto Jefferson de ser o operador do mensalão. Há suspeitas de que ele também se beneficiou de contratos suspeitos na Empresa Brasileira de Correios e Telégrafos.
Valério teme sair preso depois de prestar depoimento à Comissão Parlamentar de Inquérito (CPI) que investiga os escândalos dos Correios, daí o motivo para o ''habeas corpus''.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Aliy Zirkle is leading the Iditarod after reaching the Koyukuk checkpoint and taking off again after a four minute break.
The 45-year-old took the lead from Jeff King who pulled into the village about two hours before her on Saturday.
Zirkle is trying for her first win after finishing second in the last three years. She hasn't taken her eight hour layover yet this race. Jeff King has.
Koyukuk is 564 miles from the start of the race. It's 415 miles from the finish line at Nome.
Two other mushers scratched Saturday.
Gerald Sousa dropped out at Galena and Christine Roalofs left in Ruby. Both cited the best interest of their teams.
Four mushers have scratched and one has been disqualified from this year's Iditarod.
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Les mushers Christine Roalofs (dossard 62) et Gerald Sousa (dossard 44) ont abandonné. Christine Roalofs était arrivée au checkpoint de Ruby avec 13 chiens avant de prendre la décision d'abandonner à 11h10 le 13 mars. Gerald Sousa était lui à Galena quand il a abandonné, le 14 mars 2015 à 10h. Son attelage comprenait lui aussi treize chiens. Les juges de la course n'ont pas transmis de raison officielle autre que le traditionnel « pour le bien-être de leur équipe » mais Christine Roalofs aurait mentionné le froid intense qui a pesé sur toute cette 43 édition de l'Iditarod.
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Two more mushers have scratched from the Iditarod 2015, race officials announced Saturday, bringing the total number of mushers out of the race to five.
Christine Roalofs of Anchorage, who finished as the Red Lantern in 2013, scratched shortly after 11 p.m. Friday at the Ruby checkpoint, officials say. She was racing under bib number 62 and had 13 dogs on her harness.
Gerald Sousa of Talkeetna, racing under bib number 44, scratched the following morning at the Galena checkpoint around 10 a.m. Sousa, also a race veteran, also had 13 dogs in harness at the time.
Both Roalofs and Sousa say their decision to scratch was in the best interest of their dogs.
Seventy-three mushers remain on the Iditarod 2015 trail.
Other mushers out of the race:
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Les mushers Christine Roalofs (dossard 62) et Gerald Sousa (dossard 44) ont abandonné. Christine Roalofs était arrivée au checkpoint de Ruby avec 13 chiens avant de prendre la décision d'abandonner à 11h10 le 13 mars. Gerald Sousa était lui à Galena quand il a abandonné, le 14 mars 2015 à 10h. Son attelage comprenait lui aussi treize chiens. Les juges de la course n'ont pas transmis de raison officielle autre que le traditionnel « pour le bien-être de leur équipe » mais Christine Roalofs aurait mentionné le froid intense qui a pesé sur toute cette 43 édition de l'Iditarod.
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Lenovo lässt 1,25 Mrd Dollar springen für die IBM-PC-Sparte. IBM hat keine Verwendung mehr dafür. Man will sich lieber konzentrieren. PC-Sparte vor dem Verkauf IBM konzentriert sich Mittwoch, 8. Dezember 2004
Sparte geht nach China
IBM verkauft PC-Geschäft
Der größte chinesische Computerhersteller Lenovo übernimmt das Personal-Computer-Geschäft von IBM. Die Übernahme schließt das globale IBM-Geschäft mit Desktop-Computern, Laptops sowie Forschung und Entwicklung ein.
Für 1,25 Mrd. US-Dollar kauft Lenovo einen Mehrheitsanteil und wird damit drittgrößter PC-Hersteller der Welt, wie der Vorsitzende der Lenovo-Gruppe, Liu Chuanzhi, in Peking mitteilte. Es ist die bisher größte chinesische Auslandsinvestition in der Informationstechnologie.
Mit dem Geschäft endet eine Ära für International Business Machines (IBM), die als Pioniere in der Computerentwicklung groß geworden waren. IBM will sich künftig stärker auf das Geschäft mit Servern, Software, Computerchips und Dienstleistungen konzentrieren.
Vorsitzender des neuen Unternehmens wird Yan Yuanqing, während Stephen Ward von IBM Geschäftsführer wird. Der bisherige Vorsitzende von Lenovo, Liu Chuanzhi, zieht sich zurück. Lenovo, das unter dem Namen Legend (Lianxiang) groß geworden ist, ist Marktführer in Asien und hält in China einen Marktanteil von 27 Prozent. Der Handel mit seinen Aktien an der Hongkonger Börse war am Vortag auf Wunsch des Unternehmens ausgesetzt worden, was mit einer bevorstehenden Ankündigung begründet wurde.
IBM stand bislang hinter Dell und Hewlett-Packard weltweit mit etwa sechs Prozent Marktanteil auf Platz drei und wird nur noch einen Anteil von 18,9 Prozent an dem Unternehmen halten. Die Übernahme ist ein Meilenstein in der Strategie des chinesischen Herstellers, sich als globale Computerfirma zu etablieren.
Lenovo zahlt 650 Mio. US-Dollar bar und 600 Mio. US-Dollar in Aktienanteilen. Damit werden auch die Markennamen Thinkpad für Laptops und ThinkCenter für Desktops übernommen.
Lenovo kauft auch den Anteil von IBM in dessen Joint Venture mit seinem chinesischen Wettbewerber Great Wall Technology, dem zweitgrößten Computerhersteller in China, wo IBM seine Computer produzieren lässt, wie chinesische Medien berichteten. Einige Marktbeobachter gehen davon aus, dass es für Lenovo sehr schwer werden wird, die Position von IBM als drittgrößter PC-Hersteller weltweit zu behaupten, da die Erfahrung außerhalb Chinas fehle.
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IBM verkauft seine Personal-Computer-Sparte nach China. Käufer ist der größte chinesische Computerhersteller Lenovo. Der Kaufpreis beträgt 1,25 Milliarden US-Dollar. Damit übernimmt die chinesische Firma einen Mehrheitsanteil und wird damit drittgrößter PC-Hersteller der Welt. Das globale IBM-Geschäft mit Desktop-Computern, Laptops sowie Forschung und Entwicklung gehen ebenfalls an Lenovo über.
IBM legt die Schwerpunkte seiner Geschäftstätigkeit künftig stärker auf den Verkauf von Servern, Software, Computerchips und Dienstleistungen. Neuer Geschäftsführer von IBM wird Stephen Ward.
Weltweit befürchten Marktbeobachter Probleme für Lenovo, die Position von IBM als drittgrößtem PC-Hersteller weiterhin behaupten zu können. Sie verweisen auf die fehlenden Erfahrungen Chinas ausserhalb Asiens.
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El atentado ha sido perpetrado contra un campo de entrenamiento para la Policía
Al menos trece personas han muerto hoy, entre ellos siete gendarmes, y más de 30 han resultado heridas por la explosión de un coche bomba queha sido detonado por terroristas suicidas en un campo de entrenamiento de la Policía en la capital de Somalia, han informado fuentes médicas y oficiales.
Personal médico del servicio de ambulancias de Mogadiscio ha confirmado la muerte de trece personas, entre ellas siete policías, tres civiles y tres terroristas suicidas. "Otras 35 han resultado heridas y están siendo tratadas en hospitales", ha asegurado Rufai Hagi, enfermero del servicio de ambulancias de la ciudad. Por su parte, el portavoz de la Policía somalí, el comandante Abdulahi Hassan Barise, ha confirmado la cifra de víctimas mortales, aunque según él hay sólo seis, y no siete, policías entre los muertos.
"Los terroristas suicidas atacaron hoy nuestro campo de entrenamiento de Sarandi en Mogadiscio y mataron a seis policías y siete civiles", ha afirmado Barise, quien ha detallado que en el momento del ataque unos 700 efectivos de la Policía se encontraban en las dependencias. Dahir Jidhaye, testigo de los hechos que resultó levemente herido, ha asegurado que vio cómo los terroristas intentaban entrar en el campamento de la Policía antes de que el guarda de la puerta comenzara a disparar sobre ellos.
"Los terroristas conducían un Toyota DYNA que transportaba frutas y verduras y que simulaban estar llevando los alimentos a un grupo de policías, y cuando llegaron a la puerta el guarda les pidió que se bajaran del vehículo, pero ellos se negaron", ha dicho Jidhaye. "Siguieron conduciendo y abrieron fuego sobre ellos, y mientras intentaba huir de ahí se inmolaron y mataron al policía de la puerta y a otros seis", ha agregado.
"Un ataque sagrado"
El Gobierno de Somalia ha condenado hoy los ataques y ha acusado a Al Shabab de llevarlo a cabo: "Este es un acto cobarde; los extremistas siempre van a por objetivos vulnerables cuando pierden en el campo de batalla", ha afirmado el ministro de Información, Abdikarim Hassan Jama. "Las Fuerzas Armadas no se amedrentarán por tales actos de violencia y continuarán con las medidas necesarias para eliminar a los extremistas y al terrorismo del país", ha añadidoa.
El grupo rebelde islamista de Al Shabab ha afirmado en su página web ser responsables de la explosión, que ha descrito como "un ataque sagrado llevado a cabo por mártires". La agresión de Al Shabab se produce tras dos días de enfrentamientos entre los insurgentes y fuerzas del Gobierno somalí, apoyadas por efectivos de la Misión de la Unión Africana en el país, que dejaron al menos 20 muertos, entre ellos seis supuestos miembros extranjeros de Al Qaeda.
Somalia se encuentra en un estado de guerra civil permanente y carece de un Gobierno efectivo desde que fue derrocado el dictador Mohammed Siad Barre, en 1991, y su territorio está controlado por milicias islámicas, señores de la guerra tribales y, en ocasiones, grupos de bandidos.
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Un atentado en Mogadiscio, capital de Somalia, dejó ayer un saldo de 13 muertos, siete gendarmes y seis civiles, y más de 30 heridos. El mismo fue perpetrado por terroristas suicidas, usando un coche bomba que fue colocado en el campo de entrenamiento policial de Sarandi.
Según un testigo presencial "Los terroristas conducían un Toyota DYNA que transportaba frutas y verduras y que simulaban estar llevando los alimentos a un grupo de policías, y cuando llegaron a la puerta el guarda les pidió que se bajaran del vehículo, pero ellos se negaron. Siguieron conduciendo y abrieron fuego sobre ellos, y mientras intentaba huir de ahí se inmolaron y mataron al policía de la puerta y a otros seis".
El gobierno somalí condenó el ataque, calificándolo de "acto cobarde" y culpó al grupo terrorista islamista Al Shabab. El ministro de Información, Abdikarim Hassan Jama, agregó: "Las Fuerzas Armadas no se amedrentarán por tales actos de violencia y continuarán con las medidas necesarias para eliminar a los extremistas y al terrorismo del país". Desde su página web, Al Shabab se adjudicó el atentado.
Este ataque se produce dos días después de registrarse incidentes entre los insurgentes y fuerzas de gobierno somalí, que dejaron 20 muertos.
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* Kidnapped French officials are security advisers
* Police find car belonging to gunmen
* Kidnap victims were on "official mission"
(Adds French ministry statement)
By Abdi Guled
MOGADISHU, July 14 (Reuters) - Somali gunmen stormed into a Mogadishu hotel on Tuesday and kidnapped two French officials working as security advisers for the Somali government, witnesses and officials said.
A Somali government official, who asked not to be named, said the two Frenchmen had been posing as reporters for their own protection.
"They were security consultants who arrived in Somalia to train State House security guards, not journalists," the official said.
The French Foreign Ministry confirmed that two French officials working as security advisers to the Somali government had been kidnapped.
A ministry statement issued in Paris said the men were on an "official mission" when they were seized by a group of armed men. "They were providing help in security matters to the transitional federal government of President Sheikh Sharif," it added.
"As soon as we found out about this, all the state services concerned were mobilised, including our embassy in Nairobi, which deals with Somalia," the statement said.
With hardline Islamist insurgents battling government troops on a daily basis, Mogadishu is one of the most dangerous cities in the world. The coastal capital has a history of kidnappings of foreign aid-workers and journalists.
Several gunmen, some in uniform, entered the Sahafi Hotel, threatened the guards and led the two men away from their rooms, hotel manager Mohamed Hassan Gaafaa told Reuters.
The hotel is popular with ministers in the government of President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed. Several of them live there and were in their rooms during the early morning raid.
RANSOM?
It was not immediately clear who had taken the men, but a pro-government Islamist militia blamed dissident troops.
"Government soldiers who have mutinied were involved in kidnapping the two French citizens," militia spokesman Abdirisak Qeylow told Reuters.
"Negotiation is under way for their release. Maybe they are demanding ransom, I don't know the exact amount. But we are doing our best for them to be released soon."
Foreigners captured in Somalia are generally released unharmed for substantial ransom payments after period that can last days or months.
A police officer, who did not want to be named, said they had captured one of three cars used by the gunmen but did not know where the French nationals had been taken.
Another witness at the hotel, who asked not to be named, said the gunmen, some dressed in uniform similar to that worn by Somali government troops, drove towards Mogadishu's Bakara market, an Islamist stronghold.
Hardline Islamist insurgents control all but a few districts of the capital. A more than two-year insurgency has killed at least 18,000 civilians and uprooted 1 million.
French diplomats in the region could not be reached for comment. (Additional reporting by Ibrahim Mohamed in Hargeisa and Christian Balmer in Paris; Writing by Wangui Kanina and Andrew Cawthorne; Editing by Giles Elgood)
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'''Z hotelu w Mogadiszu uprowadzono dwóch francuskich doradców rządowych. Nie wiadomo, kto stoi za uprowadzeniem.'''
- ''Kilku uzbrojonych mężczyzn wtargnęło do Safahi Hotel, wycelowało broń w strażników, weszli do pokoi hotelowych i odeszli z dwoma Francuzami'' - powiedział agencji Reutera kierownik hotelu. Wcześniej sądzono, iż porwani to dziennikarze.
Do porwania doszło dwa dni po krwawych walkach w północnym Mogadiszu w których zginęły 43 osoby.
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17:08, 14.07.2009 /Reuters, PAP
Z HOTELU W MOGADISZU UPROWADZONO DWÓCH FRANCUZÓW
Dwaj francuscy doradcy, pracujący dla somalijskiego rządu, zostali porwani z hotelu w Mogadiszu. Wcześniej agencje podawały informacje, że porwanymi są dziennikarze. Nie wiadomo, kto stoi za uprowadzeniem.
Krwawy odwet w Somalii Somalijskie wojska rządowe wspierane przez żołnierzy Unii Afrykańskiej... czytaj więcej » Somalijskie wojska rządowe wspierane przez żołnierzy Unii Afrykańskiej...
- Kilku uzbrojonych mężczyzn wtargnęło do Safahi Hotel, wycelowało broń w strażników. Potem weszli do pokoi hotelowych i odeszli z dwoma Francuzami - powiedział agencji Reutera kierownik hotelu.Jak dodał Somalijczyk, Francuzi zdradzili mu wcześniej, że są dziennikarzami. Jednak przedstawiciel somalijskich władz oświadczył później, że Francuzi jedynie podawali się za dziennikarzy ze względów bezpieczeństwa.- Byli doradcami ds. bezpieczeństwa; przyjechali do Somalii, aby szkolić siły bezpieczeństwa - powiedział anonimowy urzędnik w Mogadiszu. Informację tę potwierdziło też francuskie MSZ.Francja od wiosny zaangażowała się w szkolenie sformowanego w Dżibuti batalionu armii somalijskiej liczącego 500 żołnierzy. Ma ona tam bazę wojskową, w której stacjonuje 2,9 tys. żołnierzy.Porwania w Somalii, która nie ma efektywnego rządu od roku 1991 r., są na porządku dziennym - nie licząc działalności somalijskich piratów - i nierzadko ich ofiarami padają obcokrajowcy, mimo że ze względów bezpieczeństwaNiemniej porwanie w centrum Mogadiszu, jednym z niewielu terytoriów kontrolowanych efektywnie przez uznawany międzynarodowo rząd, jest wyjątkowym przypadkiem.Od trzech lat przeciwko rządowi występuje kilka muzułmańskich bojówek, w tym organizacja Al-Szabab otwarcie przyznająca się do powiązań z Al-Kaidą.Napięć nie złagodziło nawet objęcie w styczniu urzędu prezydenta przez przywódcę umiarkowanych islamistów Szejka Szarifa Ahmeda, który zgodził się na wprowadzenie w kraju prawa muzułmańskiego (szariatu).Ekstremiści uznali, że prezydent jest niewystarczająco radykalny i również jemu wydali wojnę.mtom//kwj/k, jak
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'''Z hotelu w Mogadiszu uprowadzono dwóch francuskich doradców rządowych. Nie wiadomo, kto stoi za uprowadzeniem.'''
- ''Kilku uzbrojonych mężczyzn wtargnęło do Safahi Hotel, wycelowało broń w strażników, weszli do pokoi hotelowych i odeszli z dwoma Francuzami'' - powiedział agencji Reutera kierownik hotelu. Wcześniej sądzono, iż porwani to dziennikarze.
Do porwania doszło dwa dni po krwawych walkach w północnym Mogadiszu w których zginęły 43 osoby.
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