lang_src
stringlengths 1
10
⌀ | text
stringlengths 101
10k
| lang_tgt
stringclasses 7
values | summary
stringlengths 92
4.98k
|
|---|---|---|---|
pl
|
fot. PopTika / Shutterstock
Jednorazowa, godzinna akcja WWF Godzina dla Ziemi nie wpłynie na stabilną pracę Krajowego Systemu Elektroenergetycznego - zwraca uwagę rzeczniczka PSE cytowana w piątkowym komunikacie Urzędu Regulacji Energetyki. Szef URE dodaje, że akcja buduje postawy sprzyjające oszczędzaniu energii.
W sobotę w setkach miast na świecie, jak i dziesiątkach w Polsce, o godz. 20.30 na godzinę zgasną światła w ramach akcji WWF Godzina dla Ziemi. Najbardziej spektakularne będzie wygaszanie np. iluminacji znanych zabytków czy charakterystycznych budynków. Godzinny "blackout" ma być refleksją na temat tego, z jakimi problemami zmaga się nasza planeta. Od lat ekolodzy z WWF zachęcają, by symbolicznie na godzinę światła wyłączać także w prywatnych domach i mieszkaniach.
Urząd Regulacji Energetyki zwrócił uwagę, że w przestrzeni publicznej pojawiają się nieprawdziwe informacje o tym, że jednoczesne wyłączenie wielu odbiorników, a następnie uruchomienie ich po godzinie, może doprowadzić do destabilizacji Krajowego Systemu Energetycznego (KSE).
"Z perspektywy pracy Krajowego Systemu Elektroenergetycznego jednorazowa, godzinna akcja nie wpłynie na jego stabilną pracę" - zapewniła rzeczniczka Polskich Sieci Elektroenergetycznych (PSE) Beata Jarosz-Dziekanowska. To PSE odpowiadają za bezpieczeństwo pracy Krajowego Systemu Elektroenergetycznego.
Na brak zagrożenia ze strony akcji WWF-u dla krajowego systemu wskazują dane porównujące prognozowane przez PSE oraz rzeczywiście występujące zapotrzebowania na energię, jakie odnotowano podczas ubiegłorocznej akcji Godzina dla Ziemi.
28 marca ub.r. zapotrzebowanie prognozowane i rzeczywiste niewiele się różniło i wzrastało z 17 tys. MW o godz. 18 do ok. 19 tys. MW o godz. 20. Następnie zapotrzebowanie sukcesywnie spadało do ok. 15 tys. MW o północy.
Prezes URE Rafał Gawin podkreślił, że celem akcji ekologów z WWF, która sprowadza się do symbolicznego wyłączenia na jedną godzinę świateł i urządzeń zasilanych energią, jest uwrażliwienie nas na problem nadmiernego i często niepotrzebnego zużycia energii.
"Nie chodzi tu o jednorazowy efekt w postaci oszczędności energii. W tej akcji najważniejsze jest budowanie świadomości społecznej i proekologicznej postawy sprzyjającej oszczędzaniu energii, a w efekcie dbałości o środowisko, co w dobie transformacji klimatyczno-energetycznej ma szczególne znaczenie" - zaznaczył szef URE.
Urząd poinformował, że i on włączy się w sobotnią akcję gaszenia świateł.
Godzina dla Ziemi odbywa się od 2007 roku w każdą ostatnią sobotę marca. W tym roku w Polsce ekolodzy z WWF chcą zwrócić uwagę na ochronę Bałtyku. Na ich stronie można podpisać petycję do premiera Polski Mateusza Morawieckiego o objęcie przez nasz kraj przywództwa na arenie międzynarodowej w kwestii osiągnięcia dobrego stanu środowiska Morza Bałtyckiego, zgodnie z wymogami Dyrektywy Ramowej ws. Strategii Morskiej i Bałtyckiego Planu Działań Komisji Helsińskiej. Ekolodzy apelują również o zapewnienie zrównoważonego rybołówstwa na akwenie.
W poprzednich latach polski oddział WWF również wskazywał na istotne problemy ekologiczne w naszym kraju. Ekolodzy zwracali uwagę m.in. na kwestię zagrożonego wyginięciem morświna, wilka, czy regulacji polskich rzek. WWF apelował również o utworzenie Turnickiego Parku Narodowego w polskiej części Karpat. (PAP)
autor: Michał Boroń
mick/ mk/
|
pl
|
'''27 marca 2021 roku o godzinie 20:30 w ramach akcji Godzina dla Ziemi zgasną światła na domach i budynkach publicznych na całym świecie. W Polsce akcja toczy się pod hasłem „Godzina dla Bałtyku”.'''
To czternasta edycja Godziny dla Ziemi organizowanej przez . Pierwsza taka akcja miała miejsce w 2007 roku, od tego czasu odbywa się w każdą ostatnią sobotę marca. Godzina dla Ziemi ma na celu zwrócenie uwagi na problem nadmiernego zużycia energii, i związanego z tym zanieczyszczaniem środowiska.
W tym roku akcja w Polsce odbędzie się pod hasłem „Godzina dla Bałtyku”. WWF Polska chce zwrócić uwagę na problemy ekologiczne, z jakimi zmaga się Morze Bałtyckie – niezrównoważone rybołówstwo, połowy nielegalne i na zagrożone gatunki, a także martwe strefy i sieci widmo. Fundacja apeluje do rządu o działania w tej sprawie oraz zachęca do wzięcia udziału w akcji.
W internecie pojawiały się informacje, jakoby nagły spadek, a następnie nagły wzrost poboru energii podczas Godziny dla Ziemi miało być zagrożeniem dla krajowego systemu energetycznego. Rzeczniczka Polskich Sieci Elektroenergetycznych Beata Jarosz-Dziekanowska zapewnia, że te informacje są fałszywe, a dane z poprzednich lat wskazują, że spadek jest niewielki i nie różni się od prognoz długoterminowych, a akcja ma charakter symboliczny.
|
es
|
Ciudad de México
Twitter y Facebook no sólo fueron utilizados por agentes rusos para influir en las elecciones de Estados Unidos, sino que ambas empresas recibieron inversiones financiadas directamente desde Kremlin, reveló una investigación denominada Paradise Papers, una serie de documentos filtrados que exponen las empresas off shore de varios mandatarios y empresarios a nivel mundial bajo la firma Appleby.
De acuerdo con el diario The New York Times, el cual tuvo acceso a los documentos obtenidos por el diario alemán Süddeutsche Zeitung y revisados por el Consorcio Internacional de Periodistas de Investigación (ICIJ, por sus siglas en inglés), el dinero que el ruso Yuri Milner invirtió en Twitter y Facebook provenía de bancos controlados por el estado ruso.
TE RECOMENDAMOS: Paradise Papers: nueva investigación revela lazos Trump-Rusia
Para la inversión de 191 millones de dólares que Milner hizo en Twitter, utilizó dinero de VTB, un banco estatal de Rusia; mientras los mil millones de dólares que invirtió en Facebook provenían de la paraestatal de petróleo y gas Gazprom. Ambas fueron hechas entre 2009 y 2010.
La inversión de Milner le hizo adquirir un ocho por ciento de las acciones de Facebook y el cinco por ciento de Twitter y, según el NYT, aunque a los pocos años vendió sus acciones, el físico y empresario ruso permaneció dentro del círculo de líderes tecnológicos de Silicon Valley.
Tanto así que fue uno de los inversionistas de la startup Cadre, propiedad de Jared Kushner, yerno de Donald Trump, reportó el diario inglés The Guardian.
En varias ocasiones, Milner ha dicho que su inversión no fue un intento de comprar influencia en Twitter y que, incluso, no sabía que Gazprom había estado detrás de la financiación que recibió para su inversión en Facebook.
Además, aseguró que había invertido en el negocio de Kushner sólo por razones de negocios, y que se reunió con él una sola vez el año pasado. “No estoy involucrado en ninguna actividad política. No estoy financiando ninguna actividad política”, dijo a The Guardian.
Según el NYT, este señalamiento no sugiere que Milner o sus empresas hayan tenido alguna conexión con un plan de propaganda dirigido desde Rusia, sin embargo Michael Carpenter, el director del Consejo de Seguridad de Rusia durante la administración de Barack Obama dijo al diario estadunidense que las inversiones que hacen las instituciones relacionadas con el Kremlin se hacen con intereses estratégicos “no sólo comerciales sino también de interés para el Estado”.
Milner, quien estudió física teórica en la Universidad estatal de Moscow, ha vivido en Estados Unidos desde 2014 luego de que Vladir Putin volviera a la presidencia de Rusia en 2012.
mrf
|
es
|
Archivo:RIAN archive 988824 Facebook social network's page.jpg|thumb|right|225px|Página de Facebook.
Facebook y Twitter recibieron, en años recientes, inversiones millonarias de dos empresas estatales de Rusia por medio del multimillonario ruso Yuri Milner, según revelaron las filtraciones denominadas ''Paradise Papers''. '''', parte de los medios que investigaron los documentos, señaló que el dinero con el que Milner invirtió en ambas redes sociales provenía de bancos bajo control del gobierno ruso.
Los documentos muestran que Kremlin VTB Bank y financiaron la inversión de DST Global, empresa dirigida por Milner, en Facebook y Twitter. DST recibió 191 millones por parte del VTB y parte se empleó para obtener participaciones en Twitter. DST Global era dueño de más del ocho por ciento de Facebook y del cinco por ciento de Twitter antes de vender sus acciones.
'''' detalla que los mil millones que Milner invirtió en Facebook provenían de la gasista Gazprom. Las inversiones se realizaron entre 2009 y 2010. Aunque no hay indicios de que DST haya ayudado al a tener influencia en Facebook o Twitter, la información llega en medio de investigaciones sobre cómo se utilizaron estas plataformas para interferir en los en Estados Unidos.
Las investigaciones también relacionan a Milner con , yerno y asesor del presidente estadunidense, Donald Trump. Milner fue uno de los inversionistas de la empresa Cadre, propiedad de Kushner. En múltiples ocasiones el magnate ruso, ha señalado que su intención no fue comprar influencia en Twitter e incluso que desconocía que Gazprom estaba detrás de sus inversiones en Facebook.
Igualmente, aseguró que "No estoy implicado en actividades políticas. No estoy financiando ninguna actividad política". Por su parte, Facebook, indicó que "Vale la pena mencionar que, como inversionista pasivo, la propia DST no tenía derecho al voto o un puesto en la junta". "La inversión se hizo hace ocho años y, desde entonces, DST Global ha vendido todas sus tenencias en Facebook — su participación concluyó hace cinco años cuando salimos a bolsa", añadió la compañía en un comunicado.
|
es
|
Facebook y Twitter recibieron importantes inversiones de una empresa vinculada a corporaciones propiedad del Kremlin, según muestran documentos recién revelados.
El registro hallado, denominado los Paradise Papers, fue obtenido por el periódico alemán Süddeutsche Zeitung. Los documentos fueron revisados por el Consorcio Internacional de Periodistas de Investigación (ICIJ) y una serie de medios de noticias.
En el material obtenido se revelan por primera vez que las corporaciones propiedad del Kremlin VTB Bank y Gazprom ayudaron a financiar la inversión de DST Global en Facebook y Twitter. Esta última compañía, dirigida por el multimillonario ruso Yuri Milner, recibió 191 millones de dólares del Banco VTB, parte de los cuales se utilizó para obtener una gran participación en Twitter, informó ICIJ.
Para su inversión en Facebook, DST Global se asoció con una compañía offshore financiada por la corporación energética de propiedad rusa, Gazprom.
DST Global anteriormente poseía una participación de más del 8 por ciento en Facebook y una participación del 5 por ciento en Twitter antes de vender sus acciones.
No hay indicios de que DST Global haya ayudado a estas empresas vinculadas al Kremlin a tener influencia sobre Facebook o Twitter.
Sin embargo, estos nuevos datos salen a la luz ya que ambas compañías son investigadas por cómo usaron las plataformas respectivas para interferir en las elecciones presidenciales de 2016 en los EE. UU.
Milner también está vinculado al yerno de Trump, Jared Kushner, quien es un asesor de alto nivel del presidente. Ambos tienen participación en la división de bienes raíces Cadre. Esa inversión causó sorpresa cuando se reveló que Kusher no divulgó su interés de propiedad en los formularios de divulgación de su gobierno cuando se unió a la Casa Blanca.
Un vocero de Facebook hizo hincapié en que DST Global no tenía ningún control sobre la compañía. "Vale la pena mencionar que, como inversionista pasivo, la propia DST no tenía derecho al voto o un puesto en la junta", dijo Facebook en una declaración. "La inversión se hizo hace ocho años y, desde entonces, DST Global ha vendido todas sus tenencias en Facebook — su participación concluyó hace cinco años cuando salimos a bolsa".
Más noticias de Tecnología en...
|
es
|
Archivo:RIAN archive 988824 Facebook social network's page.jpg|thumb|right|225px|Página de Facebook.
Facebook y Twitter recibieron, en años recientes, inversiones millonarias de dos empresas estatales de Rusia por medio del multimillonario ruso Yuri Milner, según revelaron las filtraciones denominadas ''Paradise Papers''. '''', parte de los medios que investigaron los documentos, señaló que el dinero con el que Milner invirtió en ambas redes sociales provenía de bancos bajo control del gobierno ruso.
Los documentos muestran que Kremlin VTB Bank y financiaron la inversión de DST Global, empresa dirigida por Milner, en Facebook y Twitter. DST recibió 191 millones por parte del VTB y parte se empleó para obtener participaciones en Twitter. DST Global era dueño de más del ocho por ciento de Facebook y del cinco por ciento de Twitter antes de vender sus acciones.
'''' detalla que los mil millones que Milner invirtió en Facebook provenían de la gasista Gazprom. Las inversiones se realizaron entre 2009 y 2010. Aunque no hay indicios de que DST haya ayudado al a tener influencia en Facebook o Twitter, la información llega en medio de investigaciones sobre cómo se utilizaron estas plataformas para interferir en los en Estados Unidos.
Las investigaciones también relacionan a Milner con , yerno y asesor del presidente estadunidense, Donald Trump. Milner fue uno de los inversionistas de la empresa Cadre, propiedad de Kushner. En múltiples ocasiones el magnate ruso, ha señalado que su intención no fue comprar influencia en Twitter e incluso que desconocía que Gazprom estaba detrás de sus inversiones en Facebook.
Igualmente, aseguró que "No estoy implicado en actividades políticas. No estoy financiando ninguna actividad política". Por su parte, Facebook, indicó que "Vale la pena mencionar que, como inversionista pasivo, la propia DST no tenía derecho al voto o un puesto en la junta". "La inversión se hizo hace ocho años y, desde entonces, DST Global ha vendido todas sus tenencias en Facebook — su participación concluyó hace cinco años cuando salimos a bolsa", añadió la compañía en un comunicado.
|
es
|
En cuanto a la de Facebook, alrededor de 1.000 millones de dólares de los fondos que invirtió Milner procedían de la institución financiera estatal rusa Gazprom Investholding, que está sancionada por Estados Unidos, igual que VTB.
Las compañías de Milner llegaron a controlar más del 8 % de Facebook y el 5 % de Twitter, y aunque vendió esas acciones hace cinco y tres años, respectivamente, sigue invirtiendo en otros gigantes tecnológicos, de acuerdo con el diario neoyorquino.
Milner tiene actualmente inversiones en un proyecto inmobiliario llamado Cadre y fundado por Jared Kushner, el yerno y destacado asesor del presidente estadounidense, Donald Trump.
No obstante, el inversor ruso aseguró en una entrevista con The Guardian que solo ha visto una vez a Kushner, con quien se tomó un cóctel en Estados Unidos el año pasado, y que invirtió en su negocio por puras razones comerciales.
También aseguró que los fondos procedentes de VTB no le permitieron influir políticamente a los propietarios de Twitter y que no sabía que su inversión en Facebook se beneficiaba de fondos de Gazprom Investholding, dado que esa empresa canalizó la transacción mediante una compañía opaca en un paraíso fiscal.
"No estoy implicado en actividades políticas. No estoy financiando ninguna actividad política", subrayó Milner.
Por su parte, VTB y Gazprom aseguraron al Times que sus transacciones no estuvieron motivadas por consideraciones políticas.
Los documentos de los Papeles del Paraíso provienen de una filtración de documentos de la firma de abogados Appleby y Asiatici Trust, recibida por el diario alemán Süddeutsche Zeitung, y procedentes de 19 jurisdicciones que figuran en la lista de paraísos fiscales de la OCDE.
|
es
|
Archivo:RIAN archive 988824 Facebook social network's page.jpg|thumb|right|225px|Página de Facebook.
Facebook y Twitter recibieron, en años recientes, inversiones millonarias de dos empresas estatales de Rusia por medio del multimillonario ruso Yuri Milner, según revelaron las filtraciones denominadas ''Paradise Papers''. '''', parte de los medios que investigaron los documentos, señaló que el dinero con el que Milner invirtió en ambas redes sociales provenía de bancos bajo control del gobierno ruso.
Los documentos muestran que Kremlin VTB Bank y financiaron la inversión de DST Global, empresa dirigida por Milner, en Facebook y Twitter. DST recibió 191 millones por parte del VTB y parte se empleó para obtener participaciones en Twitter. DST Global era dueño de más del ocho por ciento de Facebook y del cinco por ciento de Twitter antes de vender sus acciones.
'''' detalla que los mil millones que Milner invirtió en Facebook provenían de la gasista Gazprom. Las inversiones se realizaron entre 2009 y 2010. Aunque no hay indicios de que DST haya ayudado al a tener influencia en Facebook o Twitter, la información llega en medio de investigaciones sobre cómo se utilizaron estas plataformas para interferir en los en Estados Unidos.
Las investigaciones también relacionan a Milner con , yerno y asesor del presidente estadunidense, Donald Trump. Milner fue uno de los inversionistas de la empresa Cadre, propiedad de Kushner. En múltiples ocasiones el magnate ruso, ha señalado que su intención no fue comprar influencia en Twitter e incluso que desconocía que Gazprom estaba detrás de sus inversiones en Facebook.
Igualmente, aseguró que "No estoy implicado en actividades políticas. No estoy financiando ninguna actividad política". Por su parte, Facebook, indicó que "Vale la pena mencionar que, como inversionista pasivo, la propia DST no tenía derecho al voto o un puesto en la junta". "La inversión se hizo hace ocho años y, desde entonces, DST Global ha vendido todas sus tenencias en Facebook — su participación concluyó hace cinco años cuando salimos a bolsa", añadió la compañía en un comunicado.
|
en
|
LAGOS, Nigeria (CNN) -- Some 700 people have been killed in clashes with Islamic militants in Nigeria, a military commander told CNN.
Bodies of hard-line Islamic rebels killed in battle lie in a Nigerian city. Civilians and troops also have died.
The fighting in the northeast Nigerian town of Maiduguri began with attacks by the Muslim militants on police and government targets, starting a week ago.
Col. Ben Ahonotu, commander of the operation to combat Islamic militants, gave the new total.
Previous reports said at least 400 rebels, troops and civilians had died in the region, including Borno, Yobe, Kano and Katsina states. Maiduguri is in Borno state. Ahonotu did not elaborate or provide further information, and it was unclear whether the 700 was in addition to the previous death toll.
Attacks on police and government targets have been reported throughout the region.
Boko Haram, an Islamist sect, wants the government to impose Islamic law, known as sharia, in the entire Muslim-dominated northern half of Nigeria. Sharia is already practiced in some northern states, but the sect wants even tougher religious laws and also opposes Western education.
The southern half of Nigeria is predominantly Christian.
A Boko Haram leader, Mohammed Yusuf, was reported captured Thursday by the military, but was found dead after he was turned over to police. Human rights groups are seeking more information on his death, and have also expressed concern about civilian casualties.
|
de
|
Brennpunkt der Kämpfe war Maiduguri im Bundesstaat Borno
Der Anführer der islamistischen Gruppierung Boko Haram — Mohammed Yusuf — wurde erschossen. Er war am Abend des 30. Juli im Ziegenstall seiner Schwiegereltern in der Stadt Kernawa verhaftet worden, nachdem ihm zuvor die Flucht aus Maiaguri gelungen war. Infolge der schweren Kämpfe zwischen der nigerianischen Armee und Islamisten im Nordosten Nigerias wurden nach Militärangaben mehr als 700 Menschen getötet. Es ist allerdings unklar, ob dabei die bereits zuvor bekanntgegebenen 400 Opfer berücksichtigt sind oder ob diese Zahl sich auf zusätzliche Tote bezieht. Nach amtlichen Angaben wurden auch zwei Soldaten und 13 Polizisten Opfer der Kämpfe. Diese waren am 26. Juli ausgebrochen und hatten sich auf vier Bundesstaaten ausgeweitet, bevor Staatspräsident Umaru Yar'Adua eine kompromisslose Niederschlagung der Unruhen angeordnet hatte.
Die British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) berichtete am 2. August darüber, im Besitz einer Photographie zu sein, nach der Yusuf lebte, als er von der Armee gestellt wurde. Polizisten zeigten einige Stunden nach seiner Festnahme der Presse die von Projektilen durchlöcherte Leiche des Islamistenführers. Human Rights Watch hat eine Untersuchung der Umstände verlangt, die zur Tötung Yusufs führten, da es hierzu widersprüchliche Angaben gibt. „Die nigerianischen Behörden müssen unverzüglich handeln, um alle zur Rechenschaft zu ziehen, die für diese rechtswidrige Tötung verantwortlich sind, und alle anderen, die mit der neuesten Gewalt im Norden Nigerias in Verbindung stehen“, erklärte Corinne Dufka, die Abteilungsleiterin für Westafrika der Organisation Human Rights Watch.
„Ich glaube, er wurde erschossen, als er zu fliehen versuchte“, teilte zunächst der Polizeisprecher Usman Ciroma mit. Später bestand der Polizeikommissar des Bundesstaates Borno jedoch darauf, dass Mohammed Yusuf bei einem Schusswechsel während seiner Festnahme Verletzungen erlitten habe, die er nicht überlebt habe. Dem widersprechen die Angaben von Ben Ahanoto, dem Sicherheitschef in der Stadt. Dieser erklärte, er habe Yusuf selbst gefangen genommen und der Polizei überstellt. Der 39-jährige Yusuf habe eine Verletzung am Arm gehabt, die bereits verbunden gewesen wäre. Dieser Verband ist auf dem Photo erkennbar, das die BBC veröffentlichte. Dora Akunyili, die nigerianische Informationsministerin, begrüßte den Tod Yusufs. „Was wichtig ist, ist, dass er aus dem Weg geräumt wurde, um ihn daran zu hindern, Menschen zur Verbreitung von Chaos zu benutzen“, sagte Akunyili. Sie betonte aber, die nigerianische Regierung würde standrechtliche Tötungen nicht unterstützen.
Polizeieinheiten haben zwischenzeitlich weitere 140 Frauen und Kinder aus einem Haus in Maiduguri befreit, in dem sie eingeschlossen waren. Dabei soll es sich um Familienmitglieder von Boko-Haram-Angehörigen handeln, die offenbar gezwungen wurden, sich in der Nähe der Kampfhandlungen aufzuhalten.
Die Toten wurden inzwischen in Massengräbern beerdigt, da die Verwesung bereits eingesetzt hatte, teilte Oberst Ahanotu mit.
|
de
|
In Nigeria ist Mohammed Yusuf, der Anführer der Islamisten, erschossen worden, als er in Polizeigewahrsam war. Er wurde am Donnerstagabend verhaftet, als er mit weiteren Islamisten von Regierungstruppen vertrieben wurde. Offenbar wollte der Anführer aus dem Polizeigewahrsam fliehen, wie ein Sprecher sagte.
Der Anführer der islamistischen Rebellen in Nigeria ist im Polizeigewahrsam erschossen worden. Ein Sprecher der Provinzregierung von Borno teilte am Donnerstag mit, er habe die Leiche von Mohammed Yusuf in der Polizeiwache gesehen. „Ich glaube, er wurde erschossen, als er zu fliehen versuchte“, sagte Usman Ciroma. Die Menschenrechtsorganisation Human Rights Watch forderte am Freitag eine Untersuchung der tödlichen Schüsse. Die Verantwortlichen müssten zur Rechenschaft gezogen werden.
Yusuf war am Donnerstagabend verhaftet worden, nachdem er zusammen mit 300 Anhängern aus seinem Stützpunkt in der Stadt Maidaguri von Regierungstruppen vertrieben worden war. Gefasst wurde er nach offiziellen Angaben in der Stadt Kernawa, wo seine Schwiegereltern leben. Der Polizeichef von Borno gab im Rundfunk bekannt, der 39-Jährige sei „im Polizeigewahrsam gestorben“.
Die Welle der Gewalt begann am Sonntag, als islamistische Kämpfer mehrere Polizeiwachen, Kirchen, Gefängnisse und Regierungsgebäude angriffen. In den vier betroffenen Staaten im Norden Nigerias ergriffen etwa 4.000 Menschen die Flucht. Zuletzt attackierten Regierungstruppen das Hauptquartier und die Moschee der Islamisten. Dabei wurden mindestens 100 Kämpfer getötet. Augenzeugenberichten zufolge war die Lage am Freitag ruhig.
Seit 12 der 36 Staaten Nigerias 1999 mit der Einführung des islamischen Rechts, der Scharia, begonnen haben, kommt es immer wieder zu Gewalttaten. Ihnen fielen seither mehr als 10.000 Menschen zum Opfer. Über die Hintergründe der jüngsten Angriffswelle ist bislang nur wenig bekannt. Beobachter vermuten Armut und hohe Arbeitslosigkeit als einen der Gründe. Auch Korruption und Machtinteressen von Politikern spielen demnach eine Rolle.
|
de
|
Brennpunkt der Kämpfe war Maiduguri im Bundesstaat Borno
Der Anführer der islamistischen Gruppierung Boko Haram — Mohammed Yusuf — wurde erschossen. Er war am Abend des 30. Juli im Ziegenstall seiner Schwiegereltern in der Stadt Kernawa verhaftet worden, nachdem ihm zuvor die Flucht aus Maiaguri gelungen war. Infolge der schweren Kämpfe zwischen der nigerianischen Armee und Islamisten im Nordosten Nigerias wurden nach Militärangaben mehr als 700 Menschen getötet. Es ist allerdings unklar, ob dabei die bereits zuvor bekanntgegebenen 400 Opfer berücksichtigt sind oder ob diese Zahl sich auf zusätzliche Tote bezieht. Nach amtlichen Angaben wurden auch zwei Soldaten und 13 Polizisten Opfer der Kämpfe. Diese waren am 26. Juli ausgebrochen und hatten sich auf vier Bundesstaaten ausgeweitet, bevor Staatspräsident Umaru Yar'Adua eine kompromisslose Niederschlagung der Unruhen angeordnet hatte.
Die British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) berichtete am 2. August darüber, im Besitz einer Photographie zu sein, nach der Yusuf lebte, als er von der Armee gestellt wurde. Polizisten zeigten einige Stunden nach seiner Festnahme der Presse die von Projektilen durchlöcherte Leiche des Islamistenführers. Human Rights Watch hat eine Untersuchung der Umstände verlangt, die zur Tötung Yusufs führten, da es hierzu widersprüchliche Angaben gibt. „Die nigerianischen Behörden müssen unverzüglich handeln, um alle zur Rechenschaft zu ziehen, die für diese rechtswidrige Tötung verantwortlich sind, und alle anderen, die mit der neuesten Gewalt im Norden Nigerias in Verbindung stehen“, erklärte Corinne Dufka, die Abteilungsleiterin für Westafrika der Organisation Human Rights Watch.
„Ich glaube, er wurde erschossen, als er zu fliehen versuchte“, teilte zunächst der Polizeisprecher Usman Ciroma mit. Später bestand der Polizeikommissar des Bundesstaates Borno jedoch darauf, dass Mohammed Yusuf bei einem Schusswechsel während seiner Festnahme Verletzungen erlitten habe, die er nicht überlebt habe. Dem widersprechen die Angaben von Ben Ahanoto, dem Sicherheitschef in der Stadt. Dieser erklärte, er habe Yusuf selbst gefangen genommen und der Polizei überstellt. Der 39-jährige Yusuf habe eine Verletzung am Arm gehabt, die bereits verbunden gewesen wäre. Dieser Verband ist auf dem Photo erkennbar, das die BBC veröffentlichte. Dora Akunyili, die nigerianische Informationsministerin, begrüßte den Tod Yusufs. „Was wichtig ist, ist, dass er aus dem Weg geräumt wurde, um ihn daran zu hindern, Menschen zur Verbreitung von Chaos zu benutzen“, sagte Akunyili. Sie betonte aber, die nigerianische Regierung würde standrechtliche Tötungen nicht unterstützen.
Polizeieinheiten haben zwischenzeitlich weitere 140 Frauen und Kinder aus einem Haus in Maiduguri befreit, in dem sie eingeschlossen waren. Dabei soll es sich um Familienmitglieder von Boko-Haram-Angehörigen handeln, die offenbar gezwungen wurden, sich in der Nähe der Kampfhandlungen aufzuhalten.
Die Toten wurden inzwischen in Massengräbern beerdigt, da die Verwesung bereits eingesetzt hatte, teilte Oberst Ahanotu mit.
|
de
|
Polizei fasst und tötet Mohammed Yusuf
Islamistenführer in Nigeria hingerichtet
Boko-Haram-Chef starb bei einem "Fluchtversuch", sagt die Polizei. Die Gefechte in der Stadt Maiduguri dauern an. VON DOMINIC JOHNSON
Überall Leichen auf den Straßen: vor dem Polizeihauptquartier in Maiduguri. Foto: ap
BERLIN taz | Der Führer der militanten Islamistengruppe "Boko Haram" in der nordostnigerianischen Stadt Maiduguri, Mohammed Yusuf, ist von der Polizei gefasst und getötet worden. Wenige Stunden, nachdem die Sicherheitskräfte in der Millionenstadt am späten Donnerstag die Festnahme des flüchtigen 39-jährigen Milizenführers bekanntgaben und ihren Häftling sogar der lokalen Presse vorführten, meldeten sie Yusufs Tod infolge eines "Schusswechsels beim Fluchtversuch". Ein Polizeivideo zeigte Yusuf erst lebend beim Geständnis, dann nach einem Schnitt war seine von Kugeln durchlöcherte Leiche zu sehen. Menschenrechtler sprachen von einer außergerichtlichen Hinrichtung.
Nigerias Armee und Polizei hatten am Mittwoch und Donnerstag in einer Großoffensive die Zentrale der Boko Haram in Maiduguri erobert und weitgehend zerstört. Rund 200 islamistische Kämpfer kamen dabei nach Polizeiangaben ums Leben. Dazu kommt eine unbekannte Zahl ziviler Opfer. Vor dieser Schlacht waren bereits rund 300 Menschen den Kämpfen zwischen Islamisten und Sicherheitskräften zum Opfer gefallen.
Zunächst hatte die Armee am Donnerstag gesagt, mehrere hundert islamistische Kämpfer sowie ihr Führer Yusuf seien auf der Flucht und versuchten, entweder unterzutauchen oder sich nach Tschad oder Kamerun durchzuschlagen. Bei Hausdurchsuchungen fanden die Soldaten Presseberichten zufolge Yusuf im Ziegenstall seines Schwiegervaters versteckt und brachten ihn zur Polizei.
Vereinzelt dauerten Gefechte in Maiduguri am gestrigen Freitag an. Eine Polizeistation ging am frühen Morgen in Flammen auf. Ein Reuters-Reporter zählte am Mittag 23 frische Leichen vor dem Polizeihauptquartier der Stadt, darunter einen ehemaligen Religionsbeauftragten der Provinzregierung.
Der Direktor des Militärgeheimdienstes DDI, Oberst Mohammed Yerima, gab unterdessen auf einer Pressekonferenz bekannt, dass Mohammed Yusuf schon länger im Visier der Behörden war. Dieser sei am 13. November 2008 festgenommen worden, aber ein Richter habe ihn am 20. Januar 2009 auf Kaution wieder freigelassen. Der DDI habe bis Mitte Juli 21 Berichte über Yusufs Gruppe erstellt, die seit 1995 unter verschiedenen Namen aktiv gewesen sei.
Dies legt die Schlussfolgerung nahe, Nigerias zivile Behörden hätten Warnungen des Geheimdienstes über die Islamisten ignoriert. Deutlicher äußerte sich der Leiter der nigerianischen Staatssicherheit SSS, Afakriya Gadazama. Die Regierung ignoriere permanent die Berichte des Geheimdienstes, und dies trage zur schlechten Sicherheitslage bei, sagte er am Donnerstag dem Sicherheitsausschuss des Parlaments. Nigerias nächste Wahlen 2011 würden angesichts der Zunahme von Waffenimporten, Raubüberfällen und Geiselnahmen "blutig" werden.
|
de
|
Brennpunkt der Kämpfe war Maiduguri im Bundesstaat Borno
Der Anführer der islamistischen Gruppierung Boko Haram — Mohammed Yusuf — wurde erschossen. Er war am Abend des 30. Juli im Ziegenstall seiner Schwiegereltern in der Stadt Kernawa verhaftet worden, nachdem ihm zuvor die Flucht aus Maiaguri gelungen war. Infolge der schweren Kämpfe zwischen der nigerianischen Armee und Islamisten im Nordosten Nigerias wurden nach Militärangaben mehr als 700 Menschen getötet. Es ist allerdings unklar, ob dabei die bereits zuvor bekanntgegebenen 400 Opfer berücksichtigt sind oder ob diese Zahl sich auf zusätzliche Tote bezieht. Nach amtlichen Angaben wurden auch zwei Soldaten und 13 Polizisten Opfer der Kämpfe. Diese waren am 26. Juli ausgebrochen und hatten sich auf vier Bundesstaaten ausgeweitet, bevor Staatspräsident Umaru Yar'Adua eine kompromisslose Niederschlagung der Unruhen angeordnet hatte.
Die British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) berichtete am 2. August darüber, im Besitz einer Photographie zu sein, nach der Yusuf lebte, als er von der Armee gestellt wurde. Polizisten zeigten einige Stunden nach seiner Festnahme der Presse die von Projektilen durchlöcherte Leiche des Islamistenführers. Human Rights Watch hat eine Untersuchung der Umstände verlangt, die zur Tötung Yusufs führten, da es hierzu widersprüchliche Angaben gibt. „Die nigerianischen Behörden müssen unverzüglich handeln, um alle zur Rechenschaft zu ziehen, die für diese rechtswidrige Tötung verantwortlich sind, und alle anderen, die mit der neuesten Gewalt im Norden Nigerias in Verbindung stehen“, erklärte Corinne Dufka, die Abteilungsleiterin für Westafrika der Organisation Human Rights Watch.
„Ich glaube, er wurde erschossen, als er zu fliehen versuchte“, teilte zunächst der Polizeisprecher Usman Ciroma mit. Später bestand der Polizeikommissar des Bundesstaates Borno jedoch darauf, dass Mohammed Yusuf bei einem Schusswechsel während seiner Festnahme Verletzungen erlitten habe, die er nicht überlebt habe. Dem widersprechen die Angaben von Ben Ahanoto, dem Sicherheitschef in der Stadt. Dieser erklärte, er habe Yusuf selbst gefangen genommen und der Polizei überstellt. Der 39-jährige Yusuf habe eine Verletzung am Arm gehabt, die bereits verbunden gewesen wäre. Dieser Verband ist auf dem Photo erkennbar, das die BBC veröffentlichte. Dora Akunyili, die nigerianische Informationsministerin, begrüßte den Tod Yusufs. „Was wichtig ist, ist, dass er aus dem Weg geräumt wurde, um ihn daran zu hindern, Menschen zur Verbreitung von Chaos zu benutzen“, sagte Akunyili. Sie betonte aber, die nigerianische Regierung würde standrechtliche Tötungen nicht unterstützen.
Polizeieinheiten haben zwischenzeitlich weitere 140 Frauen und Kinder aus einem Haus in Maiduguri befreit, in dem sie eingeschlossen waren. Dabei soll es sich um Familienmitglieder von Boko-Haram-Angehörigen handeln, die offenbar gezwungen wurden, sich in der Nähe der Kampfhandlungen aufzuhalten.
Die Toten wurden inzwischen in Massengräbern beerdigt, da die Verwesung bereits eingesetzt hatte, teilte Oberst Ahanotu mit.
|
en
|
This is pretty tough to write. Brent Sass has been disqualified from Iditarod 43. He has used a device which is capable of two way communication. As per race rules, that is not permitted. Brent did not argue the matter. He gave an interview on the Insider with the details. What a disappointment. He was running a great team.
|
fr
|
Brent Sass, lors de la Yukon Quest 2015
Le musher Brent Sass (dossard 71), qui a remporté le mois dernier la Yukon Quest, a été disqualifié de l'Iditarod le 10 mars 2015 pour avoir amené un Ipod Touch. En effet l'appareil est équipé de la wifi et la règle 35 de la course interdit aux mushers d'amener des appareils permettant la communication dans les deux sens. Mark Nordman, un des juges de la course, a pris la décision de le disqualifier à Tanana, après que Brent Sass a été surpris utilisant son appareil au checkpoint précédent de Manley Hot Springs.
Brent Sass a reconnu immédiatement son erreur, qu'il a qualifiée de « stupide », déclarant avoir amené son Ipod pour écouter de la musique et des films sur la piste et n'ayant pas du tout pensé à la possible connexion wifi. Il avait confié son téléphone portable à son père au début de la course. Il a décidé de rentrer à Eureka par la piste avec ses chiens. Il était 5 au classement lors de sa disqualification.
|
en
|
TANANA –
Jason Sear / KTVA
This year’s Yukon Quest winner, Brett Sass, has been disqualified from the 2015 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race for breaking Rule 35 of the competition.
Rules 35 reads: ”No two-way communication device, including cell phones, shall be carried or used unless provided by ITC.”
Sass was carrying an iPod Touch. He says he used the device as an alarm clock and to listen to music and watch movies on the trail. He didn’t consider the wi-fi feature would disqualify him from the race.
Talking with the Iditarod Insider tonight, the veteran musher says he made, “a stupid, stupid mistake.” At the Tanana checkpoint, he said, “They made it clear at the beginning of the race that there was no two-way device to be used during the race. It was a complete screw-up on my part.”
Sass, who was wearing bib No. 71, reached the third checkpoint just after 5 p.m. He started to tear up as he started issuing apologies.
“I want to apologize to my fellow mushers, my fans, my supporters, my family, friends, my dogs- especially,” said Sass.
Rule number 35, which the Iditarod Trail Committee says Sass violated, states the following:
|
fr
|
Brent Sass, lors de la Yukon Quest 2015
Le musher Brent Sass (dossard 71), qui a remporté le mois dernier la Yukon Quest, a été disqualifié de l'Iditarod le 10 mars 2015 pour avoir amené un Ipod Touch. En effet l'appareil est équipé de la wifi et la règle 35 de la course interdit aux mushers d'amener des appareils permettant la communication dans les deux sens. Mark Nordman, un des juges de la course, a pris la décision de le disqualifier à Tanana, après que Brent Sass a été surpris utilisant son appareil au checkpoint précédent de Manley Hot Springs.
Brent Sass a reconnu immédiatement son erreur, qu'il a qualifiée de « stupide », déclarant avoir amené son Ipod pour écouter de la musique et des films sur la piste et n'ayant pas du tout pensé à la possible connexion wifi. Il avait confié son téléphone portable à son père au début de la course. Il a décidé de rentrer à Eureka par la piste avec ses chiens. Il était 5 au classement lors de sa disqualification.
|
en
|
TANANA, Alaska—2015 Yukon Quest champion Brent Sass was disqualified from the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday evening for carrying a device capable of two-way communication.
The device, according to Sass, was an iPod Touch that had wireless Internet capability.
Iditarod Race Marshal Mark Nordman said he disqualified Sass, of Eureka, for a violation of Iditarod Rule 35.
The rule says, in part, "No two-way communication device, including cellphones, shall be carried or used unless provided by ITC [Iditarod Trail Committee]. Use of any electronic communication or tracking device shall not be permitted unless provided by the ITC.”
Sass, in an interview posted on the official Iditarod website, said officials had made it clear at the beginning of the race that devices capable of two-way communication were prohibited.
"It was a complete screw-up on my part,” Sass said in the Iditarod’s interview. “I bring it along for my music and my movies and I had no intention of using the Wi-Fi."
"It just didn't register that the Wi-Fi in the iPod Touch could be hooked into Wi-Fi at checkpoints and used to communicate," he said.
"I have to accept the consequences. I want to apologize to my fellow mushers, my fans, my supporters, my family, my friends, my dogs," a choked up Sass said in the interview.
Nordman, in an interview with the News-Miner in Tanana, described Sass as a well-respected musher with a great fan base. He said Sass was devastated and emotional when told he had broken the rule. Sass had been seen using the iPod Touch.
“It’s a very simple mistake that he made,” Nordman said in Tanana. “There were reports. There were no mushers pointing anything out. But we saw him with this piece of hardware.”
Nordman said Sass was notified of the disqualification about 6:40 p.m.
“He went, ‘Oh my god, what a mistake.’ You know, an emotional time for him,” Nordman said. “Just a mistake. Do I believe Brent was trying to gain a competitive advantage in the race? Absolutely not. That’s my personal opinion.”
Nordman said Sass was respectful upon being informed of the disqualification.
“He felt like he’d let his competitors down, his supporters and also was saying, ‘I’m so sorry, Mark,’ that type of thing. It was just one of those things that slipped through the cracks, but it was very clearly stated in our drivers’ meeting. It’s just too bad it happened. It’s a shame.”
Sass has gained stature in long-distance mushing in recent years. His successful trail battle with two-time reigning champion Allen Moore in this year’s Yukon Quest entertained fans to the end.
Sass was in position to win the 2014 Quest, just a couple hours behind Moore before the final checkpoint at Braeburn, when he fell asleep and tumbled off his sled. He sustained a concussion in the fall and could not continue. The injury forced him to withdraw from the Iditarod that year, too.
Tuesday’s disqualification put a quick end to any hope that Sass would become just the second musher to win both the Quest and Iditarod in the same year. Lance Mackey completed that feat twice.
Sass, in the Iditarod interview, noted that Yukon Quest rules permitted use of the iPod, which he said he also used as his trail alarm clock
"We were able to use them on the Quest. and this is a completely different race and the rules are completely different," he said of the Iditarod.
Sass said he knew of the Iditarod's rule barring mushers from having communications devices.
"I handed my cellphone to my dad before the race, going 'I can't use this thing,' here, dad, take it,'" he said.
Staff writer Casey Grove is the News-Miner’s Anchorage reporter and is covering the Iditarod this year. Follow him on Twitter: @kcgrove.
|
fr
|
Brent Sass, lors de la Yukon Quest 2015
Le musher Brent Sass (dossard 71), qui a remporté le mois dernier la Yukon Quest, a été disqualifié de l'Iditarod le 10 mars 2015 pour avoir amené un Ipod Touch. En effet l'appareil est équipé de la wifi et la règle 35 de la course interdit aux mushers d'amener des appareils permettant la communication dans les deux sens. Mark Nordman, un des juges de la course, a pris la décision de le disqualifier à Tanana, après que Brent Sass a été surpris utilisant son appareil au checkpoint précédent de Manley Hot Springs.
Brent Sass a reconnu immédiatement son erreur, qu'il a qualifiée de « stupide », déclarant avoir amené son Ipod pour écouter de la musique et des films sur la piste et n'ayant pas du tout pensé à la possible connexion wifi. Il avait confié son téléphone portable à son père au début de la course. Il a décidé de rentrer à Eureka par la piste avec ses chiens. Il était 5 au classement lors de sa disqualification.
|
en
|
TANANA, Alaska — Yukon Quest champion Brent Sass, of Eureka, mushed his Iditarod team home Wednesday, heading in the opposite direction of other competitors coming into the village checkpoint after he was disqualified here Tuesday for having an iPod Touch.
The disqualification under Rule 35 of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race was due to the device’s ability to connect to wireless Internet, theoretically allowing a racer to gain an advantage by getting updates from outsiders. The Iditarod and Yukon Quest rules both hold self-sufficiency in high regard during the race, but such devices are allowed in checkpoints for posting social media or website updates in the Quest.
While walking from the Tanana checkpoint to the store before leaving midday, Sass uttered some choice words and said he had made a stupid mistake. Someone had seen him in Manley Hot Springs with it, he said.
The iPod was on “airplane mode,” which means Sass would have had to switch that off to access the Internet. It did not matter, both he and Iditarod Race Marshal Mark Nordman said, because it could easily be taken out of that mode.
“I was just oblivious,” Sass said. “I never had any intention of using the Wi-Fi at all. It just never dawned on me. I didn’t think anything of it. I don’t know what I thought. I thought cellphone. But it’s Wi-Fi enabled. It can’t hook to Wi-Fi.”
Sass said he thought it was a fair call for his team to be disqualified.
“I think it’s fair in that they made it clear there’s no devices that have two-way communication. I just looked that my Wi-Fi-enabled device that I use for my music and alarm clock was that. I just was not at all thinking it was that type of device.”
Nordman said the rule is to prevent someone from getting help from outside the race, which features a GPS tracker online. Another person could provide tips for managing the race, Nordman said. And mushers looking over checkpoint information often do those calculations on their own, on the fly, he said.
“The technology we have available to us could change that competitiveness,” Nordman said. “There’s so much fog before the race, and (Sass) had such a great Quest, and he was definitely in the hunt for the winner’s trophy in Nome. I think it was just one of those things, you’re so used to the same thing.”
“How many of us have walked on a plane with .22 shells or a knife in our pocket knowing that it’s not allowed?” Nordman said.
Sass had said earlier that he used the same device racing in the Quest. That race issued a statement Wednesday clarifying that the devices were only allowed in checkpoints, not on the trail, and for updating websites.
“Should we have had an indication that any musher used any two-way communication device in any manner other than those sanctioned by the organization during the race, we would have dealt with it accordingly,” Yukon Quest Race Marshal Doug Grilliot said in the statement. “That is not the case at this time. With the advancement of technology and changes in communications, it is important that we adhere to the intent and spirit of the rules.”
There was no “wiggle room” with the rule, Nordman said, noting that, as a five-time Iditarod racer, it had been personally difficult to him to have to enforce.
“He’s heading back to his home right now. A lot of time to think about it. I’m sure it’ll never happen again. It’s just one of those things that happened,” Nordman said.
Staff writer Casey Grove is the News-Miner’s Anchorage reporter and is covering the Iditarod this year. Follow him on Twitter: @kcgrove.
|
fr
|
Brent Sass, lors de la Yukon Quest 2015
Le musher Brent Sass (dossard 71), qui a remporté le mois dernier la Yukon Quest, a été disqualifié de l'Iditarod le 10 mars 2015 pour avoir amené un Ipod Touch. En effet l'appareil est équipé de la wifi et la règle 35 de la course interdit aux mushers d'amener des appareils permettant la communication dans les deux sens. Mark Nordman, un des juges de la course, a pris la décision de le disqualifier à Tanana, après que Brent Sass a été surpris utilisant son appareil au checkpoint précédent de Manley Hot Springs.
Brent Sass a reconnu immédiatement son erreur, qu'il a qualifiée de « stupide », déclarant avoir amené son Ipod pour écouter de la musique et des films sur la piste et n'ayant pas du tout pensé à la possible connexion wifi. Il avait confié son téléphone portable à son père au début de la course. Il a décidé de rentrer à Eureka par la piste avec ses chiens. Il était 5 au classement lors de sa disqualification.
|
en
|
Brent Sass has been disqualified from the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. The musher was informed by race Marshall Mark Nordman after he arrived in Tanana that he will not be able to continue the race because the Eureka-based musher violated a rule about using a wireless communication device on the trail.
Download Audio
“I didn’t use it and I had zero intent of using it for a wifi connection in checkpoints, but I was just completely clueless. I mean I gave my dad my cell phone because I knew you couldn’t have cell phones on this race specifically and I was just ignorant.”
Many mushers use iPods along the race trail, but because the iPod touch is capable of two-way communication, it is prohibited on the Iditarod trail.
A tearful Sass says he’s in shock.
“The biggest thing is I want my fans to know I was not cheating in any way or form. I was just stupid and completely ignorant to the fact that the iPod touch has a wifi connection. I even knew that, but we can use them in the Quest and the rules here are different.”
Sass is currently resting in the Tanana checkpoint. He says the Iditarod race organization understood his situation, but also had to enforce the rules.
Sass was running in 5th place when he was disqualified.
|
fr
|
Brent Sass, lors de la Yukon Quest 2015
Le musher Brent Sass (dossard 71), qui a remporté le mois dernier la Yukon Quest, a été disqualifié de l'Iditarod le 10 mars 2015 pour avoir amené un Ipod Touch. En effet l'appareil est équipé de la wifi et la règle 35 de la course interdit aux mushers d'amener des appareils permettant la communication dans les deux sens. Mark Nordman, un des juges de la course, a pris la décision de le disqualifier à Tanana, après que Brent Sass a été surpris utilisant son appareil au checkpoint précédent de Manley Hot Springs.
Brent Sass a reconnu immédiatement son erreur, qu'il a qualifiée de « stupide », déclarant avoir amené son Ipod pour écouter de la musique et des films sur la piste et n'ayant pas du tout pensé à la possible connexion wifi. Il avait confié son téléphone portable à son père au début de la course. Il a décidé de rentrer à Eureka par la piste avec ses chiens. Il était 5 au classement lors de sa disqualification.
|
en
|
A top contender in a major dog sled race in Alaska was disqualified on Tuesday evening for carrying an iPod touch.
Brent Sass of Eureka was told he violated Rule 35 of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, which prohibits cellphones and other two-way communication devices with wireless capability.
The 35-year-old musher was running fifth place and a quarter of the way through the 979-mile contest when he was pulled off the course.
Scroll down for video
Still smiling: Brent Sass of Eureka (right) was disqualified on Tuesday evening from the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race for carrying an iPod touch
Sass told the Alaska Dispatch News that he had no idea that he was doing anything wrong.
'I didn’t use [the iPod touch] and I had zero intent of using it for a Wi-Fi connection in checkpoints, but I was just completely clueless,' he said.
'I mean I gave my dad my cell phone because I knew you couldn’t have cell phones on this race specifically and I was just ignorant.'
Sebastian Schnuelle, a Canadian dog musher and dog sled racer from Whitehorse, Yukon, who is not running in this year's Iditarod described Sass' disqualification as 'disappointment'.
The 35-year-old musher was running fifth place and a quarter of the way through the 979-mile contest when he was pulled off the course (Rohn Buser's lead dogs pictured above)
Ready, set: People stand near the start area during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Monday in Fairbanks
'He was running a great team,' Schnuelle added.
Sass, owner and founder of Wild and Free Mushing, has been racing and training huskies for 12 years.
Originally from Excelsior, Minnesota, Sass moved to Alaska in 1998 to 'fulfill a lifelong dream' of living in the state.
He attended the University of Alaska Fairbanks where he graduated with a major in geography and started mushing shortly after.
Weather impacts: Iditarod mushers began their 1,000-mile trek across Alaska along a new route after poor trail conditions forced organizers to push the race's start north, bypassing a mountain range
Career high: Musher Timothy Hunt waits for his turn near the start area during the Iditarod
Since his first race in 2006, Sass has placed in over 20 races, including several first place finishes.
Last month he won 1,000-mile Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race.
The Iditarod began Monday in Fairbanks and will finish in Nome.
Aliy Zirkle of Two Rivers was in the lead 227 miles into the race Tuesday at the Tanana checkpoint, where Sass is currently resting.
|
fr
|
Brent Sass, lors de la Yukon Quest 2015
Le musher Brent Sass (dossard 71), qui a remporté le mois dernier la Yukon Quest, a été disqualifié de l'Iditarod le 10 mars 2015 pour avoir amené un Ipod Touch. En effet l'appareil est équipé de la wifi et la règle 35 de la course interdit aux mushers d'amener des appareils permettant la communication dans les deux sens. Mark Nordman, un des juges de la course, a pris la décision de le disqualifier à Tanana, après que Brent Sass a été surpris utilisant son appareil au checkpoint précédent de Manley Hot Springs.
Brent Sass a reconnu immédiatement son erreur, qu'il a qualifiée de « stupide », déclarant avoir amené son Ipod pour écouter de la musique et des films sur la piste et n'ayant pas du tout pensé à la possible connexion wifi. Il avait confié son téléphone portable à son père au début de la course. Il a décidé de rentrer à Eureka par la piste avec ses chiens. Il était 5 au classement lors de sa disqualification.
|
en
|
Of all the things that could get a musher disqualified from the grueling event that is the Iditarod, the last thing Brent Sass expected was for his iPod Touch.
Many mushers use iPods during the annual race in Alaska, which stretches more than 1,000 miles from Anchorage to Nome, however Sass' downfall was bringing the iPod Touch version, which is capable of connecting to Wi-Fi.
"I didn't use it and I had zero intent of using it for a Wi-Fi connection in checkpoints, but I was just completely clueless," he told Alaska Public Radio. "I mean, I gave my dad my cell phone because I knew you couldn't have cell phones on this race specifically and I was just ignorant."
Sass was in fifth place with his team of dogs when he was disqualified Tuesday. The Yukon Quest Champion reiterated to his fans that he had no intention of cheating on the course.
Iditarod officials were sympathetic to Sass' issue but had to enforce Rule 35 of the competition, which prohibits two-way communication devices, according to a statement from the race director Mark Nordman.
Mushers are allowed to carry one-way communication devices with satellite tracking that can be used in the event of an emergency. If the device is activated, a musher is automatically withdrawn from the competition.
|
fr
|
Brent Sass, lors de la Yukon Quest 2015
Le musher Brent Sass (dossard 71), qui a remporté le mois dernier la Yukon Quest, a été disqualifié de l'Iditarod le 10 mars 2015 pour avoir amené un Ipod Touch. En effet l'appareil est équipé de la wifi et la règle 35 de la course interdit aux mushers d'amener des appareils permettant la communication dans les deux sens. Mark Nordman, un des juges de la course, a pris la décision de le disqualifier à Tanana, après que Brent Sass a été surpris utilisant son appareil au checkpoint précédent de Manley Hot Springs.
Brent Sass a reconnu immédiatement son erreur, qu'il a qualifiée de « stupide », déclarant avoir amené son Ipod pour écouter de la musique et des films sur la piste et n'ayant pas du tout pensé à la possible connexion wifi. Il avait confié son téléphone portable à son père au début de la course. Il a décidé de rentrer à Eureka par la piste avec ses chiens. Il était 5 au classement lors de sa disqualification.
|
en
|
Brent Sass Disqualified, As Top Mushers Reach The Yukon
Dogs relaxing at the Manley Hot Springs checkpoint on Tuesday. Photo: David Dodman
Martin Buser led the 2015 Iditarod to Tanana, the first to the Yukon and the first of many to take a mandatory 8-hour rest along the river.
But Tanana was the end of a long day of mushing — and even though temperatures dipped to 30 below, many mushers spent the heat of the day — which reached a relatively mild 10 below by the afternoon — at Manley Hot Springs.
Manley Hot Springs wasn’t exactly hot during the second day of the Iditarod — but with dozens of dog teams basking in the bright afternoon sun, it looked more like a day at the beach than the Iditarod checkpoint. But pulling it all together wasn’t easy. Just ask Joe Redington, Jr., the son of Joe Redington, Sr. — known as “the father of the Iditarod.”
“Yep,” joked Redington, Jr. “I’m the son of the father.”
Redington, Jr. volunteered to organize the Manley checkpoint this year, clearing room for as many as 40 teams at a time; organizing check-ins; delivering drop bags and more. That’s on top of making sure there was enough soup, chili, rice, and cinnamon buns for the mushers — many of whom scarfed down lunch at the checkpoints cozy musher’s room.
Like any lead dog, Redington, Jr. said he had “a lot of help” organizing the checkpoint, which held particular significance for him.
“I’m excited about it because my dad started the race and…now I’m a checker and it’s coming through my hometown at Manley. That’s pretty exciting for me,” he said.
But “exciting” wasn’t the word most mushers used to describe Manley — more like “laid back.” Anna Berrington, running her 4th Iditarod, said it was warm welcome after camping in the cold along the first 150 miles of the trail.
“My dog team hasn’t been in cold like that since New Years’ Day. I think it zapped them a little bit. So they’re just happy to be laying in the sun right now,” said Berrington.
For Kotzebue’s Chuck Schaeffer, Manley Hot Springs was the place to reconnect with old friends during a leisurely 6-hour rest. By nightfall more than 20 teams had made it to Tanana.
Many mushers were in high spirits as they settled in to take their mandatory 8-hour layover on the Yukon — including Brent Sass, who despite mushing a team of dogs for more than 200 miles through temperatures down to 30 below — pulled out a wintry snack of Ben and Jerry’s ice cream from his sled.
“Ice cream is good,” said Sass. “It’s perfect for [the trail].”
Unfortunately, the Yukon Quest champ’s mood was dampened by a disqualification from the race on Tuesday evening. Iditarod officials disqualified Sass after learning that his music player, an iPod Touch that he had used on the Yukon Quest, was capable of accessing wireless internet.
Race marshal Mark Nordman disqualified the musher for using a “two-way communication device,” which is forbidden by the Iditarod’s rules.
A teary-eyed Sass didn’t contest the decision, telling reporters it was a simple oversight and explaining that he only used the player as an alarm clock and music player. Choking back tears, the Eureka musher, who was in fifth into Tanana by the time he was removed from the race, apologized to his fans — and to his dogs.
After a leisurely run through new checkpoints in fresh country, Buser’s pace to Tanana and Sass’ sudden disqualification came as a stark reminder to mushers enjoying the sunshine in Tanana that there is still a race on.
And with top teams now headed to Ruby, that race is only just getting started.
|
fr
|
Brent Sass, lors de la Yukon Quest 2015
Le musher Brent Sass (dossard 71), qui a remporté le mois dernier la Yukon Quest, a été disqualifié de l'Iditarod le 10 mars 2015 pour avoir amené un Ipod Touch. En effet l'appareil est équipé de la wifi et la règle 35 de la course interdit aux mushers d'amener des appareils permettant la communication dans les deux sens. Mark Nordman, un des juges de la course, a pris la décision de le disqualifier à Tanana, après que Brent Sass a été surpris utilisant son appareil au checkpoint précédent de Manley Hot Springs.
Brent Sass a reconnu immédiatement son erreur, qu'il a qualifiée de « stupide », déclarant avoir amené son Ipod pour écouter de la musique et des films sur la piste et n'ayant pas du tout pensé à la possible connexion wifi. Il avait confié son téléphone portable à son père au début de la course. Il a décidé de rentrer à Eureka par la piste avec ses chiens. Il était 5 au classement lors de sa disqualification.
|
en
|
News-Miner opinion: A fairytale year for Interior musher Brent Sass was underway until Tuesday evening. A year after knocking himself out of the Yukon Quest with a head injury that also sidelined him from the Iditarod, Mr. Sass was back with a helmet, eager dogs and a determination not to let his team down. He won the Gin Gin 200 on the Denali Highway and captured his first victory in the Yukon Quest. He ran strong in the early going of the Iditarod, coming into the Tanana checkpoint in fifth place. He was just two hours and 15 minutes behind then-leader Martin Buser.
Then he was thrown out of the race for using an iPod Touch.
Mr. Sass’ disqualification, race officials said, was because of the iPod Touch’s ability to function as a two-way communications device. If Wi-Fi were enabled on the device, he could have used it to connect to the Internet. With an Internet connection, he could have checked on the positions of mushers or contacted people. That’s why the race bans two-way communications devices under Rule 35. For breaking that rule, Mr. Sass was disqualified from the race.
There’s no question Mr. Sass broke the rule. The iPod Touch is a device capable of two-way communication, and such devices face a blanket ban. Mr. Sass acknowledged as much, calling it a “stupid mistake.” He didn’t question the judgment of race officials, accepted the sanction and, after a night’s rest, turned his team around and mushed back up the trail toward his kennel in Eureka.
But while Iditarod officials weren’t wrong in their application of the rule, it’s hard to say what they did was right — or at least fair. Rule 35 contains no mention of the penalty for having a two-way communications device, presumably leaving it up to race officials to assess the situation and levy punishment that fits the offense. Mr. Sass’ offense, at least insofar as all accounts have described it, was as benign as could possibly be. There has been no suggestion he used the device to communicate with others or check on the status or position of others in the race. According to his statements, he packed an iPod to listen to music, and he opted for the iPod Touch so he could watch movies as well.
What’s more, the device was discovered early in the race, before the device’s strategic abilities could have had opportunity to be abused to a meaningful degree. Relying as it does on a Wi-Fi signal, the communication abilities of the iPod Touch are restricted to Internet-connected communities with open networks — in other words, checkpoints. There had been three checkpoints by the time officials talked to Mr. Sass about the device. In any of those checkpoints, mushers could have talked to their handlers or others nearby about the state of the race, even — were such information known by those in the checkpoint — about the GPS positions of other mushers. In other words, talking to someone who is looking at an iPod Touch about the state of the race is not barred under the rules. A musher holding that device himself or herself, on the other hand, faces disqualification.
Iditarod officials were within their rights to disqualify Mr. Sass. They may have even specifically warned mushers disqualification would be the penalty for having such a device. But given the lack of evidence suggesting Mr. Sass used the device to communicate or gain an advantage, a time penalty would have been more appropriate than outright removal from the race. Furthermore, given how easy it would be for mushers to skirt the rule and still gain information about their competitors’ whereabouts while at checkpoints, race officials should clarify exactly what behavior they seek to eliminate and change their rules to do so — and define penalties. An iPod Touch and a satellite phone are treated identically under the rules as currently written.
The greatest shame in all of this, however, is that a musher and his team who were strong, honest competitors with hundreds of miles of trail ahead of them and a good chance at contention for an Iditarod win were disqualified for what appears to have been an inadvertent mistake. The statement of policy intent that precedes the Iditarod rules reads, in part, “The race should be won or lost by the musher and dogs on merit rather than technicalities.”
This year, at least one musher whose team had plenty of merit appears to have been felled by a technicality.
|
fr
|
Brent Sass, lors de la Yukon Quest 2015
Le musher Brent Sass (dossard 71), qui a remporté le mois dernier la Yukon Quest, a été disqualifié de l'Iditarod le 10 mars 2015 pour avoir amené un Ipod Touch. En effet l'appareil est équipé de la wifi et la règle 35 de la course interdit aux mushers d'amener des appareils permettant la communication dans les deux sens. Mark Nordman, un des juges de la course, a pris la décision de le disqualifier à Tanana, après que Brent Sass a été surpris utilisant son appareil au checkpoint précédent de Manley Hot Springs.
Brent Sass a reconnu immédiatement son erreur, qu'il a qualifiée de « stupide », déclarant avoir amené son Ipod pour écouter de la musique et des films sur la piste et n'ayant pas du tout pensé à la possible connexion wifi. Il avait confié son téléphone portable à son père au début de la course. Il a décidé de rentrer à Eureka par la piste avec ses chiens. Il était 5 au classement lors de sa disqualification.
|
en
|
Tropical Storm Not Expected To Cause Much Damage
Tropical Storm Gabrielle has crashed on shore at North Carolina's Outer Banks.
The National Hurricane Center said Tropical Storm Gabrielle made landfall Sunday morning on North Carolina's Outer Banks along the Cape Lookout National Seashore. The center of Gabrielle came ashore about 11:45 a.m. EST. Forecasters said the heaviest rain and strongest winds didn't arrive with the storm center and that rain and wind would spread along the coast over the course of Sunday.
The storm is carrying 50 mph winds and plenty of rain as it pushes on shore -- but it's still not enough to scare off the hardiest of vacationers. At least one surfer said he plans to ride the tall waves until he gets tired.
Gabrielle bulked up out on open water, but it's still barely a tropical storm. Forecasters said the strongest winds and rainfall are yet to come for the state.
Gabrielle is expected to take a sharp turn and reach Nags Head, N.C., around sunset before heading back out into the Atlantic.
As of 2 p.m. EDT on Sunday, the storm was centered on the north coast of the Pamlico Sound and about 45 miles west-northwest of Cape Hatteras, N.C.
A tropical storm warning has been issued for the North Carolina coastline from Surf City to the Virginia border and north to Cape Charles Light, Va.
Local officials are urging residents and visitors to secure loose items and stay indoors.
North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley said the greatest danger is likely to be flooding in low lying areas and on roads.
The storm comes as Easley has asked all local governments to immediately enact voluntary or mandatory water restrictions, reported WXII-TV in Greensboro, N.C. The request came amid a worsening drought that has parched the entire state.
The federal Drought Monitor says more than 60 percent of the state is now under an extreme drought and 91 percent face severe conditions.
A National Weather Service forecaster said, other than bringing some much-needed rain to North Carolina, Gabrielle is "a pretty weak storm."
Coastal storm surge flooding of 2 to 3 feet is possible within the tropical storm warming area as Gabrielle passes near or over the coast, the NHC said. The storm may also create some isolated tornadoes over the state's outer banks on Sunday, the NHC said.
|
en
|
Tropical Storm Gabrielle forcasted track on September 8, 2007 at 8 p.m. EST.
Gabrielle became a tropical storm this evening, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC). And, forecasters call for some additional strengthening as it churns toward North Carolina.
At 5 p.m. EST, the storm was located 185 miles southeast of Cape Lookout, N.C., moving northwest at 9 mph. Gabrielle is currently packing winds of 40 mph.
Gabrielle is forcasted to make landfall around the Outer Banks area on Sunday, with maximum sustained winds around 65 mph, before moving back into the Atlantic.
Sharon Peele Kennedy, an Outer Banks resident, said, "It's going to get a little gnarly...We're securing, but not too fast. There's no evacuation issue at all. This is just a little breeze."
North Carolina Governor Mike Easley said, "The greatest danger will be flooding in low lying areas and on roads, such as Highway 12 on the Outer Banks...The most deaths during tropical storms occur when people drive into flood waters and drown. Rip currents will be strong in the ocean. The safest place to be will be indoors."
Tropical storm warnings have been issued from Surf City, North Carolina, and a few areas northward.
Coastal areas around North Carolina could see between 1 and 3 inches of rain, with 5 inches possible in a few isolated areas.
Forecasters do not believe Gabrielle will reach Hurricane strength.
|
en
|
WASHINGTON Laura Bush will undergo surgery on Saturday to relieve pain from pinched nerves in her neck, her press secretary said Friday.
The problem prevented the first lady from accompanying President Bush to Australia this week for the annual meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Sydney.
Bush will be in Australia on Saturday, returning to Washington around dawn Sunday.
Spokeswoman Sally McDonough said Mrs. Bush was having elective outpatient surgery. She said the physician would use a minimally invasive procedure to take pressure off the nerve by enlarging the passageway where the nerve sits near the spinal column.
The first lady has been in discomfort for some time. She rubbed her right arm repeatedly during a meeting with reporters on Wednesday.
Mrs. Bush injured a nerve in her neck and shoulder earlier this year while hiking and has been treated with physical therapy since, McDonough said late last month. Her doctors strongly advised her to not travel overseas, saying such long flights could aggravate the problem and cause complications.
When the physical therapy did not work, doctors suggested surgery.
McDonough would not reveal where the surgery would be performed, saying that Mrs. Bush is a private citizen, not an elected official.
|
en
|
Tropical Storm Gabrielle forcasted track on September 8, 2007 at 8 p.m. EST.
Gabrielle became a tropical storm this evening, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC). And, forecasters call for some additional strengthening as it churns toward North Carolina.
At 5 p.m. EST, the storm was located 185 miles southeast of Cape Lookout, N.C., moving northwest at 9 mph. Gabrielle is currently packing winds of 40 mph.
Gabrielle is forcasted to make landfall around the Outer Banks area on Sunday, with maximum sustained winds around 65 mph, before moving back into the Atlantic.
Sharon Peele Kennedy, an Outer Banks resident, said, "It's going to get a little gnarly...We're securing, but not too fast. There's no evacuation issue at all. This is just a little breeze."
North Carolina Governor Mike Easley said, "The greatest danger will be flooding in low lying areas and on roads, such as Highway 12 on the Outer Banks...The most deaths during tropical storms occur when people drive into flood waters and drown. Rip currents will be strong in the ocean. The safest place to be will be indoors."
Tropical storm warnings have been issued from Surf City, North Carolina, and a few areas northward.
Coastal areas around North Carolina could see between 1 and 3 inches of rain, with 5 inches possible in a few isolated areas.
Forecasters do not believe Gabrielle will reach Hurricane strength.
|
en
|
Quote
"When people hear about tropical storms, they assume houses are going to fall in the ocean... Just relax, stay inside, and have a little hurricane party." Margot Jolly,
Nags Heads Ocean Rescue
(CBS/AP) Tropical Storm Gabrielle began to shower barrier islands off the eastern state of North Carolina with rain and batter them with high winds Sunday as the storm slogged slowly toward the coast.
Forecasters expected the storm to increase its wind speed slightly - but not to hurricane levels - before swiping the Outer Banks, a chain of barrier islands popular with tourists, on Sunday. After a brief landfall, Gabrielle was expected to take a sharp turn back into the Atlantic, the National Weather Service said.
"All things considered, it's a pretty weak storm," said Casey Quell, a NWS forecaster in Morehead City. "More than anything, it will bring some much-needed rain."
The storm carried top sustained winds of about 40 mph as of 2 a.m. Sunday, the National Weather Service reported. But those winds could strengthen to near 50 mph as Gabrielle nears the coast, according to the weather service.
Gabrielle's center was located about 85 miles south-southeast of Cape Lookout and was moving slowly - about 11 mph - to the north-northwest.
Forecasters issued a tropical storm warning for some coastal areas of North Carolina and Virginia
Local officials urged residents and visitors at the vacation hotspot to secure loose items and to stay indoors as the storm blows through. The National Park Service closed all campgrounds on the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. But they did not ask or recommend that people leave the islands.
"When people hear about tropical storms, they assume houses are going to fall in the ocean," said Margot Jolly, a lifeguard with Nags Heads Ocean Rescue. "They shouldn't overreact like that. Just relax, stay inside, and have a little hurricane party."
For most local residents, however, Gabrielle is likely to bring them some much-needed rain, reports CBS Affiliate WRAL. The towns along the Outer Banks are about 19 inches below the normal rainfall.
Both Wake County and Dare County are suffering from drought conditions.
Gabrielle's first showers reached the coastline late Saturday night. Quell said the storm could produce a storm surge of up to 3 feet, with 1 to 3 inches of rain falling in coastal areas and up to 5 inches in isolated spots.
Rip currents had already caused problems Saturday. David Baker, the Ocean Rescue director for the Wrightsville Beach Fire Department about 150 miles south of Nags Head, told The Star-News of Wilmington that lifeguards rescued about a dozen people from the water because of rip currents.
Gabrielle spun into the storm late Friday after wandering in the Atlantic for several days, caught along an old frontal boundary that stalled about midway between the Southeast coast and Bermuda. Forecasters first labeled it a subtropical storm - a hybrid system that takes power from warm ocean waters but also forms from warm and cold fronts colliding - before classifying it a tropical system Saturday.
© MMVII, CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
|
en
|
Tropical Storm Gabrielle forcasted track on September 8, 2007 at 8 p.m. EST.
Gabrielle became a tropical storm this evening, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC). And, forecasters call for some additional strengthening as it churns toward North Carolina.
At 5 p.m. EST, the storm was located 185 miles southeast of Cape Lookout, N.C., moving northwest at 9 mph. Gabrielle is currently packing winds of 40 mph.
Gabrielle is forcasted to make landfall around the Outer Banks area on Sunday, with maximum sustained winds around 65 mph, before moving back into the Atlantic.
Sharon Peele Kennedy, an Outer Banks resident, said, "It's going to get a little gnarly...We're securing, but not too fast. There's no evacuation issue at all. This is just a little breeze."
North Carolina Governor Mike Easley said, "The greatest danger will be flooding in low lying areas and on roads, such as Highway 12 on the Outer Banks...The most deaths during tropical storms occur when people drive into flood waters and drown. Rip currents will be strong in the ocean. The safest place to be will be indoors."
Tropical storm warnings have been issued from Surf City, North Carolina, and a few areas northward.
Coastal areas around North Carolina could see between 1 and 3 inches of rain, with 5 inches possible in a few isolated areas.
Forecasters do not believe Gabrielle will reach Hurricane strength.
|
fr
|
Le tribunal militaire de Blida a lancé un mandat d'arrêt international contre l'ancien ministre de la Défense et ex-chef d'état-major de l'armée algérienne Khaled Nezzar, accusé notamment de « complot », a annoncé mardi la télévision nationale.
Depuis la démission forcée de l’ex-président Abdelaziz Bouteflika début avril, la justice a ouvert une série d’enquêtes pour des faits de corruption et placé en détention préventive plusieurs ex-responsables politiques. Par crainte de subir le même sort, le général à la retraite Nezzar, ancien homme fort du pays au début des années 1990, a fui il y a plus d’un mois en Espagne où il a été rejoint par son fils, selon des médias algériens.
« Le tribunal militaire de Blida (sud d’Alger) a émis un mandat d’arrêt international contre l’ancien ministre de la Défense Khaled Nezzar et (son fils) Lotfi Nezzar, accusés de complot et d’atteinte à l’ordre public », a indiqué lundi la télévision nationale. Une troisième personne, Farid Benhamdine, gérant de la Société algérienne de pharmacie, est également visé par ce mandat d’arrêt, a précisé la télévision nationale.
De témoin à accusé
Les trois noms sont apparus durant l’instruction visant Saïd Bouteflika, frère et conseiller du président déchu Abdelaziz Bouteflika, selon la presse algérienne. Khaled Nezzar avait été entendu comme témoin le 14 mai dans l’enquête pour complot contre l’autorité de l’armée et de l’État visant Saïd Bouteflika et les ex-chefs des services de renseignements, les généraux Mohamed Médiène dit « Toufik » et Athmane Tartag alias « Bachir ».
Le général Nezzar avait affirmé que Saïd Bouteflika, qui ne disposait d’aucun pouvoir constitutionnel, lui avait dit en mars envisager d’instaurer l’état de siège et de démettre le général Gaïd Salah, afin de mettre fin à la contestation contre son frère. Soutien indéfectible du président Bouteflika durant 15 ans, Ahmed Gaïd Salah est devenu de facto l’homme fort du pays depuis avril.
Le général Nezzar a été l’un des principaux artisans, en janvier 1992, de l’interruption du processus électoral destinée à empêcher la victoire des islamistes aux législatives et qui a précipité l’Algérie dans une « décennie noire » de guerre civile.
|
fr
|
La télévision nationale algérienne a annoncé aujourd'hui qu'un mandat d'arrêt international avait été lancé contre l'ancien chef d'état-major et ancien ministre de la défense algérien .
Poursuivi pour , mais aussi , se trouve en où il a fui depuis plus d'un mois. Il est passible de la prison à perpétuité.
|
en
|
Netanyahu, Abbas each give a little on first day of talks
Photos 1 out of 1 Other Media
WASHINGTON (JTA) -- Tell us what you want. Now listen to what your partner wants. Now tell us what your partner wants.
In slow, almost excruciating increments, talks between Israelis and Palestinians are taking on the dimensions of counseling sessions moderated by the United States.
Heading into a White House dinner Wednesday evening with President Obama and the Jordanian and Egyptian leaders, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas outlined their bottom lines: security and recognition for the Jewish state, settlement halts and final-status negotiations for Abbas.
By mid-morning Thursday, when they met in the upper reaches of the U.S. State Department beneath the watchful eye of a portrait of Benjamin Franklin, it was clear that some mediation had taken place in the cavernous room named for the first U.S. secretary of state.
Netanyahu was more forthcoming about final-status talks, if not settlements. Abbas was just as adamant about Israeli concessions but was more forthcoming about understanding Israel’s security needs.
A bit later George Mitchell, the top U.S. envoy to the region, took a break from talks with the two leaders to announce that they had agreed to meet in their home region in two weeks, around Sept. 14 or 15, and to follow up with meetings every two weeks.
Mitchell said the first goal was to reach a "framework agreement" that would outline the necessary compromises, and then work out the details that would flesh out a full agreement. Setting a cordial tone was key, he said.
"We have encouraged the parties to be positive in their outlook and in their actions," Mitchell said.
In her opening remarks at a news conference Thursday morning with the two leaders, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made it sound as if half the battle was getting to the point of talking.
“I know the decision to sit at this table was not easy,” Clinton said. “We understand the suspicion and skepticism that so many feel, worn out after years of conflict and frustration.”
But Clinton pressed the parties to get quickly to the core issues -- the fate of Jerusalem, the Palestinian-Israeli borders, the question of Palestinian refugees.
“We are convinced that if you move forward in good faith and do not waver on behalf of your people, we can resolve all of the core issues within one year,” she said.
That remains to be seen, of course. Critics have said that lip service and photo ops may be the only achievement to come from this summit and the negotiations that follow.
For the time being, merely holding a meeting to launch talks gives each leader something to take back home. Netanyahu can argue to the world and the Israeli public that he is interested in serious negotiations. If there are gains for the Palestinians, Abbas will be able to show the Palestinians that they can wring concessions from Israel by talking rather than by violence -- the Hamas method.
Meanwhile, Obama will get credit for relaunching direct negotiations between Palestinians and Israelis after a two-year hiatus.
Netanyahu, who until now has insisted that security and incitement are his more immediate priorities, suggested that he is interested in more than the appearance of talks and is ready to tackle the more vexing core issues.
“The core issues that you described, Madame Secretary, are things we have disagreements on, but we have to get from disagreements to agreement,” Netanyahu said at Thursday’s news conference.
Netanyahu, who on Wednesday evening recognized a Palestinian claim to the land of Israel -- a breakthrough for the scion of a family and tradition that for decades upheld an exclusive Jewish claim to the land -- told Abbas that he “respects” the Palestinian right to sovereignty.
For his part Abbas, whose remarks at the White House dinner constituted a laundry list of Palestinian plaints, was expansive Thursday morning in acknowledging Israel’s security needs, especially in the wake of two terrorist attacks in two days that left four Israeli civilians dead, including a pregnant woman.
“We not only condemned them but also followed on the perpetrators and found the car that was used, and arrested those who sold and bought the car,” he said, touting the performance of a Palestinian security service he said was still “young.” “Security is of essence, it is vital for both of us. We cannot allow for anyone to do anything that would undermine your security and our security.”
At the same time, the leaders held their ground on significant differences that threaten, even at this early stage, to derail the talks.
Abbas has threatened to bolt the talks unless Netanyahu extends a 10-month partial moratorium on settlement building that expires on Sept. 26. Netanyahu has indicated that he will let the moratorium lapse and not reintroduce it until an agreement is in place.
Abbas gave no ground on Netanyahu’s demand that Palestinians recognize Israel as a Jewish state, telling him that it was enough in 1993 that the Palestinians recognized Israel. Netanyahu holds that recognition of a Jewish claim is key to ending the Palestinian culture of incitement, which he says is a cause of terrorism.
“In this document we give enough to show our intentions are good,” Abbas said.
The meetings were launched Thursday with a meeting of the two negotiating teams. They then broke up into one meeting of Mitchell, Clinton, Abbas and Netanyahu in Clinton's office, and another of the negotiating teams to work out the details of the mid-September follow-up meeting.
After that, Mitchell reported, Abbas and Netanyahu went into a face-to-face meeting.
Click to login and write a letter to the editor or register for a new account.
Ron Kampeas is JTA's Washington bureau chief. More articles by this author »
This article was made possible by the support of readers like you. Donate to JTA now.
|
en
|
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu have agreed to meet again in 10–11 days within the region, and every two weeks thereafter, according to U.S. Middle East diplomat . The two leaders are engaged in the first direct talks between the nations in more than two years, hosted by Israel's ally the United States in Washington, DC.
|
de
|
22. Juni 2005 Druckversion | Versenden | Leserbrief
CRASH MIT KOMETEN
"Deep Impact" funkt erste Zielfotos
Die Nasa-Sonde "Deep Impact" hat erste Bilder des Kometen Tempel 1 zur Erde geschickt. In wenigen Tagen soll ein kühlschrankgroßes Projektil auf den Kometen krachen - die Sonde wird die Kollision ablichten.
NASA / JPL Ziel klar erkennbar: Komet Tempel 1
"Deep Impact" hat inzwischen die ersten Bilder des Kometen zur Erde gesandt. Das Crashziel bildet einen weißen Punkt im ansonsten tiefschwarzen All. Die Schnappschüsse wurden aus einer Entfernung von rund 33 Millionen Kilometern aufgenommen. Nach Angaben der University of Maryland hat der Komet einen Kern von rund 14 mal 5 Kilometern und ist von riesigen Wolken aus Staub und Gas umgeben. Anhand der gemessenen Rotation konnte bereits berechnet werden, an welcher Stelle der Komet bei dem Zusammenstoß getroffen wird.
"DEEP IMPACT": AUF CRASHKURS MIT KOMET TEMPEL 1
Klicken Sie auf ein Bild, um die Fotostrecke zu starten (4 Bilder).
Tempel 1 und "Deep Impact" rasen nach Nasa-Angaben mit einer Geschwindigkeit von rund 37.000 Stundenkilometern aufeinander zu. Beim Aufprall werden Eis- und Staubteile weggesprengt, der Blick auf die darunterliegenden, unberührten Materieschichten wird frei.
Die reflektierten Sonnenstrahlen erhellen die aufgewirbelte Materie zunächst, bis sich die Trümmer im Weltraum zerstreuen oder wieder auf den Kometen zurückfallen. Die Bilder kurz vor dem Aufschlag des Sondenprojektils und möglicherweise auch des Aufschlags selbst werden von beiden Raumfahrzeugen beinahe in Echtzeit zurück zur Erde gesandt.
Die Wissenschaftler erhoffen sich von der Mission erstmals einen Blick in das Innere eines Kometen. Außerdem wird bei dem Aufschlag Urmaterial aus der Zeit der Entstehung des Sonnensystems freigesetzt, von dem sich die Forscher neue Erkenntnisse über die Entstehungsphase unseres Sonnensystems versprechen.
DER VERLORENE UND WIEDERGEFUNDENE KOMET Der Entdecker Verschwunden und gefunden Astronomische Größe
Ihr Browser kann leider keine eingebetteten Frames anzeigen
Mehrere Observatorien im Orbit, darunter Hubble und XMM-Newton, sowie zahlreiche Sternwarten auf der Erde werden den Crash beobachten. Die europäische Weltraumorganisation Esa wird ihr 1-Meter-Teleskop von der Bodenstation auf der Kanareninsel Teneriffa einsetzen. Auch alle sieben von der Europäischen Südsternwarte ESO in Chile betriebenen Teleskope werden auf den Kometen ausgerichtet.
ZUM THEMA IN SPIEGEL ONLINE
Weltraumforschung: Nasa will Kometenbillard spielen (10.06.2005) Nasa-Kometenmission: Mit Karacho in den Tempel [€] (16.12.2004)
ZUM THEMA IM INTERNET
Nasa-Seite zur "Deep impact"-Mission Magazin "Astronomie Heute"
SPIEGEL ONLINE ist nicht verantwortlich für die Inhalte externer Internetseiten.
© SPIEGEL ONLINE 2005
Alle Rechte vorbehalten
Vervielfältigung nur mit Genehmigung der SPIEGELnet GmbH
|
de
|
Delta 2, mit Deep Impact am Board, Cape Canaveral, Januar 2005
Die Raumsonde Deep Impact sendete zwei Wochen vor dem großen Crash mit dem Kometen Tempel 1 erste Fotos vom Zielobjekt. Die Bilder wurden in einer Entfernung von 33 Millionen Kilometern aufgenommen.
Am 04.07.2005 soll die Sonde ein Projektil auf der Oberfläche des Kometen Tempel 1 einschlagen lassen. Wissenschaftler rechnen damit, dass dabei ein Krater bis zur Größe eines Fußballstadions und von der Tiefe eines 14-geschossigen Hauses gerissen wird. Ziel des Versuches ist es, auf diese Art mit Messinstrumenten neue Erkenntnisse über den Aufbau und die Beschaffenheit des Kometen zu gewinnen. Mehrere Observatorien im Orbit, darunter Hubble und XMM-Newton, sowie zahlreiche Sternwarten auf der Erde werden den Zusammenstoß beobachten.
|
en
|
FOROYAA Newspaper (Serrekunda)
Gambia: Dr. Taal Testifies in Man Sait Ceesay's Case
Fabakary B. Ceesay and Awa B. Bah
Dr. Alieu Badara Saja Taal, the former Managing Director of Daily Observer Newspaper, has on Monday, March 31st , testified in the trial of journalist Mam Sait Ceesay, the former press officer at State House.
Dr. Taal told the court that he is a part time lecturer at the University of The Gambia and at the International College of Business and Human Resource Development. He said he was the managing director of Daily Observer Newspaper up to November 2007. He told the court that he knows Mam Sait Ceesay. Dr. Taal said that his duties, as the managing director of Daily Observer Newspaper, include the management and financial base of the paper and its editorial content. He indicated that as managing director, he was responsible for the publications of all stories on the paper.
Dr. Taal, who was dressed in a light green "Kaftan", was speaking so fast that the magistrate on three occasions had to ask him to slow down his speed so that he could jot down the facts from him. Dr. Taal recalled that on September 5t , 2007, while on his way back from Kanilai with Pa Ousman Darboe, a reporter, he received an SMS text message on his mobile phone. He said that he gave the phone to Pa Ousman Darboe to read out the text message to him, which he did and that it read as follows; "Alex Dacosta appointed DPPR" (Director of Press and Public Relation). He said that the text came under the name "Sait". Dr. Taal asserted that upon his arrival at Kairaba Avenue, he read the text himself and later asked Pa Ousman Darboe to contact Mr. Ceesay to verify the story. He said they were not able to get to Mr. Ceesay, as it was around mid night. Dr. Taal said that due to the nature of the text and the marketability of the story, they decided to publish the story. Dr. Taal later identified the copy of the publication which was dated 7 September, 2007 .The publication was tendered as exhibit A. Dr. Taal said he made a statement to the police after they invited him.
During cross-examination by defense counsel Antouman Gaye, Taal said not all the stories do have by-lines like the Editorials. He admitted that the author of the said story was Pa Ousman Darboe, but was quick to point out that he has no clue where Pa Ousman is at the moment. Taal indicated that as far as he knows, Pa Ousman Darboe is no more a reporter with the Daily Observer. Dr. Taal said the caption of the story was "JT Kujabi replaced". He said they could not verify the story from Mr. Ceesay at that point in time. He told the court that the mobile phone in which the text message was sent to him was taken from him when his services were terminated by the Daily Observer, in November 2007. He said he was asked to surrender the entire materials in his possession that belong to the Daily Observer. When asked by counsel Gaye whether he is aware of the journalistic terms of "Comments are free but facts are secrets", Dr. Taal said he has never heard that in the journalistic field, but that he knew the legal implications behind it. Dr. Taal admitted that after the said publication, they decided to publish another story on the 9 September to retract the other story. When asked who was responsible for the retraction of the other story, Dr. Taal responded, "I decided what goes in and out of Observer."
At this point Magistrate Kayode Olagubutu adjourned the matter for the prosecution to bring in more witnesses. The prosecution is expected to call three more witnesses.
Man Sait Ceesay is standing trial on two counts of false publication.
|
en
|
The former managing director of the Gambian newspaper, ''The Daily Observer'', Dr. Saja Taal, testified today in Banjul Magistrates’ Court as part of the trial of Mam Sait Ceesay, who was formerly the State House Press Officer in Gambia.
Taal said in court that he knew Mam Sait Ceesay. “I used to work at the Daily Observer as Managing Director up to November 2007. I know the accused," he said. He continued by describing his former job at the observer. "My Job entailed the management of the paper, both financial management, personnel management and also the content. The Managing Director is responsible for the publication of all stories," he said.
Ceesay has been charged with "false publication". He has pleaded not guilty to this charge.
|
en
|
Home : News : Gambia News : Former Observer MD Taal Appears in Court
Email Gambia News to a friend
Print version
Comment on This Gambia News Gambia News : Former Observer MD Taal Appears in Court Apr 01,2008 by Dr. Saja Taal, former Managing Director of the Daily Observer newspaper, yesterday testified before Magistrate Kayode of the Banjul Magistrates’ Court as the trial of the former State House Press Officer, Mam Sait Ceesay, resumed. In his testimony, Dr. Taal told the court that he was a part time Lecturer at the University of The Gambia. “I used to work at the Daily Observer as Managing Director up to November 2007. I know the accused,” he added. Furnishing details of his responsibilities at his former post, Dr. Taal said: “My Job entailed the management of the paper, both financial management, personnel management and also the content. The Managing Director is responsible for the publication of all stories,” he stated, noting that he could recall having been to cover a story at Kanilai on 5th September 2007 and that on his return he received a text message on his mobile phone around Serekunda. “I passed the mobile to Ousman Darboe who read the text out to me. The text read ‘Alex Dacosta appointed Director of Press and Public Relations Office of the President.’ The text was signed underneath Sait.” He revealed that he then asked Mr Darboe to ring the accused so that they could have more information on the story, but the call couldn’t go through. “At the time I received the text, the accused was working as the Director of Press at the office of the President,” Dr. Taal adduced, adding that he then decided to publish the story because he felt it was news worthy. Dr. Taal went on to explain the mode of Daily Observer’s receipt and publication of stories emanating from State House. “Considering the privileged position the Daily Observer holds with the office of the president we sometimes received information in the form of fax, E-mail and sometimes the physical presence of the person bringing the news in the case where we cannot cover the story ourselves,” he said, noting that the story was published on the following day, 6th September 2007. “We also published stories according to the suitability of the story whether it would make front pages,” he concluded. The relevant Daily Observer issue was later tendered in court as exhibit before the case was adjourned to 7th April 2008. Src: Point, The
Comment on This Gambia News (0 posted) 261 times read
|
en
|
The former managing director of the Gambian newspaper, ''The Daily Observer'', Dr. Saja Taal, testified today in Banjul Magistrates’ Court as part of the trial of Mam Sait Ceesay, who was formerly the State House Press Officer in Gambia.
Taal said in court that he knew Mam Sait Ceesay. “I used to work at the Daily Observer as Managing Director up to November 2007. I know the accused," he said. He continued by describing his former job at the observer. "My Job entailed the management of the paper, both financial management, personnel management and also the content. The Managing Director is responsible for the publication of all stories," he said.
Ceesay has been charged with "false publication". He has pleaded not guilty to this charge.
|
en
|
>
Use our pull-down menus to find more stories -- Regions/Countries -- Africa Central Africa East Africa North Africa Southern Africa West Africa --- Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo-Brazzaville Congo-Kinshasa Côte d'Ivoire Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea Bissau Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa Sudan Swaziland São Tomé and Príncipe Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Western Sahara Zambia Zimbabwe -- Topics -- AGOA AIDS Africa on the Move Agribusiness Aid and Assistance Arms and Armies Arts Athletics Banking Book Reviews Books Business Capital Flows Children Climate Commodities Company Conflict Construction Crime Currencies Debt Ecotourism Editorials Education Energy Environment Food and Agriculture From allAfrica's Reporters Game Parks Health Healthcare and Medical Human Rights ICT Infrastructure Investment Labour Land Issues Latest Legal Affairs Malaria Manufacturing Media Migration Mining Music Music Reviews NEPAD NGO Oceans Olympics Peacekeeping Petroleum Polio Pregnancy and Childbirth Privatization Refugees Religion Science Soccer Sport Stock Markets Sustainable Development Terrorism Trade Transport Travel Tuberculosis Urban Issues Water Wildlife Women World Cup --- Central Africa Business East Africa Business North Africa Business Southern Africa Business West Africa Business --- Asia, Australia, and Africa Europe and Africa International Organisations Latin America and Africa Middle East and Africa U.S., Canada and Africa --- From AllAfrica Photo Essays Special Reports
web
allafrica.com Enter your search terms Submit search form OR subscribers use AllAfrica's premium search engine
Gambia: Journalist Mam Sait Ceesay's Case Adjourned
Email This Page
Print This Page
Comment on this article
Visit The Publisher's Site
Fabakary B. Ceesay
The trial of journalist Mam Sait Ceesay, the former press officer at State House, did not proceed at the Banjul Magistrate's Court on Tuesday, 25 March, before Magistrate Kayode Olagubutu.
The case was supposed to be called on the 24 March, but it coincided with a public holiday. The accused person, who expected that the case was going to continue yesterday, was in court and eagerly waiting for the prosecutor and his counsel to arrive, but who were nowhere to be found. The witness, who was supposed to be cross examined by the defence counsel, was not in court either.
The case was adjourned to Monday, 31 March.
Mam Sait Ceesay, the former press officer at State house, is standing trial for false publication. He pleaded not guilty to the charges preferred against him.
|
en
|
The former managing director of the Gambian newspaper, ''The Daily Observer'', Dr. Saja Taal, testified today in Banjul Magistrates’ Court as part of the trial of Mam Sait Ceesay, who was formerly the State House Press Officer in Gambia.
Taal said in court that he knew Mam Sait Ceesay. “I used to work at the Daily Observer as Managing Director up to November 2007. I know the accused," he said. He continued by describing his former job at the observer. "My Job entailed the management of the paper, both financial management, personnel management and also the content. The Managing Director is responsible for the publication of all stories," he said.
Ceesay has been charged with "false publication". He has pleaded not guilty to this charge.
|
en
|
India's interior minister said the attacks showed the 'savage nature' of the Maoists [AFP]
India's interior minister said the attacks showed the 'savage nature' of the Maoists [AFP]
About 300 rebels are said to have attacked the police from a hilltop on Tuesday in Dantewada district as they returned from an operation, NDTV television quoted officials as saying.
Left-wing Maoist rebels in India have killed at least 70 paramilitary police in an attack in the central state of Chhattisgarh, officials have said.
"Seventy-five [people] have been killed, and seven [others] injured," Gopal Pillai, the Indian home secretary, told AFP news agency.
P Chidambaram, India's interior minister, condemned the attack, saying it showed the "savage nature" of the Maoists.
'Biggest threat'
Rohit Singh, an Indian journalist, told Al Jazeera that this was one of the most brutal attacks to take place against the security forces by Maoists.
"The Maoists are very worried by the central and state government military operation against them. They are very angry and want the operations against them to stop immediately.
"They want senior Maoist leaders captured by the government in the last couple of months to be released."
The Maoists, described by Manmohan Singh, the country's prime minister, as the country's biggest internal security threat, regularly ambush police, and attack railway lines and factories aiming to cripple economic activity.
Indian authorities have launched an offensive against the rebels entrenched in the forests of the so-called "Red Corridor" that stretches across north and eastern India.
Chidambaram hardened his rhetoric at the weekend after 10 policemen were killed in a landmine attack in eastern Orissa state, calling the rebels "cowards".
String of attacks
On Monday, he said the Maoists were the "first enemy" of the country.
In March 2007, the Maoists were blamed for an attack that killed 55 policemen in Chattisgarh.
In February, at least 25 policemen were killed in eastern West Bengal when Maoists attacked a camp.
The Maoists are also known as Naxals, after their first armed uprising, which took place in a small village called Naxalbari in the Indian state of West Bengal some 40 years ago.
|
en
|
Officials have reported that Maoist rebels in India killed at least 70 soldiers in Chhattisgarh, a central state in the country.
The ambush was made on security convoys in a dense jungle in the district of Dantewada, a remote area. According to police, about 300 Maoists set off explosives and started shooting at them.
"Seventy-five people have been killed, and seven injured," commented Gopal Pillai, the Indian home secretary.
This is the deadliest incident security forces have seen since they recently initiated an offensive against the Maoists; the operation has spread out across several states and includes 50,000 federal paramilitary troops, as well as thousands of policemen.
The violence is still ongoing, according to police official Ashok Dwivedi. "Fighting is still carrying on in the area, and we're having great difficulty getting news from there," he said.
It is the biggest loss of life security forces have suffered since launching the recent offensive against the rebels.
India's Home Minister P. Chidambaram remarked that the convoys had apparently "walked" into a trap set by the Maoists. "Something has gone very wrong. They seem to have walked into a trap set by the Maoists. Casualties are quite high," he said.
|
en
|
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Advertisement Maoist rebels have killed at least 75 Indian soldiers in a series of attacks on security convoys in the central state of Chhattisgarh, officials say. A large patrol of federal paramilitary troops was ambushed at dawn by hundreds of heavily armed insurgents in a remote part of Dantewada district. Rescue teams were later ambushed in attacks using landmines and gunfire. Correspondents say it is the worst attack on security forces by the rebels since their insurgency began. ANALYSIS By Soutik Biswas
BBC News, Delhi
The attack on troops in Chhattisgarh is the deadliest since the insurgency began in the late 1960s - and a major setback for the government's latest anti-Maoist operation. Although details of the attack are still sketchy, it is clear it will not be easy for security forces to defeat the rebels in their strongholds - vast swathes of remote mineral-rich jungles home to tribespeople who form the main support base for the rebels. Questions have been asked about levels of intelligence and whether security forces are trained to operate in such hostile terrain. The attack is also a blow to the government - it comes days after Home Minister P Chidambaram described the rebels as "cowards enacting dramas". With the prospect of dialogue unlikely, it appears the government is in for a long and difficult war. Biswas: A doomed revolution? India's Home Affairs Minister P Chidambaram said the attack showed the brutality and savagery that the rebel army was capable of. But he suggested lessons had to be learnt quickly by the security forces. "Something has gone very wrong. They seem to have walked into a trap set by the Naxalites [Maoists]. Casualties are quite high and I am deeply shocked," he said. Home Secretary Gopal K Pillai said that the rebels had booby-trapped the area of the ambush. "Preliminary reports indicate that the Maoists planted pressure bombs in surrounding areas at places where the security forces might take cover," he said. "As a result of this, the bulk of the casualties have arisen from the pressure bomb blasts." The Maoists have stepped up attacks in recent weeks in response to a big government offensive along what is known as the "red corridor", a broad swathe of territory in rural eastern and central India where the Maoist rebellion has been gathering strength. Nearly 50,000 federal paramilitary troops and tens of thousands of policemen are taking part in the operation in several states. The rebels have tapped into rural and tribal anger among those who have seen no benefits from India's economic development and this attack is another chilling reminder of the growing threat they pose, says the BBC's Chris Morris in Delhi.
Profile: India's Maoist rebels Talks call Thousands of people have died during the rebels' long fight for communist rule. The latest attacks come two days after rebels killed at least 10 policemen and injured 10 more in a landmine attack on a police bus in the eastern state of Orissa. The rebels say they will step up attacks unless the government halts its offensive against them. FROM BBC WORLD SERVICE Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play.
More from BBC World Service Mr Chidambaram has said troops will intensify the offensive if the rebels do not renounce violence and enter peace talks. The Maoists want four senior leaders freed from jail and the offensive halted before any talks. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has described the Maoist insurgency as India's "greatest internal security challenge". The Maoists say they are fighting for the rights of the rural poor who they say have been neglected by governments for decades.
Bookmark with: Delicious
Digg
reddit
Facebook
StumbleUpon What are these? E-mail this to a friend Printable version
|
en
|
Officials have reported that Maoist rebels in India killed at least 70 soldiers in Chhattisgarh, a central state in the country.
The ambush was made on security convoys in a dense jungle in the district of Dantewada, a remote area. According to police, about 300 Maoists set off explosives and started shooting at them.
"Seventy-five people have been killed, and seven injured," commented Gopal Pillai, the Indian home secretary.
This is the deadliest incident security forces have seen since they recently initiated an offensive against the Maoists; the operation has spread out across several states and includes 50,000 federal paramilitary troops, as well as thousands of policemen.
The violence is still ongoing, according to police official Ashok Dwivedi. "Fighting is still carrying on in the area, and we're having great difficulty getting news from there," he said.
It is the biggest loss of life security forces have suffered since launching the recent offensive against the rebels.
India's Home Minister P. Chidambaram remarked that the convoys had apparently "walked" into a trap set by the Maoists. "Something has gone very wrong. They seem to have walked into a trap set by the Maoists. Casualties are quite high," he said.
|
en
|
By Indrajit Singh, AP
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Maoist rebels kill 60 troops in eastern India
PATNA, India — Maoist rebels killed at least 60 paramilitary soldiers in attacks Tuesday in eastern India, a senior police official said, the most casualties since government forces launched an offensive against the insurgents last year.
At least 81 troops were part of a patrol party that came under attack in the rebel stronghold of Dantewada early Tuesday morning, R.K. Vij, the inspector general of state police said.
He said 60 bodies of the soldiers killed in at least two attacks had been recovered so far, and fighting between was continuing in the remote and heavily forested area. Eight wounded troops were also found.
Three soldiers were killed in an ambush and 17 others were killed when their vehicle was blown up by a land mine, Vij said.
The troops killed in the blast were on their way to recover the bodies of those killed in the earlier attack, he said.
Few other details are available from the area. The rebels rarely speak to the press, aside from issuing occasional statements.
“Fighting is still carrying on in the area, and we’re having great difficulty getting news from there,” said Ashok Dwivedi, an official at the police control room in state capital of Raipur.
In New Delhi, Home Minister P. Chidambaram told reporters the attacks showed “the brutality and the savagery” that the rebels were capable of.
The rebels, also known as Naxals or Naxalites, after Naxalbari, the village in West Bengal state where their movement was born in 1967, killed at least 24 police officers in West Bengal in a stunning attack on their camp in February.
Inspired by Chinese revolutionary leader Mao Zedong, the rebels have tapped into the rural poor’s growing anger at being left out of the country’s economic gains and are now present in 20 of the country’s 28 states. They have an estimated 10,000 to 20,000 fighters.
In the past few months, the Indian government has cracked down on the rebels, saying it was ready to discuss all their demands, but only if they gave up violence.
About 2,000 people — including police, militants and civilians — have been killed in violence over the past few years.
|
en
|
Officials have reported that Maoist rebels in India killed at least 70 soldiers in Chhattisgarh, a central state in the country.
The ambush was made on security convoys in a dense jungle in the district of Dantewada, a remote area. According to police, about 300 Maoists set off explosives and started shooting at them.
"Seventy-five people have been killed, and seven injured," commented Gopal Pillai, the Indian home secretary.
This is the deadliest incident security forces have seen since they recently initiated an offensive against the Maoists; the operation has spread out across several states and includes 50,000 federal paramilitary troops, as well as thousands of policemen.
The violence is still ongoing, according to police official Ashok Dwivedi. "Fighting is still carrying on in the area, and we're having great difficulty getting news from there," he said.
It is the biggest loss of life security forces have suffered since launching the recent offensive against the rebels.
India's Home Minister P. Chidambaram remarked that the convoys had apparently "walked" into a trap set by the Maoists. "Something has gone very wrong. They seem to have walked into a trap set by the Maoists. Casualties are quite high," he said.
|
en
|
Daily double: Argentina wing Lucas Borges scores the second of his two tries
LYON, 11 September - Argentina remain on track for an IRB Rugby World Cup quarter-final berth after defeating a tenacious Georgia 33-3 in the Pool D match at Gerland Stadium on Tuesday night.
Ranked fourth in the world, Argentina struggled to put a physical Georgia to the sword and, despite dominating possession and territory, led only 6-3 at halftime in the tournament's first tryless opening half.
In the first international between the countries, Argentina didn't score a try until the 47th minute when wing Lucas Borges crossed for the first of his two.
Borges showed blistering pace to score again in the 56th minute as the Pumas jumped to a 21-3 lead.
Further tries to Patricio Albacete (72nd minute) and Federico Martin Aramburu (80m) blew out the victory margin to 30 points and, importantly, earned Argentina a valuable bonus point.
Georgia opened the scoring through a penalty goal to fly half Merab Kvirikashvili in the 2nd minute but could not add to their tally, tiring as the match wore on.
Argentina, who rested six key players against Georgia, have catapulted to the top of their pool following their victory in Lyon on Tuesday and last week's 17-12 upset over tournament host France.
The South Americans have now won seven out of the eight internationals they have contested this year.
RNS djp/sek
|
es
|
En el grupo D de la Copa Mundial de Rugby 2007, Argentina se impuso frente a Georgia por 33–3 en el Stade de Gerland, Lyon.
Merab Kvirikashvili abrió el marcador de Georgia en el segundo minuto con un penal. Argentina, sin embargo, luchó por romper la línea de defensa de Georgia, y Felipe Contepomi marcó dos penales en el primer tiempo dejando un 6–3 a favor de Argentina.
Los Pumas tomaron el control del partido en la segunda mitad, y Lucas Borges marcó dos tries mientras que Patricio Albacete marcó otro en el minuto 72. Federico Martín Aramburu marcó el try final a menos de un minuto del final, otorgando a Argentina un punto bonus por marcar cuatro tries.
Con nueve puntos luego de dos partidos, Argentina se encuentra a la cabeza del Grupo D delante de Irlanda con cinco puntos luego de un partido. Francia está tercero en el grupo con tan sólo un punto luego de haber perdido frente a Argentina en el partido inaugural del torneo.
=== Grupo D ===
'''Grupo D'''
Equipo
J
V
N
D
PP
PC
B
Pts
1
''' Argentina'''
2
2
0
0
50
15
1
'''9'''
2
''' Irlanda'''
1
1
0
0
32
17
1
'''5'''
3
''' Francia'''
1
0
0
1
12
17
1
'''1'''
4
''' Georgia'''
1
0
0
1
17
32
0
'''0'''
5
''' Namibia'''
1
0
0
1
3
33
0
'''0'''
|
en
|
By Rob Hodgetts
Argentina took their time to unlock the Georgian defence
Argentina: (6) 33
Tries: Borges (2), Albacete, Aramburu
Cons: F Contepomi, M Hernandez
Pens: F Contepomi (3) Georgia: (3)
Pens: Kvirikashvili
Argentina were made to work hard for their 33-3 victory over a stubborn and resilient Georgia in the World Cup Pool D match in Lyon.
The Pumas, with six changes to the side that beat France, struggled to find a rhythm early on and were held to a 6-3 half-time lead by a tenacious defence.
Right wing Lucas Borges broke the try stalemate shortly after the interval and added a second 10 minutes later.
Patricio Albacete and Federico Aramburu added late scores for a bonus point.
The five-point win kept Argentina in the hunt for a place in the knock-out stages as one of the best two teams in Pool D, piling the pressure on France and Ireland.
"That was very tough. It was a very bruising evening," said Argentine centre Felipe Contepomi, who skippered the side in place of the injured Agustin Pichot.
"Georgia are physical and are a very good team. We had a turn around of just four days but they were fresh - it was their first game.
606: DEBATE
"We had to work until the final seconds of the match to get the bonus point. It was very important, you have to get as many points as you can."
Georgia captain Ilia Zedginidze said his team had tired after their epic resistance in the first half.
"We lack that little extra physical point... and there is a psychological barrier in teams like ours against the top sides," he said.
"We also lack a capacity to concentrate for the full 80 minutes."
The Georgians spent most of the first half bravely defending repeated hammerings at their own line, but the underdogs snatched an early lead through a penalty from Merab Kvirikashvili, who also missed a drop-goal attempt.
For all their possession, the Pumas were unable to punch through the thin red line and came away with just two Felipe Contepomi penalties.
Fly-half Kvirikashvili tried another drop-goal after the break but Argentina instead stretched ahead when Borges rounded off a flowing move down the right flank.
Contepomi missed the conversion but added a penalty and the Pumas took control when Borges scorched away from the cover to score a second in the right corner.
Georgia's spirit, if not their legs, was still strong and they continued to work hard without really threatening at the other end.
Their hopes of a shock victory were finally sunk when Albacete muscled his way over on 71 minutes.
And with less than 60 seconds left on the clock, flanker Aramburu scampered around the blind-side to ensure the crucial bonus point for scoring four tries.
Argentina: Corleto, Borges, Tiesi, Contepomi (capt), Aramburu, Hernandez, Miranda, Leguizamon, Lobbe, Duran, Albacete, Kairelis, Bonorino, Ledesma, Ayerza.
Replacements: Basualdo, Jalil, Lozada, Schusterman, Miranda, Todeschini, Miras
Georgia: Jimsheladze; Machkhaneli, Urjukashvili, I Guiorgadze, Khamashuridze; Kvirikashvili, Abusseridze; Khinchagishvili, A Guiorgadze, Zirakashvili, Zedquinidze, Gorgodze, Chkhaidze, Labadze, Udesiani.
Replacements: Shvelidze, Kopaliani, Didebulidze, Maisuradze, Samkharadze, Gigauri, Shkinin.
|
es
|
En el grupo D de la Copa Mundial de Rugby 2007, Argentina se impuso frente a Georgia por 33–3 en el Stade de Gerland, Lyon.
Merab Kvirikashvili abrió el marcador de Georgia en el segundo minuto con un penal. Argentina, sin embargo, luchó por romper la línea de defensa de Georgia, y Felipe Contepomi marcó dos penales en el primer tiempo dejando un 6–3 a favor de Argentina.
Los Pumas tomaron el control del partido en la segunda mitad, y Lucas Borges marcó dos tries mientras que Patricio Albacete marcó otro en el minuto 72. Federico Martín Aramburu marcó el try final a menos de un minuto del final, otorgando a Argentina un punto bonus por marcar cuatro tries.
Con nueve puntos luego de dos partidos, Argentina se encuentra a la cabeza del Grupo D delante de Irlanda con cinco puntos luego de un partido. Francia está tercero en el grupo con tan sólo un punto luego de haber perdido frente a Argentina en el partido inaugural del torneo.
=== Grupo D ===
'''Grupo D'''
Equipo
J
V
N
D
PP
PC
B
Pts
1
''' Argentina'''
2
2
0
0
50
15
1
'''9'''
2
''' Irlanda'''
1
1
0
0
32
17
1
'''5'''
3
''' Francia'''
1
0
0
1
12
17
1
'''1'''
4
''' Georgia'''
1
0
0
1
17
32
0
'''0'''
5
''' Namibia'''
1
0
0
1
3
33
0
'''0'''
|
fr
|
Le rassemblement international des jeunes catholiques commence ce mardi. Pendant près d'une semaine, deux millions de pèlerins se retrouvent en Pologne pour prier, débattre et présenter des initiatives. Lumière sur les points forts de la manifestation.
Mardi 26 juillet: les symboles des JMJ mis à l'honneur
Comme toutes les éditions, les JMJ, qui commencent juste après la prise de contact avec les familles d'accueil lors des Journées du diocèse, sont inaugurées par une grande messe d'ouverture, en soirée. Sur la plaine du Blonia, en Pologne, la cérémonie est présidée par le cardinal Stanislas Dziwisz, archevêque de Cracovie. Les symboles des JMJ, instaurés par Jean-Paul II, y sont présentés: la grande croix de plus de trois mètres, instaurée lors de l'année sainte de la rédemption, en 1984, et l'icône de la Vierge Salus Populi Romani, signe de protection maternelle pour les jeunes.
Du mercredi 27 juillet au vendredi 29 juillet: les temps de prière et le festival de la jeunesse
Chaque matinée est consacrée à des catéchèses, encadrées par plusieurs évêques: accueil, prière puis questionnement jalonnent le début de journée, avant la messe quotidienne. L'après-midi, les jeunes peuvent participer au «festival de la jeunesse»: un rassemblement durant lequel chacun peut présenter des initiatives culturelles telles que du théâtre, des concerts, des tables rondes, des expositions etc.
Cette année, les thèmes abordés sont liés à l'actualité et à la religion: pèlerinage facilité par une application mobile, débats autour de l'Europe, des migrants et de l'écologie, diffusion de documentaires sur les réfugiés, la langue et l'environnement, dont le désormais célèbre Demain, de Mélanie Laurent et Cyril Dion.
Jeudi 28 juillet: l'arrivée du Pape
En fin d'après-midi, les jeunes accueillent le pape François, lors d'une cérémonie, durant laquelle celui-ci s'adressera au public pour la première fois depuis son arrivée en Pologne la veille. Sur la plaine de Blonia, le Saint-Père défilera en voiture, après avoir reçu les clés de la ville, des mains du président de Cracovie. Il saluera ensuite les fidèles, du haut de la «fenêtre du pape» sur la place.
Des jeunes de Fréjus Toulon ont préparé un flash-mob pour leur arrivée à Cracovie. (Vidéo Youtube/CN MediaFr)
Vendredi 29 juillet: le chemin de croix
La journée est consacrée à la miséricorde (la compassion à toutes les souffrances). Le Pape et les jeunes pèlerins prieront lors d'un chemin de croix. Une manière concrète de montrer la signification de la croix, symbole des JMJ. Dans la journée, le pape François se rendra également à Auschwitz et au camp de Birkenau pour une prière et une rencontre avec d'anciens prisonniers.
Samedi 30 juillet: la veillée de prière
Une veillée de prière sur le campus Misericordiæ, sur la commune de Wieliczka, rassemblera les jeunes et le Pape. Sur place, les pèlerins pourront observer une reproduction de la porte sainte. Le Saint-Père et quelques jeunes en franchiront le seuil, marquant le début de la veillée de prières. L'adoration du saint sacrement est le moment clé de la soirée. Après l'eucharistie, un concert de louanges clôture la prière commune.
Dimanche 31 juillet: la messe d'envoi
Les journées s'achèvent, sur le campus Misericordiæ, par la grande messe d'envoi, célébrée par le pape François. L'accent est mis sur le sacrement du baptême, pour mettre en relief l'événement qui unit les croyants. Lors de la cérémonie, le Saint-Père remettra à cinq couples de jeunes, témoins symboliques venus des différents continents, des lanternes allumées. À la fin de la messe, le lieu et la date des prochaines JMJ seront annoncés.
|
fr
|
Réunis sur la plaine de Blonia, les centaines de milliers accueillent le cardinal polonais Stanisław Dziwisz pour la messe d'ouverture des 31e journées mondiales de la jeunesse. A cette occasion leur est présenté les différents symboles du rassemblement : la croix des JMJ instaurée en 1984 et l'icône de la Vierge Salus Populi Roman.
A la suite de l'attentat dans une église en Normandie, lequel à vu l'égorgement d'un prêtre pendant la messe, l'organisation des JMJ décide de porter spécialement dans la prière de la messe, ce prêtre assassiné.
Lors des journées suivantes auront lieu, l'accueil du pape François, le chemin de croix, la veillée d'adoration et enfin le dimanche la grande messe de clôture qui devrait rassembler deux millions de pèlerins.
|
en
|
ISLAMABAD, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake, measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale, jolted most of the upper parts of Pakistan Thursday night, local TV channel reported Friday.
The earthquake rattled most of the areas of eastern Pakistan's Punjab province, North West Frontier Province and northern regions, creating panic and distress among the residents, the private TV ARY News reported.
The shocks, which hit at around 11:44 p.m. local time (1744 GMT)and lasted near 20 seconds, were felt in the major cities of Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Muzaffarabad, Lahore, Faisalabad and other areas.
The epicenter was monitored in Hindukash mountain range, Pakistan Meteorological Department said.
No loss of life or property has yet been reported from any area rattled by the temblor.
A 6.4-magnitude quake jolted major Pakistani cities of Islamabad, Lahore and Peshawar on Oct. 23.
|
en
|
Location of fault lines in the Middle East.
An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the hit Pakistan on Thursday at 23.44 local time (+18.44 ). The epicentre was in the Hindukush mountain range. The earthquake was mainly felt in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Muzaffarabad, Lahore, and .
The quake lasted approximately for twenty seconds. Many people rushed out of buildings, fearing that they would collapse, but no damage from the tremors was reported.
As the epicentre of the quake was deep in the mountains, along the border with Afghanistan, not much damage was caused. This is the second time that the region was hit by earthquake with an epicenter in the same region of Hindukush.
Last week, a 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck near the Afghanistan-Pakistani border.
|
en
|
A sharp earthquake centered along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border rocked a broad stretch of both countries late Sunday.
The 5.6 magnitude tremor caused people in Pakistan’s Balochistan province to rush out of their homes, but there were no reports of significant damage or any injuries.
RTT News reports shaking was also felt in neighboring Sindh province.
The epicenter was placed at 60 miles northwest of Dalbandin, Pakistan at a depth of 77 miles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The quake struck at 10:17 p.m. local time.
|
en
|
Location of fault lines in the Middle East.
An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the hit Pakistan on Thursday at 23.44 local time (+18.44 ). The epicentre was in the Hindukush mountain range. The earthquake was mainly felt in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Muzaffarabad, Lahore, and .
The quake lasted approximately for twenty seconds. Many people rushed out of buildings, fearing that they would collapse, but no damage from the tremors was reported.
As the epicentre of the quake was deep in the mountains, along the border with Afghanistan, not much damage was caused. This is the second time that the region was hit by earthquake with an epicenter in the same region of Hindukush.
Last week, a 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck near the Afghanistan-Pakistani border.
|
en
|
Earthquake hits parts of northern region
By Our Staff Reporter
Friday, 30 Oct, 2009
A senior official of the metrological department said that it was an earthquake of high magnitude, with initial data on Richter scale showing its intensity of 6.1. – Photo by Reuters.
ISLAMABAD: Tremors of severe intensity shook large parts of Pakistan’s northern region around midnight, but there were no immediate reports of loss of life or damage to property.
Reports from Peshawar to Islamabad and Lahore to Mansehra and Swat and even parts of Azad Kashmir said tremors jolted houses, forcing many people to come out of their houses to avoid any injuries.
A senior official of the metrological department told journalists that it was an earthquake of high magnitude, with initial data on Richter scale showing its intensity of 6.1.
However, the official said its epicentre was 200 kilometers deep in the Hindukush mountain along the border with Afghanistan, and that is why it did not cause any real damage.
Earlier this month tremors of severe intensity were felt in Peshawar and Islamabad, and the earthquake’s epicentre at that point also was deep down in the Hindukush mountain.
Those living in places like Mansehra, Abbottabad and parts of Azad Kashmir were particularly scared because of their memories of the October 2005 earthquake which killed tens of thousands of people and caused widespread destruction.
|
en
|
Location of fault lines in the Middle East.
An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the hit Pakistan on Thursday at 23.44 local time (+18.44 ). The epicentre was in the Hindukush mountain range. The earthquake was mainly felt in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Muzaffarabad, Lahore, and .
The quake lasted approximately for twenty seconds. Many people rushed out of buildings, fearing that they would collapse, but no damage from the tremors was reported.
As the epicentre of the quake was deep in the mountains, along the border with Afghanistan, not much damage was caused. This is the second time that the region was hit by earthquake with an epicenter in the same region of Hindukush.
Last week, a 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck near the Afghanistan-Pakistani border.
|
en
|
Science World's Largest Commercial Telecom Satellite Launches Into Orbit
-
Print E-mail del.icio.us 20 comment(s) - last by bobny1.. on Jul 3 at 12:26 PM Recipient E-mail Sender E-mail
Please input the letters/numbers that appear in the image below. (not case-sensitive)
The world's largest telecom satellite will help fill in cell phone dead zones
An Ariane 5 rocket carried the world's largest commercial telecommunications satellite into orbit from the European Space Agency (ESA)'s French Guinea launch center.
The TerreStar Networks' TerreStar-1 satellite, which weighs 6.9 tons and has a 60-ft. antenna, will be used to offer high-speed internet and wireless voice services. The satellite will float in orbit 22,000 miles above the Earth's surface and cost $300 million to build and launch.
TerreStar hopes emergency responders, the U.S. military, and rural customers with currently spotty service will have more reliable telecom services. Satellite internet service is too slow and unreliable to receive large amounts of government funding, but the TerreStar satellite will help change that -- satellite coverage will be able to cover a larger area and will fix any cell phone "dead zones" that are still found across the United States.
Customers will be able to use a small device about the same size as a Research In Motion (RIM) BlackBerry Curve that is a full-mode terrestrial/satellite handset. The device operates on the AT&T terrestrial network while in range, and switches to satellite when service begins to drop off.
When trying to connect to the satellite, the handset must have a clear line of sight with the southern sky. It should be interesting to see what kind of handsets will be used, as current satellite phones are bulky and thick, but the satellite will help shrink the size and design of future satellite phones.
In the future, SkyTerra is expected to launch two larger satellites, but didn't say when they'll be launched. Ariane rockets will carry satellites and other payloads into orbit four more times into 2009, and has already had three successful launches so far.
"If you can find a PS3 anywhere in North America that's been on shelves for more than five minutes, I'll give you 1,200 bucks for it." -- SCEA President Jack Tretton
|
en
|
The TerreStar-1, an American communications satellite operated by TerreStar Corporation was launched Wednesday by an Ariane 5ECA rocket at 17:52 GMT by the European Space Agency (ESA) from the ELA-3 at the Guiana Space Centre. The 6,910-kilogram (15,200 lb) TerreStar-1 satellite cost US$300 million. It was launched from Kourou, French Guiana, a department of France in South America. This satellite weighs in as the heaviest and the largest telecommunications satellite ever launched.
Ariane launched from the Guiana Space Centre in 1992.
AT&T Mobility along with TerreStar Corporation will market a hybrid prototype terrestrial/satellite hand set yet this year. The technology will allow the new hand set to operate on ground-based phone networks. In dead zones, the customer could use the device via satellite if they can access the southern sky similar to a satellite dish.
The TerreStar-1 made a successful separation from the rocket according to Arianespace, the French satellite launcher. The satellite will be in orbit 22,000 miles (35,200 kilometers) above earth, and will open a 60 feet (18 meters) antenna dish to communicate with the hand sets over the 2 GHz (S-band) spectrum. The TerreStar-1 has a life expectancy of 15 years.
|
en
|
See moonshadows on Saturn's rings, volcanoes on Earth and Mars and other out-of-this-world imagery from June 2009.
By Peter Svensson
The world's largest commercial satellite was launched into space Wednesday, with a mission to provide phone service to cellular "dead zones" in North America.
The satellite, owned by TerreStar Corp. of Reston, Va., blasted off from Kourou in the South American territory of French Guiana atop an Ariane 5 rocket shortly before 2 p.m. ET, carried through pink clouds.
Half an hour later, French satellite launcher Arianespace announced that the TerreStar-1 had separated successfully from the rocket, on its way to an orbit 22,000 miles (35,200 kilometers) above the Earth.
There, the satellite is designed to unfurl an umbrella-like antenna of gold mesh 60 feet (18 meters) across, so it can pick up and relay signals from phones that are not much larger than regular cell phones.
TerreStar has shown prototypes of the phones, which are similar to BlackBerrys. Like BlackBerrys, the phones would have access to data and e-mail. The phones aren't on sale yet. TerreStar plans to have the system running before the end of the year.
To connect to the satellite, the handsets will need a clear view of the southern sky, just like a satellite dish. When that's not available, the sets will be able to connect to regular ground-based cellular networks. TerreStar has a roaming agreement with AT&T Inc.
The TerreStar 1 satellite, built by Loral Space & Communications Ltd., was originally scheduled to launch in 2007, but was delayed several times because of manufacturing problems.
The satellite is due be followed next year by two similar, even larger ones from a competitor, SkyTerra Communications Inc.
TerreStar and SkyTerra are hoping to avoid the fate that met two pioneers in satellite telephony. Iridium and Globalstar filed for bankruptcy at the beginning of the decade, wiping out billions in investor capital after launching extensive satellite systems. They are still in operation, providing last-resort communications for the military, forest wardens and others who can afford to buy dedicated, bulky satellite handsets for $1,000 and up.
© 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
|
en
|
The TerreStar-1, an American communications satellite operated by TerreStar Corporation was launched Wednesday by an Ariane 5ECA rocket at 17:52 GMT by the European Space Agency (ESA) from the ELA-3 at the Guiana Space Centre. The 6,910-kilogram (15,200 lb) TerreStar-1 satellite cost US$300 million. It was launched from Kourou, French Guiana, a department of France in South America. This satellite weighs in as the heaviest and the largest telecommunications satellite ever launched.
Ariane launched from the Guiana Space Centre in 1992.
AT&T Mobility along with TerreStar Corporation will market a hybrid prototype terrestrial/satellite hand set yet this year. The technology will allow the new hand set to operate on ground-based phone networks. In dead zones, the customer could use the device via satellite if they can access the southern sky similar to a satellite dish.
The TerreStar-1 made a successful separation from the rocket according to Arianespace, the French satellite launcher. The satellite will be in orbit 22,000 miles (35,200 kilometers) above earth, and will open a 60 feet (18 meters) antenna dish to communicate with the hand sets over the 2 GHz (S-band) spectrum. The TerreStar-1 has a life expectancy of 15 years.
|
en
|
Ariane 5 – Largest-ever telecommunications satellite launched
Earlier this evening, an Ariane 5 ECA launcher lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on its mission to place the heaviest and most powerful telecommunications satellite ever launched, TerreStar 1, into geostationary transfer orbit.
Lift-off of flight V189 took place at 19:52 CEST/Paris (17:52 UTC/GMT; 14:52 UTC-3/French Guiana) The target orbit had a perigee altitude of 250 km, an apogee altitude at injection of 35 786 km and an inclination of six degrees. TerreStar 1 was accurately injected into its transfer orbit about 26 minutes after lift-off.
TerreStar 1 will operate in the 2 GHz (S-band) portion of the spectrum to provide voice, data and video communications to satellite/terrestrial mobile devices the size of a typical smart phone. TerreStar 1’s coverage is tailored to provide critical services for government, emergency responders, rural communities and commercial users throughout the United States and Canada. The payload mass for this launch was 7055 kg; the satellite’s launch mass was 6910 kg and the payload adapter weighed 145 kg.
Arianespace and Europe’s Spaceport are planning seven Ariane launches during 2009, maintaining the heavy-lift vehicle’s flight rate. The ability to sustain high launch rates has already been demonstrated – during the 12-month period from August 2007 to August 2008, there were nine launches (V177 to V185, inclusive).
Flight timeline
Ariane 5 ECA V189 liftoff
The Ariane 5’s cryogenic, liquid fuelled main engine was ignited first. Seven seconds later, the solid fuel rocket boosters were also fired, and a fraction of a second after that, the launch vehicle lifted off.
The solid boosters were jettisoned 2 min: 19 sec after main engine ignition, and the fairing protecting the payload during the climb through the Earth’s atmosphere was discarded at 3 min: 10 sec. The launcher’s main engine was shut down at 8 min: 51 sec; six seconds later the main cryogenic stage separated from the upper stage and its payload.
Four seconds after main stage separation, the engine of the launcher’s cryogenic upper stage was ignited to continue the journey. The upper stage engine was shut down at 24 min: 35 sec into the flight, at which point the launch vehicle was travelling at 9563 metres per second (just over 34 400 km/h) at an altitude of 417.6 kilometres and the conditions for geostationary transfer orbit injection had been achieved.
At 26 min: 14 sec after main engine ignition, TerreStar 1 separated from the launcher’s upper stage. The launch vehicle’s flight operations were completed at 39 min: 46 sec after main engine ignition.
Ariane 5 ECA
Ariane 5 ECA is the latest version of the Ariane 5 launcher. It is designed to place payloads weighing up to 9.6 tonnes into geostationary transfer orbit. With its increased capacity, Ariane 5 ECA can handle dual launches of very large satellites.
Send this page to a friend
|
en
|
The TerreStar-1, an American communications satellite operated by TerreStar Corporation was launched Wednesday by an Ariane 5ECA rocket at 17:52 GMT by the European Space Agency (ESA) from the ELA-3 at the Guiana Space Centre. The 6,910-kilogram (15,200 lb) TerreStar-1 satellite cost US$300 million. It was launched from Kourou, French Guiana, a department of France in South America. This satellite weighs in as the heaviest and the largest telecommunications satellite ever launched.
Ariane launched from the Guiana Space Centre in 1992.
AT&T Mobility along with TerreStar Corporation will market a hybrid prototype terrestrial/satellite hand set yet this year. The technology will allow the new hand set to operate on ground-based phone networks. In dead zones, the customer could use the device via satellite if they can access the southern sky similar to a satellite dish.
The TerreStar-1 made a successful separation from the rocket according to Arianespace, the French satellite launcher. The satellite will be in orbit 22,000 miles (35,200 kilometers) above earth, and will open a 60 feet (18 meters) antenna dish to communicate with the hand sets over the 2 GHz (S-band) spectrum. The TerreStar-1 has a life expectancy of 15 years.
|
es
|
Claudio Mauri SEGUIR Comentar Me gusta Me gusta Compartir E-mail Twitter Facebook WhatsApp Obtener link Guardar 21 de junio de 2018 • 12:00
EKATERIMBURGO.- Más de 20.000 peruanos hicieron que el Ekaterimburgo Arena pareciera el Nacional de Lima, lo vistieron de rojo y blanco en las cuatro tribunas. Aliento constante y apoyo para que Francia se sintiera más visitante. El empuje no fue suficiente para que el equipo de Ricardo Gareca se curara de su sequía de gol y evitara la eliminación. "Cómo no te voy a querer.", cantaron los hinchas a modo de himno, un reconocimiento a un equipo más armónico que contundente, bien trazado, pero sin pólvora. No bastó con la titularidad de Guerrero y que Farfán lo acompañara en el segundo tiempo. Francia impuso su mayor jerarquía en el primer tiempo, luego cayó mucho su nivel y se llevó un ajustado 1-0, que le da el pasaje a los octavos de final.
Se le hizo corta y efímera a Perú la vuelta a un Mundial. Tras una espera de 38 años, en cinco días le sellaron el boleto de salida de Rusia. Sólo le queda el partido ante Australia a modo de despedida. Si contra Dinamarca había sentido que la derrota fue un castigo excesivo, frente a Francia no le quedó otra que admitir su inferioridad en la primera etapa, cuando se decidió el resultado. No pudo contra la mayor potencia, velocidad y recursos técnicos del equipo de Didier Deschamps.
Hubo una diferencia de categoría evidente en todas las líneas en esos primeros 45 minutos. Dos sintonías de juego distintas. El toque acompasado de Perú, mayormente inofensivo, contra la aceleración que le imprimía Francia, que tenía en Mbappe y Griezmann a dos flechas lanzadas en cuanto encontraban espacios. Con Pogba de lanzador; el volante de Manchester United, en su momento el pase más caro del mundo, no es un organizador clásico, cerebral y con sentido de la pausa, pero tiene buen toque de pelota y ojo para asistir.
Deschamps cambió el módulo empleado contra Australia y Francia estuvo mejor articulada. Entró Giroud, que como centro-atacante es muy completo: sabe aguantar la pelota de espaldas al arco y cuando tiene conducción y remate. Esto beneficia a Griezmann, que se siente más cómodo jugando atrás de un N° 9, llegando desde la segunda línea. Y para cortar el circuito de Perú en el medio, Deschamps sumó al atlético Matuidi.
Amarilla para Paolo Guerrero Fuente: AP
Tras un aceptable comienzo, el partido se le hizo muy cuesta arriba a Perú. Perdía los choques individuales, ganar metros del campo le resultaba muy dificultoso. Mientras, Francia se sentía cada vez más dominador, pero a veces sobraba la situación con algunos lujos que improductivos. Gallese empezó a verse exigido por Mbappe, Griezmann y Giroud.
Ahogado, Perú perdió una pelota en una salida, Pogba habilitó a Giroud, su remate se desvió en Rodríguez y la definición le quedó a Mbappe. Perú solo había podido preocupar con un anticipo del reaparecido Guerrero a Umtiti que tapó Lloris.Era demasiado poco y Gareca puso a un delantero más (Farfán) y quitó a un volante de contención (Yotún). Perú ocupó más el campo rival y llegó con peligrosos remates de media distancia. Francia, equipo irregular y por momentos imprevisible, pasó a aguantar cerca de su arco. Tuvo algunas aproximaciones Perú, con los desbordes de Carrillo por la derecha, pero sin pegada ni sincronización dentro del área.
Resumen del partido Francia - Perú en el Mundial de Rusia 2018 1:16
Video
Otro rendimiento digno sin premio en el resultado, con Gareca entrando al campo entrando al campo a consolar a algunos jugadores. Al frío atardecer de Ekaterimburgo, una multitud peruana le puso calor, gritó, se fue afónica, pero se quedó sin cantar el gol que le diera vida al equipo en el Mundial.
El gol de Mbappé que abrió el marcador a favor de Francia Fuente: Reuters
|
es
|
derrotó a por un tanto contra cero en el segundo partido de este . El tanto lo convirtió . Este resultado dejó afuera de la competencia a los peruanos, que disputaban el mundial de fútbol después de 36 años.
El primer tiempo mostró un comienzo aceptable del equipo peruano, logrando hacer algunas jugadas en el área rival aunque sin generar mayor peligro, pero después fue perdiendo eficiencia pasando a dominar el equipo galo. Y en una salida el equipo rojiblanco regaló la pelota, Pogba le dió un pase a Giroud y éste remató, la pelota golpeó en Rodríguez y se desvió encontrando a Mbappe quién sin inconvenientes abrió el marcador.
En el segundo tiempo Perú apostó por el juego de logrando mas efectividad en el dominio de la pelota y en las llegadas al arco, aunque sin la fortuna suficiente como para empatar el partido. Los galos solamente apostaron a aguantar la mínima diferencia sin intentar ampliarla. Este resultado dejó a Perú eliminado del torneo, en el que participaba después de más de tres decadas sin clasificarse. Los franceses deben esperar al próximo partido para saber si pasan de ronda.
;Formaciones:
|
es
|
Los memes del Perú vs Francia despiden a la Rojiblanca
21/6/18 Compartir Cerrar
La Bicolor quedó oficialmente eliminada de Rusia tras el resultado del compromiso válido por el Grupo C.
Con una anotación de Kylian Mbappé, la Selección peruana se despidió del Mundial 2018 después de caer a manos de Francia por la cuenta mínima en el Estadio Ekaterimburgo Arena.
Pese a que los sudamericanos hicieron algo más que un partido decoroso y ofrecieron mucha batalla, las redes sociales explotaron con burlas hacia los dirigidos por Ricardo Gareca, así como comparaciones entre objetos de ambos países.
A continuación los más graciosos:
|
es
|
derrotó a por un tanto contra cero en el segundo partido de este . El tanto lo convirtió . Este resultado dejó afuera de la competencia a los peruanos, que disputaban el mundial de fútbol después de 36 años.
El primer tiempo mostró un comienzo aceptable del equipo peruano, logrando hacer algunas jugadas en el área rival aunque sin generar mayor peligro, pero después fue perdiendo eficiencia pasando a dominar el equipo galo. Y en una salida el equipo rojiblanco regaló la pelota, Pogba le dió un pase a Giroud y éste remató, la pelota golpeó en Rodríguez y se desvió encontrando a Mbappe quién sin inconvenientes abrió el marcador.
En el segundo tiempo Perú apostó por el juego de logrando mas efectividad en el dominio de la pelota y en las llegadas al arco, aunque sin la fortuna suficiente como para empatar el partido. Los galos solamente apostaron a aguantar la mínima diferencia sin intentar ampliarla. Este resultado dejó a Perú eliminado del torneo, en el que participaba después de más de tres decadas sin clasificarse. Los franceses deben esperar al próximo partido para saber si pasan de ronda.
;Formaciones:
|
en
|
I LEARNED THREE things after reading the account of the 15-year-old boy who tagged a bus while Los Angeles' mayor was on board. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, along with a busload of other officials, were at the Santee Education Complex in South L.A. to celebrate the successful relocation of a bus stop from two blocks away from the school to directly behind of the school complex.
So the first thing I learned was this: Moving a bus stop two blocks is so complicated a process, so thorny a political problem, that when it actually happens — when the steel pole with the Metro sign is dug up from one spot and planted a few hundred yards away in another spot — it's time for everyone involved to celebrate the moment, get in a bus, drive down to the spot and congratulate themselves.
While doing so, the mayor and his party were surprised to notice that a sophomore at the school was celebrating in his own way, by tagging the bus, which, translated for our Brentwood and Pacific Palisades readers, means scrawling his nickname — "Zoner" — on the window. The snag: The mayor and his guests were inside the bus at the time.
Zoner, I guess, didn't look before he tagged. One thing they don't seem to offer at the Santee Learning Complex, apparently, is a class called Awareness of the World Around You.
And that's the second thing I learned: Schools are no longer called things like Millard Fillmore Elementary, or Sally Ride Middle School, or even Jim Belushi Vocational School and Adult Learning Facility. Schools are now called things like Santee Education Complex, which is exactly what you'd call a school in a world where moving a bus stop a couple of blocks counts as a political and cultural triumph.
On the other hand, in the aftermath of the event, Zoner's act doesn't look like such a boneheaded move. The bad news is, the kid will probably have to do some kind of community service. The good news, though, is that Villaraigosa quickly realized that while Zoner is obviously a young man in trouble, he's also got a certain reckless charm. So the mayor graciously offered to mentor him, help him make better choices, guide him to more productive activities. So Zoner goes from tagger to mayor's new best friend. Not bad, mobility-wise.
In my business — screenwriting — this is what's known as a "solid first act." Every movie needs a brash, bold event to kick off the story, and this certainly fits. Kid vandalizes mayor's bus. Mayor mentors kid. Kid goes on to become president of the United States. (I didn't say it was going to be a good movie.)
The third thing I learned, then, is this: If you want to move up in the world, or get somebody's attention, vandalism is probably the answer.
If, say, you're an aspiring writer with a couple of solid action-picture pitches, my advice would be to find out where producer Jerry Bruckheimer parks his car, and then deface it. If you're an actress baffled and crushed by pilot season, the best, wisest course of action would be to fill a paper bag with dog poop, light it on fire and fling it on Kevin Reilly's front porch. While the NBC entertainment president is frantically trying to put out the flames, apologize and ask him to come to your showcase. A young banker might consider the option of covering Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's frontyard with toilet paper. Picture it: A yawning, sleepy Bernanke dashes out to get the morning paper, sees his front lawn, explodes, then offers to put in a call to Goldman Sachs.
As I write this, I'm sitting in a Starbucks on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park. I've got a new Web venture — it's sort of a video Craigslist — and I'm looking for investors. There are a lot of venture capital firms up here, and most of them are on Sand Hill Road, so my plan is to vandalize every expensive car I see until someone offers me great terms on a first round of financing.
Wish me luck.
|
en
|
The ''Bratz'' cast at a theatre in Toronto, last Thursday, for its Canadian premiere.
Logan Browning poses for Wikinews.
The Bratz cast signs autographs for fans.
Described in press materials as a "low budget" production, the crew of ''Bratz: The Movie'' turned to a busy LA high school to film the picture's main scenes.
Shot in 30 days, during February and March 2007, the film had to work around the roughly 3,500 students at Santee Educational Complex in South Los Angeles, California. Most productions, like ''High School Musical'' and ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'', do principal photography shoots during the summer. Since the Bratz film had a summer release, and the Santee school goes year-round, such a pattern was impossible.
Director Sean McNamara "was adamant about using this school", named in the film as "Carry Nation High", said production designer Rusty Smith. "We knew it was going to be complicated, and it was, but we pulled it off. I'm sure it was a big distraction for us to be there and it's really a compliment to the principal and the students’ cooperation because we couldn’t have done it without them."
One of the stars, Chelsea Staub, agreed. "I was amazed at how orderly and respectful the students at Santee High were during our invasion." She admits that she "would have had issues walking by our heavenly omelet station every morning," if she were a Santee student.
Such good behavior could be deemed extra surprising considering the school, which opened in 2005, is located in an area known for its amount of gangs. Some students walk through 50 different gang "territories" on the way to school, 18 of which have documented members enrolled as students. Students have brought AK-47s to class, and jumped police officers for their guns. A two day melee at the school, whose principal is a former cop, resulted in 34 arrests and 10 hospitalizations, mostly for pepper-spray-related injuries. Half of the instructors, as of March 2006, were in their first year of teaching.
The school board superintendent and Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa rode the bus to the first day the bus was routed through the neighbourhood; a photographer for the ''Los Angeles Times'' caught a 10th grader tagging a window. The first gun shots rang out the second day the school was open.
''Bratz: The Movie'' is a story based on an internationally successful line of dolls. Three "best friends forever" are forced by the queen bee of the high school to separate into various existing cliques. Growing lonely, they rebel by choosing to be true to themselves.
"Filming at a real high school was interesting because you could see real cliques and compare them to the simulated cliques in the movie," commented Logan Browning, one of the movie's stars, herself a senior in high school.
Staub, who plays the antagonist Meredith, also felt the real-life location was beneficial to the movie. "All the sounds and background images helped make it real for me. The shifting echoes of students on the bleachers and school bells that released the chaos of kids changing classes made me feel like I was truly a part of the high school experience as opposed to doing a scene on a soundstage."
"The presence of that school and the way it's laid out, almost like a prison, became a major character in the film," said production designer Rusty Smith. (Interestingly, Meredith's mantra in the movie is "take no prisoners".) The school, devoid of color, easily contrasted against the vibrant and unique bedrooms of the Bratz girls. "We knew it was going to be complicated and it was but we pulled it off. I'm sure it was a big distraction for us to be there and it's really a compliment to the principal and the students' cooperation because we couldn't have done it without them."
A 16-foot high sculpture was added to the school courtyard, to help transform it into Carry Nation. The sculpture was of Nation, the most infamous and formidable member of the Women's Christian Temperance Union in pre-prohibition America, wielding her hatchet in one hand and Bible in the other.
The production also filmed in the residential neighborhood of Studio City, and The Grove, a popular shopping centre at the heart of West Hollywood, both areas of Los Angeles.
The film opens in theaters across the United States and Canada on August 3, in the United Kingdom on August 17, in Spain on August 24, and Australia and New Zealand September 20.
|
en
|
« Monday's Morning News | Main | Tuesday's Morning News » Ex-cop principal walks a tough beat By Bob Sipchen (Monday's Column, Nov. 13, 2006) Some people think Vince Carbino, a former cop, is too hard-edged to be a principal. I wonder about that as I watch a young man hurl a projectile at a fellow student at the South Los Angeles high school also known as the Santee Education Complex. The object hits the metal lockers and skitters across the floor. The student lunges, unaware that Carbino has stepped into the hallway. "Hold on there, my man," Carbino barks. The missile this time is a juice bottle cap. The grappling is innocent tomfoolery.
But the clunk of plastic on metal no doubt takes Carbino back a year to a very bad day just after this new campus opened. It was a pivotal moment for the new school, the legacy of outgoing Supt. Roy Romer, and Santee's 3,479 students.
School Police Officer Juan Romo remembers Dec. 7. He and his partner went to break up a fight between two girls on the quad. In an instant, he said, trashcans soared through the air and students swarmed onto his back, wrestling for his gun and ripping his uniform. Santee's melees raged for two days. Thirty-four students were arrested and 10 were taken to hospitals, mainly to be treated for pepper-spray-related injuries.
My colleague Erika Hayasaki returned to Santee three months later to see if the school had its act together. It didn't. It was the district's No. 1 campus for crime. The headline on her story read: "Chaos Reigns at a Model School."
Carbino was one of two principals then. On July 1, he took charge of the whole shebang.
Santee, with its five "learning communities" focusing on such subjects as culinary arts and finance, was supposed to be the district's symbol of hope, the school that proved the pedagogic establishment could overcome societal circumstances and maybe even begin to close the so-called achievement gap. When Carbino took over, the campus was another embarrassment.
The son of a second-grade teacher, Carbino grew up being told he, too, should teach. When he was 16, though, he went on an El Cajon Police Department ride-along. In an act of rebellion, he later signed up with the Coronado Police Department. Busting young gangsters taught him something: "They had not made attachments to the educational system."
After three years, Carbino returned to college and earned a credential. In 1992, he started teaching in San Diego, and in 1994 L.A. Unified recruited him to teach special ed.
It's hard to say how much of what's happening at Santee is Carbino's idea and how much came from Romer, who began shoveling ideas at the school long before it opened and pumping in extra resources when it foundered.
Carbino does seem to have imprinted himself on the school, though.
Keep kids interested in class and they may not wind up in the back of a police car, he figures. He says he has seen how gangs serve as surrogate families for many young men, how fatherless kids struggle with feelings of abandonment, how living in an urban war zone can leave kids with post-traumatic stress.
So three young psychiatric social workers are on hand full time to talk to students and their parents. Their problems, Carbino figures, may have nothing to do with the school but just might be affecting the teenagers' ability to sit quietly in class and deconstruct equations or take notes on pozole recipes.
Santee has the second-worst test scores in the district. The only reason it's not vulnerable to state takeover is because it's so new. Carbino says one of his key goals is proving wrong the people who say that the stigma of state takeover is just a matter of time.
This year the school sent incoming freshmen to Cal State Dominguez Hills and the Museum of Tolerance for a week of conflict resolution and inculcation into Santee's budding academic can-do "culture," something that didn't exist when students first swarmed in from schools that did have cultures — often study-averse cultures.
The school recently held a daylong retreat for teachers, in part to coax them into a fuller embrace of the new ethos. At the staff's request, the school is bringing in an outside group to help improve teaching skills.
Carbino sends attaboy letters to students and their parents. And he encourages teachers to call five parents a night to chat about how their children are doing.
"Every kid who does not get a diploma, I'm going to sit with the parents and show them everything we did to try and help their kid graduate," he says. Connie Rice, a longtime observer of the schools, says she wishes the district could clone Carbino: "Boy, did he get the right formula."
L.A. Councilwoman Jan Perry meets regularly with the school's student-created Peace Committee. She joined Carbino and local students, parents and community members Wednesday night to watch jazz bassist Christian McBride jam with musicians from Santee and other schools in the campus' beautiful 912-seat auditorium.
"He runs that school with firm authority," Perry says of the principal, "but also with a great deal of warmth and intelligence."
Not everyone sees those qualities.
A teacher who worked with Carbino at Belvedere Middle School calls Carbino "abusive." He says the teachers union forced him out of the school after only six months because, among other missteps, he had publicly criticized teachers in violation of the union contract.
"His strong personality," Romer admits, "rubs some people a little bit wrong." But Romer adds that force of personality is often what it takes to break through the status quo.
As Carbino confronts the roughhousing student, I see why many think he's good for the school.
Before the boy has made a full turn, baby face morphing from bravado to chagrin, the principal upbraids him. Then, grilling him on how many credits he has toward graduation, Carbino steers him into a classroom with a tender, un-coplike glare.
Some think it's an odd jump from cop to pedagogue. Not Carbino: "I'm still fighting crime every day." Photos by: Ricardo DeAratanha/Los Angeles Times Question of the Week: "What does it take to run an urban high school?"
|
en
|
The ''Bratz'' cast at a theatre in Toronto, last Thursday, for its Canadian premiere.
Logan Browning poses for Wikinews.
The Bratz cast signs autographs for fans.
Described in press materials as a "low budget" production, the crew of ''Bratz: The Movie'' turned to a busy LA high school to film the picture's main scenes.
Shot in 30 days, during February and March 2007, the film had to work around the roughly 3,500 students at Santee Educational Complex in South Los Angeles, California. Most productions, like ''High School Musical'' and ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'', do principal photography shoots during the summer. Since the Bratz film had a summer release, and the Santee school goes year-round, such a pattern was impossible.
Director Sean McNamara "was adamant about using this school", named in the film as "Carry Nation High", said production designer Rusty Smith. "We knew it was going to be complicated, and it was, but we pulled it off. I'm sure it was a big distraction for us to be there and it's really a compliment to the principal and the students’ cooperation because we couldn’t have done it without them."
One of the stars, Chelsea Staub, agreed. "I was amazed at how orderly and respectful the students at Santee High were during our invasion." She admits that she "would have had issues walking by our heavenly omelet station every morning," if she were a Santee student.
Such good behavior could be deemed extra surprising considering the school, which opened in 2005, is located in an area known for its amount of gangs. Some students walk through 50 different gang "territories" on the way to school, 18 of which have documented members enrolled as students. Students have brought AK-47s to class, and jumped police officers for their guns. A two day melee at the school, whose principal is a former cop, resulted in 34 arrests and 10 hospitalizations, mostly for pepper-spray-related injuries. Half of the instructors, as of March 2006, were in their first year of teaching.
The school board superintendent and Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa rode the bus to the first day the bus was routed through the neighbourhood; a photographer for the ''Los Angeles Times'' caught a 10th grader tagging a window. The first gun shots rang out the second day the school was open.
''Bratz: The Movie'' is a story based on an internationally successful line of dolls. Three "best friends forever" are forced by the queen bee of the high school to separate into various existing cliques. Growing lonely, they rebel by choosing to be true to themselves.
"Filming at a real high school was interesting because you could see real cliques and compare them to the simulated cliques in the movie," commented Logan Browning, one of the movie's stars, herself a senior in high school.
Staub, who plays the antagonist Meredith, also felt the real-life location was beneficial to the movie. "All the sounds and background images helped make it real for me. The shifting echoes of students on the bleachers and school bells that released the chaos of kids changing classes made me feel like I was truly a part of the high school experience as opposed to doing a scene on a soundstage."
"The presence of that school and the way it's laid out, almost like a prison, became a major character in the film," said production designer Rusty Smith. (Interestingly, Meredith's mantra in the movie is "take no prisoners".) The school, devoid of color, easily contrasted against the vibrant and unique bedrooms of the Bratz girls. "We knew it was going to be complicated and it was but we pulled it off. I'm sure it was a big distraction for us to be there and it's really a compliment to the principal and the students' cooperation because we couldn't have done it without them."
A 16-foot high sculpture was added to the school courtyard, to help transform it into Carry Nation. The sculpture was of Nation, the most infamous and formidable member of the Women's Christian Temperance Union in pre-prohibition America, wielding her hatchet in one hand and Bible in the other.
The production also filmed in the residential neighborhood of Studio City, and The Grove, a popular shopping centre at the heart of West Hollywood, both areas of Los Angeles.
The film opens in theaters across the United States and Canada on August 3, in the United Kingdom on August 17, in Spain on August 24, and Australia and New Zealand September 20.
|
en
|
A record $11,788,970 for the Royal Children's Hospital
New Record! Victorians Dig Deep for
Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal
Victorians have delivered a stunning result for this year’s 76th Herald Sun, 3AW,Magic and Seven Network Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal.
A new record of $11,788,970.88cents! More than $1.5 million dollars up on last year’s total.
Appeal Director Christine Unsworth says she overwhelmed and ecstatic about the midnight grand total.
“The response to our 76th year and the 50th anniversary for Channel Seven is such a tribute to Victorians and their dedication to keeping the Royal Children’s Hospital in the top four paediatric hospitals in the world,’ said Ms Unsworth.
“Radio 3AW 693 and Magic 1278’s official involvement as our newest media partners has taken our message to a wider audience and encouraged many more donors across Victoria.
“From the smallest towns in country Victoria to our supporters in the city the commitment to the cause by Victorians has been just magnificent.
“To our stalwarts who have been fundraising for decades and to our new supporters who have come on board this year bringing even more innovative ways to raise money, we say thank you.
“Again the volunteering spirit of Victorians has shone through.
“To the thousands of country and metropolitan fire fighters, to the pubs and clubs and service organisations, to the street collectors and the businesses large and small, to the restaurateurs and raffle ticket sellers, to the sporting groups and church groups and thousands more – we are very grateful.”
Ms Unsworth says particular thanks must go to the Herald Sun and CityLink for the 2nd “Run 4 The Kids” which raised $536,369 by attracting 26,000 dedicated runners and walkers all wanting to help the Appeal.
The Appeal has 164 fundraising area managers throughout Victoria and Southern New South Wales and Tasmania, all of whom motivate their communities and coordinate local fund raising activities. This year, regional Victoria raised $2.3 million.
The popular Online Auction raised $114,960 – almost $4,000 up on 2006.
The Holden Commodore was sold for $52,000 and the Majestic Caravan for $30,000.
The money raised from the 2007 Good Friday Appeal enables the hospital to fund research projects and purchase and update medical equipment.
|
en
|
Another Good Friday, another fund-raising record broken. That seems to be how it goes these days for Victoria, Australia's annual Good Friday Appeal. The 2007 Royal Children's Hospital Good Friday Appeal raised a record-breaking AU$11,788,970.80, amounting to an increase of $1,508,438.30 over last year's total of $10,280,532.50.
For 50 years, the Seven Network has been part of and televised the Good Friday Appeal, which raises money to support programs for children with life-threatening illnesses. The money raised benefits the Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne.
For this year's Appeal, Seven Network, The Herald, and the Weekly Times Herald Sun teamed up with 3AW, and, according to HSV7 Melbourne boss Ian Johnson, the Appeal will remain on the Seven Network for many years to come.
Good Friday Appeal director Christine Unsworth thanked all who pledged money in the Appeal, and the many volunteers who donated their time to the cause. "I'd like to thank all Victorians for giving their money, their time and their dedication to the appeal," she said. "We've had people working all over the state and without them the appeal wouldn't be what it is."
The Appeal's telethon receives support from Melbourne celebrities in raising funds from all sectors of the community, from corporations to households. The Appeal started in 1931, when journalists from the Herald and Weekly Times organized a sporting event to help the children's hospital raise funds.
|
en
|
Biden sends unofficial delegation to Taiwan in 'personal signal'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former U.S. Senator Chris Dodd and former Deputy Secretaries of State Richard Armitage and James Steinberg headed to Taiwan on Tuesday at President Joe Biden's request, in what a White House official called a "personal signal" of the president's commitment to the Chinese-claimed island and its democracy.
|
de
|
Nach dem Verbot der thailändischen Regierungspartei „People's Power Party“ (Phak Palang Prachachon, PPP) und dem durch ein Urteil des Verfassungsgerichts erzwungenen Rücktritt des letzten Ministerpräsidenten Somchai Wongsawat werden die Karten für die künftige Machtverteilung auf parlamentarischer Ebene in Thailand offenbar neu gemischt.
Die größte im Parlament vertretene Oppositionspartei, die Demokratische Partei, (nicht identisch mit der außerparlamentarischen Sammlungsbewegung PAD, „People's Alliance for Democracy“, wie die Nachrichtenagentur Reuters dies in einer Meldung von gestern verbreitete) überraschte die Öffentlichkeit heute mit der Aussage, sie habe genügend Unterstützer im Parlament hinter sich gebracht um einen eigenen Kandidaten erfolgreich für das Amt des Ministerpräsidenten ins Rennen zu schicken. Die Partei beantragte heute die Einberufung einer Sondersitzung des Parlaments für einen solchen Wahlgang.
Die Nachfolgepartei der verbotenen PPP des abgesetzten letzten Ministerpräsidenten „Puea Thai“ („Für Thais“), die eine Nachfolgepartei der ebenfalls per Gerichtsbeschluss verbotenen Thai Rak Thai des durch das Militär 2006 entmachteten Ministerpräsidenten Thaksin Shinawatra ist, erklärte ihrerseits, sie besitze eine ausreichende Mehrheit um ebenfalls einen eigenen Kandidaten zum neuen Ministerpräsidenten wählen zu lassen. Die Puea Thai stellt mit Chaovarat Chanweerakul den zurzeit amtierenden Ministerpräsidenten.
Die Unklarheiten bezüglich der vorhandenen Mehrheitsverhältnisse erklären sich zum Teil daraus, dass ein Teil der Parlamentssitze der durch das Verfassungsgerichtsurteil verbotenen Parteien nicht mehr zur Verfügung steht. Über 100 führenden Funktionären der PPP, darunter auch eine größere Zahl von Parlamentsabgeordneten, war durch das Verfassungsgerichtsurteil ein fünfjähriges Betätigungsverbot auferlegt worden.
Nach den Erklärungen der Demokratischen Partei stützt sich ihre Mehrheit auf Abgeordnete der ehemaligen Koalitionspartner der verbotenen PPP sowie auf übergelaufene Anhänger der PPP selbst. Unter Berufung auf Quellen innerhalb der Demokratischen Partei kann sich die Partei laut Bangkok Post bei einem Wahlgang auf eine Mehrheit zwischen 257 und 263 Stimmen stützen. Die Demokratische Partei selbst verfügt über 165 eigene Sitze im Parlament, das ursprünglich insgesamt 438 Sitze hatte. Politische Beobachter rechnen allgemein damit, dass der Vorsitzende der Demokratischen Partei, Abhisit Vejjajiva, für die Opposition als Kandidat für die Ministerpräsidentenwahl antreten wird.
|
en
|
Democrat party seeks extra parliament session to vote new PM
Democrat secretary general Suthep Thauangsuban on Monday asked for an extraordinary session of Parliament this week to vote on the nomination of a new prime minister, expected to be party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva.
Suthep submitted the request to House Speaker Chai Chidchob, who will need a royal endorsement before reconvening parliament to vote on new PM and set up a new government.
Suthep claimed his party has secured enough support from the "Friends of Newin" breakaway faction from the Pheu Thai and its former allies the Chart Thai, Matchiamathipataya, Puea Paendin and Ruam Jai Thai Chart Pattana parties to form a new coalition government.
He said the new alliance provides a Democrat-led government about 260 seats in the 438-seat Lower House of Parliament, with the Democrats holding 165 seats. The Puea Thai party, a reincarnation of the now defunct People Power Party, claims to have at least 219 seats.
If the Democrats' alliance does not fall apart before the reconvening of Parliament some time this week, Democrat leader Aphisit is likely to become Thailand's next prime minister.
Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva said the Democrat Party had 30 votes of support from the Newin's Friends group and that would enable the party to muster the majority control of 260 votes.
He was speaking after Democrat Party secretary-general Suthep Thaugsuban on Monday submitted a motion to House Speaker Chai Chidchob, requesting him issue a royal decree to convene an extraordinary session of Parliament to elect a new Prime Minister.
Suthep turned up at Parliament with leading members of the Democrat and representatives of other political parties at 10 am..
Suthep said the 30 MPs from the Friends of Newin group had yet to sign their names in the motin because they fear being threatened and pressured.
|
de
|
Nach dem Verbot der thailändischen Regierungspartei „People's Power Party“ (Phak Palang Prachachon, PPP) und dem durch ein Urteil des Verfassungsgerichts erzwungenen Rücktritt des letzten Ministerpräsidenten Somchai Wongsawat werden die Karten für die künftige Machtverteilung auf parlamentarischer Ebene in Thailand offenbar neu gemischt.
Die größte im Parlament vertretene Oppositionspartei, die Demokratische Partei, (nicht identisch mit der außerparlamentarischen Sammlungsbewegung PAD, „People's Alliance for Democracy“, wie die Nachrichtenagentur Reuters dies in einer Meldung von gestern verbreitete) überraschte die Öffentlichkeit heute mit der Aussage, sie habe genügend Unterstützer im Parlament hinter sich gebracht um einen eigenen Kandidaten erfolgreich für das Amt des Ministerpräsidenten ins Rennen zu schicken. Die Partei beantragte heute die Einberufung einer Sondersitzung des Parlaments für einen solchen Wahlgang.
Die Nachfolgepartei der verbotenen PPP des abgesetzten letzten Ministerpräsidenten „Puea Thai“ („Für Thais“), die eine Nachfolgepartei der ebenfalls per Gerichtsbeschluss verbotenen Thai Rak Thai des durch das Militär 2006 entmachteten Ministerpräsidenten Thaksin Shinawatra ist, erklärte ihrerseits, sie besitze eine ausreichende Mehrheit um ebenfalls einen eigenen Kandidaten zum neuen Ministerpräsidenten wählen zu lassen. Die Puea Thai stellt mit Chaovarat Chanweerakul den zurzeit amtierenden Ministerpräsidenten.
Die Unklarheiten bezüglich der vorhandenen Mehrheitsverhältnisse erklären sich zum Teil daraus, dass ein Teil der Parlamentssitze der durch das Verfassungsgerichtsurteil verbotenen Parteien nicht mehr zur Verfügung steht. Über 100 führenden Funktionären der PPP, darunter auch eine größere Zahl von Parlamentsabgeordneten, war durch das Verfassungsgerichtsurteil ein fünfjähriges Betätigungsverbot auferlegt worden.
Nach den Erklärungen der Demokratischen Partei stützt sich ihre Mehrheit auf Abgeordnete der ehemaligen Koalitionspartner der verbotenen PPP sowie auf übergelaufene Anhänger der PPP selbst. Unter Berufung auf Quellen innerhalb der Demokratischen Partei kann sich die Partei laut Bangkok Post bei einem Wahlgang auf eine Mehrheit zwischen 257 und 263 Stimmen stützen. Die Demokratische Partei selbst verfügt über 165 eigene Sitze im Parlament, das ursprünglich insgesamt 438 Sitze hatte. Politische Beobachter rechnen allgemein damit, dass der Vorsitzende der Demokratischen Partei, Abhisit Vejjajiva, für die Opposition als Kandidat für die Ministerpräsidentenwahl antreten wird.
|
de
|
Thailand
Opposition strebt an die Macht
Bangkok. Die größte Oppositionspartei in Thailand hat überraschend Anspruch auf die Regierungsbildung angemeldet. Die Demokratische Partei hat nach eigenen Angaben genügend Koalitionspartner und abtrünnige Abgeordnete der aufgelösten Regierungspartei hinter sich.
ANZEIGE
Das Parlament will in der kommenden Woche zusammentreten und einen neuen Regierungschef wählen, nachdem der Amtsinhaber vergangenen Dienstag vom Verfassungsgericht zum Rücktritt gezwungen worden war. Die Oppositionspartei hat auch die Gunst des außerparlamentarischen Oppositionsbündnisses PAD, das die thailändische Politik seit Monaten mit Demonstrationen lähmt. Ihre Proteste gipfelten in der einwöchigen Besetzung der beiden Flughäfen in Bangkok, die erst nach dem Sturz der Regierung vergangene Woche wieder freigegeben worden waren.Die Demokratische Partei ist die älteste Partei Thailands. Sie hat nach eigenen Angaben etwa 250 der 440 Abgeordneten hinter sich, darunter eine große Fraktion der bisherigen Regierungspartei PPP. Regierungschef würde Parteichef Abhisit Vejjajiva (44). Das Verfassungsgericht hatte die PPPund zwei ihrer Koalitionspartner vergangene Woche wegen Wahlbetrugs schuldig gesprochen und aufgelöst. Regierungschef Somchai Wongasawat musste zurücktreten.Dutzende ranghohe Vertreter der Parteien wurden für fünf Jahre aus politischen Ämtern verbannt. Deshalb sind nicht alle 480 Sitze im Parlament mehr besetzt.Die Mitglieder der aufgelösten PPP hatten eine neue Partei gegründet, stießen jedoch auf Schwierigkeiten, die alte Koalition zusammenzuhalten. Die PAD hat neue Proteste angedroht, sollte aus dem Kreis der alten Koalition ein neuer Regierungschef gewählt werden.Die PAD kämpft seit drei Jahren gegen den früheren Regierungschef Thaksin Shinawatra und dessen Verbündete. Ihre Protestaktionen führten im September 2006 zum Militärputsch gegen Thaksin. Sie warfen dem Regierungschef Korruption und Vetternwirtschaft vor sowie anti-monarchistische Republikbestrebungen. Der König wird in Thailand tief verehrt und gilt als höchste moralische Autorität im Land.Bei der Rückkehr zur Demokratie wählten die Thailänder jedoch wieder mehrheitlich eine Partei, die von engen Thaksin-Vertrauten gegründet worden war. Die PAD warf ihr vor, die Rückkehr Thaksins an die Macht vorzubereiten. Thaksin wurde wegen Amtsmissbrauchs zu zwei Jahren Haft verurteilt. Er lebt im Exil. (dpa)
|
de
|
Nach dem Verbot der thailändischen Regierungspartei „People's Power Party“ (Phak Palang Prachachon, PPP) und dem durch ein Urteil des Verfassungsgerichts erzwungenen Rücktritt des letzten Ministerpräsidenten Somchai Wongsawat werden die Karten für die künftige Machtverteilung auf parlamentarischer Ebene in Thailand offenbar neu gemischt.
Die größte im Parlament vertretene Oppositionspartei, die Demokratische Partei, (nicht identisch mit der außerparlamentarischen Sammlungsbewegung PAD, „People's Alliance for Democracy“, wie die Nachrichtenagentur Reuters dies in einer Meldung von gestern verbreitete) überraschte die Öffentlichkeit heute mit der Aussage, sie habe genügend Unterstützer im Parlament hinter sich gebracht um einen eigenen Kandidaten erfolgreich für das Amt des Ministerpräsidenten ins Rennen zu schicken. Die Partei beantragte heute die Einberufung einer Sondersitzung des Parlaments für einen solchen Wahlgang.
Die Nachfolgepartei der verbotenen PPP des abgesetzten letzten Ministerpräsidenten „Puea Thai“ („Für Thais“), die eine Nachfolgepartei der ebenfalls per Gerichtsbeschluss verbotenen Thai Rak Thai des durch das Militär 2006 entmachteten Ministerpräsidenten Thaksin Shinawatra ist, erklärte ihrerseits, sie besitze eine ausreichende Mehrheit um ebenfalls einen eigenen Kandidaten zum neuen Ministerpräsidenten wählen zu lassen. Die Puea Thai stellt mit Chaovarat Chanweerakul den zurzeit amtierenden Ministerpräsidenten.
Die Unklarheiten bezüglich der vorhandenen Mehrheitsverhältnisse erklären sich zum Teil daraus, dass ein Teil der Parlamentssitze der durch das Verfassungsgerichtsurteil verbotenen Parteien nicht mehr zur Verfügung steht. Über 100 führenden Funktionären der PPP, darunter auch eine größere Zahl von Parlamentsabgeordneten, war durch das Verfassungsgerichtsurteil ein fünfjähriges Betätigungsverbot auferlegt worden.
Nach den Erklärungen der Demokratischen Partei stützt sich ihre Mehrheit auf Abgeordnete der ehemaligen Koalitionspartner der verbotenen PPP sowie auf übergelaufene Anhänger der PPP selbst. Unter Berufung auf Quellen innerhalb der Demokratischen Partei kann sich die Partei laut Bangkok Post bei einem Wahlgang auf eine Mehrheit zwischen 257 und 263 Stimmen stützen. Die Demokratische Partei selbst verfügt über 165 eigene Sitze im Parlament, das ursprünglich insgesamt 438 Sitze hatte. Politische Beobachter rechnen allgemein damit, dass der Vorsitzende der Demokratischen Partei, Abhisit Vejjajiva, für die Opposition als Kandidat für die Ministerpräsidentenwahl antreten wird.
|
en
|
Obama and Romney fight to claim mantle of 'change'
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play.
US President Barack Obama has returned to the campaign trail and to his 2008 theme of change, with five days to go until the US election.
The Democratic incumbent is campaigning in three key election states, while his Republican rival Mitt Romney held rallies in Virginia.
Mr Obama told voters not to be fooled by his challenger, who has been trying to seize the mantle of change.
The election is neck and neck, both nationally and in key state contests.
Both candidates await the latest unemployment figures on Friday. Last month's report showed the US jobless rate falling below 8% for the first time in several years.
Mr Obama held off campaigning for three days this week as he directed the federal response to the super-storm Sandy. Mr Romney had also amended his schedule and toned down his attack on the president.
'More bureaucracy'
The cyclone has left serious flooding and massive power outages along the US East Coast.
Mr Obama began his day at an airport tarmac in Wisconsin, telling a crowd that he knows "what change looks like because I've fought for it".
He warned the former Massachusetts governor would reduce regulations for banks and cut taxes for the wealthiest Americans.
"Governor Romney has been using all his talents as a salesman to dress up these very same policies that failed our country so badly - the very same policies we've been cleaning up after for the past four years - and he is offering them up as change," Mr Obama said.
The Romney campaign has released a new ad attacking the president for proposing the creation of a secretary of business post to co-ordinate the response to the nation's economic woes.
The TV ad, released on Thursday, argued that Mr Obama's solution simply amounted to more bureaucracy.
"We've said all along this election is a choice between the status quo and real change - change that offers promise that the future will be better than the past," campaign spokeswoman Amanda Henneberg said in a statement.
Continue reading the main story “ Start Quote Mayor Bloomberg might make a difference” End Quote
In Roanoke, Virginia, Mr Romney reiterated his argument that he was the candidate of change.
"We've seen what his [President Obama's] policies have produced - the only way to get this economy going is the kind of bold change I've described, real change from day one," he told supporters at a window company.
"That'll get this economy going, create jobs, rising take-home pay. We'll have a very different future when I get elected."
The former Massachusetts governor has also resumed attacks on Mr Obama's signature healthcare reform law.
Bloomberg's endorsement
Mr Obama is continuing on to campaign stops in Colorado and Nevada before flying to Ohio, where he will spend the day on Friday. Mr Romney will campaign throughout Wisconsin and Ohio on Friday.
On Thursday, Mr Obama received the endorsement of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a former Republican and now independent.
He cited the president's policies related to climate change, especially in the wake of heavy flooding in his city from Sandy.
Mayor Bloomberg also argued that Mr Romney had "reversed course" on "sensible positions on immigration, illegal guns, abortion rights and health care".
In response, Mr Obama released a statement: "While we may not agree on every issue, Mayor Bloomberg and I agree on the most important issues of our time."
In the wake of the storm, state election officials are ordering generators, moving voting locations and figuring out how to transport poll workers.
But the outcome of the contest is not expected to be affected by Sandy, as the states with the most damage are all but decided for Mr Obama.
On Thursday, Mr Romney announced he would make a stop in Pennsylvania on Sunday, a state he had not previously campaigned in.
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play.
Polls suggest the Republican is still behind in the north-eastern state, but Mr Obama's lead has shrunk there.
A senior campaign aide told Reuters news agency that Ann Romney believed conditions were more favourable for her husband in Pennsylvania, as she campaigned there recently on his behalf.
Mrs Romney made several stops in Ohio on Thursday, while Mr Romney's running mate, Paul Ryan, campaigned in Nevada.
Vice-President Joe Biden visited Iowa, while Michelle Obama campaigned in Florida and former President Bill Clinton made stops in both Wisconsin and Ohio.
The BBC will be providing full online live results of the US presidential election on 6 November. More details here
|
en
|
Incumbent U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney have returned to campaigning after taking time out due to .
On Wednesday, Obama visited New Jersey, meeting with Governor in Atlantic City, and spoke to victims of the storm at a community center in Brigantine. Obama earned the praise of the Republican governor who said "Obama had sprung into action immediately". The President's reaction to the storm also earned him positive polling, with a / survey saying 8 out of 10 respondents thought Obama had responded in a "good" or "excellent" manner to the storm.
After restarting the campaign, Obama has campaigned in Wisconsin where he has attacked Romney's proposed policies as being the same as those of . "Governor Romney has been using all his talents as a salesman to dress up these very same policies that failed our country so badly - the very same policies we've been cleaning up after for the past four years - and he is offering them up as change." said the President.
Yesterday, the independent mayor of gave his endorsement to Obama. With several areas of affected by flooding from , the former mayor said Obama's stance on climate change factored in his decision. Writing an editorial for View, the mayor asserted: "Our climate is changing. And while the increase in extreme weather we have experienced in New York City and around the world may or may not be the result of it, the risk that it may be — given the devastation it is wreaking — should be enough to compel all elected leaders to take immediate action."
Bloomberg said Obama had taken action to deal with climate change; has proposed measures to reduce emissions from cars and power plants. Bloomberg explained he could not support Romney as the Republican challenger had changed his position on several issues. "In the past he has taken sensible positions on immigration, illegal guns, abortion rights and health care – but he has reversed course on all of them, and is even running against the very health care model he signed into law in Massachusetts," said Bloomberg.
Bloomberg did however have some criticism of Obama. He said that Obama had "engaged in partisan attacks and has embraced a divisive populist agenda focused more on redistributing income than creating it." Responding in a statement, Obama said he was "honored to have Mayor Bloomberg’s endorsement".
Romney spoke at an event in the city of , , criticising Obama's proposal to create a cabinet-level position for business development. In his speech in Virginia, Romney stated: "I don't think adding a new chair in his cabinet will help add millions of jobs on Main Street. We don’t need a secretary of business to understand business. We need a president who understands business and I do." Romney also launched a TV advert which stated that the idea represents a broader failing of the Obama presidency by suggesting that Obama's "solution to everything is to add another bureaucrat."
After speaking in Roanoke, Romney spoke in , Virginia. His speech was interrupted by a protester who shouted "Climate change caused Sandy! Let's get real!"
Romney plans to make a last-minute campaign stop in on Sunday.
, the presidential candidate for the Green Party of the United States, was arrested on Wednesday in in east for misdemeanor criminal trespassing while trying to bring food and confectionery to environmental protesters who have been camping in trees for over a month to protest the construction of the pipeline. Stein has been released pending a court date.
|
en
|
WASHINGTON — The two presidential campaigns roared back to life on Thursday, ending a storm-imposed hiatus with urgent closing arguments and a flurry of cross-country rallies as Mitt Romney raced to overtake President Obama in the election’s final 100 hours.
Mr. Obama enters the last stretch with a slight and consistent — but in some cases, shrinking — edge over Mr. Romney, his Republican rival, in polling from most of the 10 swing states where the campaigns are waging fierce and costly battles with television ads and armies of supporters.
The president returned to the trail Thursday amid a series of high-profile events this week that helped bolster his claims of bipartisan appeal. He received endorsements from Colin L. Powell, the former secretary of state, and Michael R. Bloomberg, the independent mayor of New York City. And on Wednesday, the president stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Chris Christie, the Republican governor of New Jersey, as the two toured the state’s devastated coastal communities.
But Mr. Romney’s withering, yearlong critique of the president’s economic stewardship has brought him to a virtual tie in national surveys. His campaign hopes that continued attacks combined with a renewed, bipartisan appeal to moderate and independent voters will help him overcome the president’s state-by-state organization.
|
en
|
Incumbent U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney have returned to campaigning after taking time out due to .
On Wednesday, Obama visited New Jersey, meeting with Governor in Atlantic City, and spoke to victims of the storm at a community center in Brigantine. Obama earned the praise of the Republican governor who said "Obama had sprung into action immediately". The President's reaction to the storm also earned him positive polling, with a / survey saying 8 out of 10 respondents thought Obama had responded in a "good" or "excellent" manner to the storm.
After restarting the campaign, Obama has campaigned in Wisconsin where he has attacked Romney's proposed policies as being the same as those of . "Governor Romney has been using all his talents as a salesman to dress up these very same policies that failed our country so badly - the very same policies we've been cleaning up after for the past four years - and he is offering them up as change." said the President.
Yesterday, the independent mayor of gave his endorsement to Obama. With several areas of affected by flooding from , the former mayor said Obama's stance on climate change factored in his decision. Writing an editorial for View, the mayor asserted: "Our climate is changing. And while the increase in extreme weather we have experienced in New York City and around the world may or may not be the result of it, the risk that it may be — given the devastation it is wreaking — should be enough to compel all elected leaders to take immediate action."
Bloomberg said Obama had taken action to deal with climate change; has proposed measures to reduce emissions from cars and power plants. Bloomberg explained he could not support Romney as the Republican challenger had changed his position on several issues. "In the past he has taken sensible positions on immigration, illegal guns, abortion rights and health care – but he has reversed course on all of them, and is even running against the very health care model he signed into law in Massachusetts," said Bloomberg.
Bloomberg did however have some criticism of Obama. He said that Obama had "engaged in partisan attacks and has embraced a divisive populist agenda focused more on redistributing income than creating it." Responding in a statement, Obama said he was "honored to have Mayor Bloomberg’s endorsement".
Romney spoke at an event in the city of , , criticising Obama's proposal to create a cabinet-level position for business development. In his speech in Virginia, Romney stated: "I don't think adding a new chair in his cabinet will help add millions of jobs on Main Street. We don’t need a secretary of business to understand business. We need a president who understands business and I do." Romney also launched a TV advert which stated that the idea represents a broader failing of the Obama presidency by suggesting that Obama's "solution to everything is to add another bureaucrat."
After speaking in Roanoke, Romney spoke in , Virginia. His speech was interrupted by a protester who shouted "Climate change caused Sandy! Let's get real!"
Romney plans to make a last-minute campaign stop in on Sunday.
, the presidential candidate for the Green Party of the United States, was arrested on Wednesday in in east for misdemeanor criminal trespassing while trying to bring food and confectionery to environmental protesters who have been camping in trees for over a month to protest the construction of the pipeline. Stein has been released pending a court date.
|
en
|
Postrology
The more excitable side of your nature will come to the fore today as Venus in your sign links with Pluto. If you feel the need to get emotional then allow it to happen. Some feelings are better left to run free than kept bottled up inside.
|
en
|
Incumbent U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney have returned to campaigning after taking time out due to .
On Wednesday, Obama visited New Jersey, meeting with Governor in Atlantic City, and spoke to victims of the storm at a community center in Brigantine. Obama earned the praise of the Republican governor who said "Obama had sprung into action immediately". The President's reaction to the storm also earned him positive polling, with a / survey saying 8 out of 10 respondents thought Obama had responded in a "good" or "excellent" manner to the storm.
After restarting the campaign, Obama has campaigned in Wisconsin where he has attacked Romney's proposed policies as being the same as those of . "Governor Romney has been using all his talents as a salesman to dress up these very same policies that failed our country so badly - the very same policies we've been cleaning up after for the past four years - and he is offering them up as change." said the President.
Yesterday, the independent mayor of gave his endorsement to Obama. With several areas of affected by flooding from , the former mayor said Obama's stance on climate change factored in his decision. Writing an editorial for View, the mayor asserted: "Our climate is changing. And while the increase in extreme weather we have experienced in New York City and around the world may or may not be the result of it, the risk that it may be — given the devastation it is wreaking — should be enough to compel all elected leaders to take immediate action."
Bloomberg said Obama had taken action to deal with climate change; has proposed measures to reduce emissions from cars and power plants. Bloomberg explained he could not support Romney as the Republican challenger had changed his position on several issues. "In the past he has taken sensible positions on immigration, illegal guns, abortion rights and health care – but he has reversed course on all of them, and is even running against the very health care model he signed into law in Massachusetts," said Bloomberg.
Bloomberg did however have some criticism of Obama. He said that Obama had "engaged in partisan attacks and has embraced a divisive populist agenda focused more on redistributing income than creating it." Responding in a statement, Obama said he was "honored to have Mayor Bloomberg’s endorsement".
Romney spoke at an event in the city of , , criticising Obama's proposal to create a cabinet-level position for business development. In his speech in Virginia, Romney stated: "I don't think adding a new chair in his cabinet will help add millions of jobs on Main Street. We don’t need a secretary of business to understand business. We need a president who understands business and I do." Romney also launched a TV advert which stated that the idea represents a broader failing of the Obama presidency by suggesting that Obama's "solution to everything is to add another bureaucrat."
After speaking in Roanoke, Romney spoke in , Virginia. His speech was interrupted by a protester who shouted "Climate change caused Sandy! Let's get real!"
Romney plans to make a last-minute campaign stop in on Sunday.
, the presidential candidate for the Green Party of the United States, was arrested on Wednesday in in east for misdemeanor criminal trespassing while trying to bring food and confectionery to environmental protesters who have been camping in trees for over a month to protest the construction of the pipeline. Stein has been released pending a court date.
|
en
|
WASHINGTON — President Obama toured the storm-tossed boardwalks of New Jersey’s ravaged coastline on Wednesday, in a vivid display of big-government muscle and bipartisan harmony that confronted Mitt Romney with a vexing challenge just as he returned to the campaign trail in Florida.
The scene of Mr. Obama greeting his onetime political antagonist Gov. Chris Christie in Atlantic City was a striking departure from what has become an increasingly bitter campaign, marked by sharp divisions between Mr. Romney’s more limited view of the federal role and Mr. Obama’s more expansive vision. The president placed a hand on Mr. Christie’s back and guided him to Marine One, where the two men shared a grim flight over shattered sea walls, burning houses and a submerged roller coaster.
Speaking to storm victims at a community center in the hard-hit town of Brigantine, Mr. Obama said, “We are going to be here for the long haul.” Mr. Christie thanked the president for his visit, saying, “It’s really important to have the president of the United States acknowledge all the suffering that’s going on here in New Jersey.”
|
en
|
Incumbent U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney have returned to campaigning after taking time out due to .
On Wednesday, Obama visited New Jersey, meeting with Governor in Atlantic City, and spoke to victims of the storm at a community center in Brigantine. Obama earned the praise of the Republican governor who said "Obama had sprung into action immediately". The President's reaction to the storm also earned him positive polling, with a / survey saying 8 out of 10 respondents thought Obama had responded in a "good" or "excellent" manner to the storm.
After restarting the campaign, Obama has campaigned in Wisconsin where he has attacked Romney's proposed policies as being the same as those of . "Governor Romney has been using all his talents as a salesman to dress up these very same policies that failed our country so badly - the very same policies we've been cleaning up after for the past four years - and he is offering them up as change." said the President.
Yesterday, the independent mayor of gave his endorsement to Obama. With several areas of affected by flooding from , the former mayor said Obama's stance on climate change factored in his decision. Writing an editorial for View, the mayor asserted: "Our climate is changing. And while the increase in extreme weather we have experienced in New York City and around the world may or may not be the result of it, the risk that it may be — given the devastation it is wreaking — should be enough to compel all elected leaders to take immediate action."
Bloomberg said Obama had taken action to deal with climate change; has proposed measures to reduce emissions from cars and power plants. Bloomberg explained he could not support Romney as the Republican challenger had changed his position on several issues. "In the past he has taken sensible positions on immigration, illegal guns, abortion rights and health care – but he has reversed course on all of them, and is even running against the very health care model he signed into law in Massachusetts," said Bloomberg.
Bloomberg did however have some criticism of Obama. He said that Obama had "engaged in partisan attacks and has embraced a divisive populist agenda focused more on redistributing income than creating it." Responding in a statement, Obama said he was "honored to have Mayor Bloomberg’s endorsement".
Romney spoke at an event in the city of , , criticising Obama's proposal to create a cabinet-level position for business development. In his speech in Virginia, Romney stated: "I don't think adding a new chair in his cabinet will help add millions of jobs on Main Street. We don’t need a secretary of business to understand business. We need a president who understands business and I do." Romney also launched a TV advert which stated that the idea represents a broader failing of the Obama presidency by suggesting that Obama's "solution to everything is to add another bureaucrat."
After speaking in Roanoke, Romney spoke in , Virginia. His speech was interrupted by a protester who shouted "Climate change caused Sandy! Let's get real!"
Romney plans to make a last-minute campaign stop in on Sunday.
, the presidential candidate for the Green Party of the United States, was arrested on Wednesday in in east for misdemeanor criminal trespassing while trying to bring food and confectionery to environmental protesters who have been camping in trees for over a month to protest the construction of the pipeline. Stein has been released pending a court date.
|
en
|
Protect Your Information
You're already using https to browse Facebook more securely, but some content may still not be 100% secure. Turn on secure browsing to increase your account protection and avoid getting security warnings.
|
en
|
Incumbent U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney have returned to campaigning after taking time out due to .
On Wednesday, Obama visited New Jersey, meeting with Governor in Atlantic City, and spoke to victims of the storm at a community center in Brigantine. Obama earned the praise of the Republican governor who said "Obama had sprung into action immediately". The President's reaction to the storm also earned him positive polling, with a / survey saying 8 out of 10 respondents thought Obama had responded in a "good" or "excellent" manner to the storm.
After restarting the campaign, Obama has campaigned in Wisconsin where he has attacked Romney's proposed policies as being the same as those of . "Governor Romney has been using all his talents as a salesman to dress up these very same policies that failed our country so badly - the very same policies we've been cleaning up after for the past four years - and he is offering them up as change." said the President.
Yesterday, the independent mayor of gave his endorsement to Obama. With several areas of affected by flooding from , the former mayor said Obama's stance on climate change factored in his decision. Writing an editorial for View, the mayor asserted: "Our climate is changing. And while the increase in extreme weather we have experienced in New York City and around the world may or may not be the result of it, the risk that it may be — given the devastation it is wreaking — should be enough to compel all elected leaders to take immediate action."
Bloomberg said Obama had taken action to deal with climate change; has proposed measures to reduce emissions from cars and power plants. Bloomberg explained he could not support Romney as the Republican challenger had changed his position on several issues. "In the past he has taken sensible positions on immigration, illegal guns, abortion rights and health care – but he has reversed course on all of them, and is even running against the very health care model he signed into law in Massachusetts," said Bloomberg.
Bloomberg did however have some criticism of Obama. He said that Obama had "engaged in partisan attacks and has embraced a divisive populist agenda focused more on redistributing income than creating it." Responding in a statement, Obama said he was "honored to have Mayor Bloomberg’s endorsement".
Romney spoke at an event in the city of , , criticising Obama's proposal to create a cabinet-level position for business development. In his speech in Virginia, Romney stated: "I don't think adding a new chair in his cabinet will help add millions of jobs on Main Street. We don’t need a secretary of business to understand business. We need a president who understands business and I do." Romney also launched a TV advert which stated that the idea represents a broader failing of the Obama presidency by suggesting that Obama's "solution to everything is to add another bureaucrat."
After speaking in Roanoke, Romney spoke in , Virginia. His speech was interrupted by a protester who shouted "Climate change caused Sandy! Let's get real!"
Romney plans to make a last-minute campaign stop in on Sunday.
, the presidential candidate for the Green Party of the United States, was arrested on Wednesday in in east for misdemeanor criminal trespassing while trying to bring food and confectionery to environmental protesters who have been camping in trees for over a month to protest the construction of the pipeline. Stein has been released pending a court date.
|
en
|
Green Party presidential hopeful arrested in pipeline protest
Ty Oaks, a corrections officer at the Wood County jail, said Stein, 62, was released after she promised to return to appear in court on the trespass charge. Oaks did not know when Stein's court date would be.
(Reuters) - Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein was arrested in Texas on Wednesday for criminal trespass when she tried to bring food and other supplies to protesters opposed to the Keystone XL pipeline, a local official said.
Calls to the Green Party, an environment-oriented left-leaning party, requesting comment on Stein's arrest were not immediately returned.
The proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which would ship oil from Canada to the Texas Gulf Coast, is opposed by activists on environmental and other grounds.
Some opponents have been conducting a month-long sit-in on land in Wood County cleared for the pipeline, in an effort to block construction. Several people who visited the anti-pipeline protesters in recent weeks, including the actress Daryl Hannah, have been arrested for trespassing.
Stein, in a statement on her website, called the protest in Wood County "the front line of the climate crisis today." She said she was willing to be arrested "in order to show solidarity with this blockade."
(Reporting by James B. Kelleher; Editing by Cynthia Johnston and Todd Eastham)
|
en
|
Incumbent U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney have returned to campaigning after taking time out due to .
On Wednesday, Obama visited New Jersey, meeting with Governor in Atlantic City, and spoke to victims of the storm at a community center in Brigantine. Obama earned the praise of the Republican governor who said "Obama had sprung into action immediately". The President's reaction to the storm also earned him positive polling, with a / survey saying 8 out of 10 respondents thought Obama had responded in a "good" or "excellent" manner to the storm.
After restarting the campaign, Obama has campaigned in Wisconsin where he has attacked Romney's proposed policies as being the same as those of . "Governor Romney has been using all his talents as a salesman to dress up these very same policies that failed our country so badly - the very same policies we've been cleaning up after for the past four years - and he is offering them up as change." said the President.
Yesterday, the independent mayor of gave his endorsement to Obama. With several areas of affected by flooding from , the former mayor said Obama's stance on climate change factored in his decision. Writing an editorial for View, the mayor asserted: "Our climate is changing. And while the increase in extreme weather we have experienced in New York City and around the world may or may not be the result of it, the risk that it may be — given the devastation it is wreaking — should be enough to compel all elected leaders to take immediate action."
Bloomberg said Obama had taken action to deal with climate change; has proposed measures to reduce emissions from cars and power plants. Bloomberg explained he could not support Romney as the Republican challenger had changed his position on several issues. "In the past he has taken sensible positions on immigration, illegal guns, abortion rights and health care – but he has reversed course on all of them, and is even running against the very health care model he signed into law in Massachusetts," said Bloomberg.
Bloomberg did however have some criticism of Obama. He said that Obama had "engaged in partisan attacks and has embraced a divisive populist agenda focused more on redistributing income than creating it." Responding in a statement, Obama said he was "honored to have Mayor Bloomberg’s endorsement".
Romney spoke at an event in the city of , , criticising Obama's proposal to create a cabinet-level position for business development. In his speech in Virginia, Romney stated: "I don't think adding a new chair in his cabinet will help add millions of jobs on Main Street. We don’t need a secretary of business to understand business. We need a president who understands business and I do." Romney also launched a TV advert which stated that the idea represents a broader failing of the Obama presidency by suggesting that Obama's "solution to everything is to add another bureaucrat."
After speaking in Roanoke, Romney spoke in , Virginia. His speech was interrupted by a protester who shouted "Climate change caused Sandy! Let's get real!"
Romney plans to make a last-minute campaign stop in on Sunday.
, the presidential candidate for the Green Party of the United States, was arrested on Wednesday in in east for misdemeanor criminal trespassing while trying to bring food and confectionery to environmental protesters who have been camping in trees for over a month to protest the construction of the pipeline. Stein has been released pending a court date.
|
en
|
Earns Rs.47 crore carbon credits for reducing greenhouse gas emissions
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has been certified by the United Nations as the first metro rail and rail-based system in the world to get “carbon credits for reducing greenhouse gas emissions” and helping in reducing pollution levels in the city by 6.3 lakh tonne every year. With this certification, the Delhi Metro has earned carbon credits worth about Rs.47 crore annually for the next seven years and with the increase in number of passengers, this figure will only increase.
About 18 lakh people travel by the metro rail which is completely non-polluting and environment-friendly. But for the metro, these people would have travelled by cars, buses, two or three-wheelers which would have resulted in emission of greenhouse gases.
Thus, the DMRC has helped in reduction in emission of harmful gases into the atmosphere and the United Nations-body administering the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) under the Kyoto Protocol has certified that DMRC has reduced emissions.
According to the DMRC, no other metro in the world could get the carbon credit because of stringent requirement of the United Nations-body to provide conclusive documentary proof of reduction in emissions. It is difficult to give documentary proof of the difference of energy consumption of two scenarios -- “with metro and without metro”.
The Delhi Metro proposed an innovative method of proving the emissions using sampling techniques. After rigorous persuasion, the UN-body has finally agreed with this technique as it is scientific in nature.
The Delhi Metro has helped in “removing over 91,000 vehicles from the roads in the city daily”. During the past two decades, the city has had an exponential growth in the vehicular population having more vehicles than the combined number in the other three metropolitan cities of Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata. More than 90 per cent of vehicles circulating are personal. In the absence of the project, passengers move from their trip origination to their destination by buses, taxis, cars, motorised rickshaws and by non-motorised transport. In the business-as-usual scenario, the modes of transport would continue to operate and transport passengers from their trip origin to their trip destination.
With the construction and operation of the Delhi Metro, the metro complements other modes of transport and replaces partially trips made by conventional or traditional means of transit.
The CDM project replaces trips made by conventional transport modes with metro, being a more efficient, faster, safer and more reliable transport means.
Emission reductions are achieved through reducing GHG emissions per passenger-kilometre, comparing conventional modes of transport with metro.
The resource efficiency of transporting passengers in Delhi by metro has improved emissions per passenger kilometre are reduced compared to the situation had the Delhi Metro not operated.
|
en
|
One of the new technologically advanced, Bombardier-made trains.
The UN has certified that the Delhi has aided in the reduction of , earning 'carbon credits'. This makes the Delhi Metro the first of its kind in the world to do so.
This comes under the (CDM) of the UN under the . The UN said the rail based system has helped to save 630,000 tonnes of a year. The credits to the (DMRC) are worth $9.5 million for each of the next seven years. More credits would be given for more passengers on the system.
The credits are designed as a financial incentive for to reduce greenhouse emissions.
The Delhi Metro was started in 2002. According to the DMRC, it has reduced road traffic by more than 91,000 vehicles per day.
|
pl
|
2,8 mld USD w samych Stanach Zjednoczonych zostanie w tym roku zrabowane przez oszustów internetowych podszywających się pod zaufane instytucje, jak banki, wynika z najnowszego raportu Gartnera.
Internet Standard Informacja powyższa została również zamieszczona w serwisie: Computerworld
mówi Avivah Litan z Gartnera. Jeśli już im się uda, kradną pięć razy więcej niż w zeszłym roku.Średnia strata w tegorocznych atakach wynosi 1244 USD, w stosunku do 256 USD rok wcześniej. Gartner przewiduje, że wszystkie straty finansowe związane z phishingiem osiągną w tym roku wartość 2,8 mld USD.Ataki są coraz sprytniejsze, w związku z czym trudniej odzyskać pieniądze. W roku 2005 udało się to 80% ofiar, w tym roku już tylko 54% ofiar zdoła odzyskać utracone pieniądze. Garnter przewiduje, że 3,5 mln Amerykanów udostępni swoje poufne dane phisherom, w ubiegłym roku liczbę ofiar szacowano na 1,9 mln.Chociaż niedawno ukazały się nowe wersje przeglądarek - Internet Explorer 7 i Mozilla Firefox 2.0 - zawierające wbudowane rozwiązania antyphishingowe, to zdaniem Gartnera niewiele polepszy to sytuację internautów.mówi Avivah Litan.Filtry antyphishingowe nie działają, ponieważ oszuści bardzo często zmieniają adresy fałszywych stron WWW. Jeszcze rok temu, witryna przygotowana przez phisherów była obecna w sieci przez tydzień, teraz taki serwis znajduje się w Sieci zaledwie kilka godzin. W przyszłości ten czas może się skrócić jeszcze bardziej.Ekspert zajmujący się phishingiem, Paul Laudanski zgadza się, że ataków phishingowych jest coraz więcej. Jego zdaniem, dużą odpowiedzialność ponoszą dostawcy internetu oszukiwania przez przestępców, którzy nie robią wszystkiego co w ich mocy, aby łapać phisherów.Phishing to technika, która polega na podszywaniu się pod zaufaną instytucję, np. bank internetowy. Użytkownik, wchodzi na stronę, do złudzenia przypominającą stronę banku, i pozostawia tam swój login i hasło. Dzięki temu przestępcy uzyskują dostęp do konta bankowego nieświadomego użytkownika.
|
pl
|
Phishing rośnie w siłę - wynika z raportu Gartnera. W tym roku średnia strata w wyniku ataków tego typu wynosi 1244 $. Dla porównania rok temu było to 256 dolarów. Raport przewiduje, że w tym roku w samych Stanach Zjednoczonych zostanie zrabowanych 2,8 miliona dolarów, a swoje dane udostępni 3,5 mln Amerykanów.
Coraz mniej ludzi daje się nabrać na phishing, ale oszustom udaje się wykraść więcej pieniędzy. Oszustwa są też o wiele sprytniejsze i trudniej odzyskać pieniądze. W zeszłym roku udało się to 80% internautów, ale tylko 54% odzyskało całość zrabowanych sum. W zeszłym roku witryny phishingowe istniały w sieci średnio ok. tygodnia. Teraz czas ten skrócono do kilku godzin.
Mimo iż pojawiają się nowe wersje przeglądarek internetowych z wbudowaną ochroną przed Phishingiem (np. Firefox 2.0, Internet Explorer 7), według Gartnera niewiele to pomoże. Specjalista od phishingu, Paul Laudanski, zgadza się z raportem.
|
en
|
Nov. 30: President Bush vigorously defended his war strategy, refusing to set a timetable for U.S. troop withdrawals and asserting Iraqi troops are proving increasingly capable. NBC's David Gregory reports.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - President Bush, facing growing doubts about his war strategy, said Wednesday that Iraqi troops are increasingly taking the lead in battle but that “this will take time and patience.” He refused to set a timetable for withdrawing U.S. forces.
Bush said the U.S. military presence in Iraq is set to change, by making fewer patrols and convoys, moving out of Iraqi cities and focusing more on specialized operations aimed at high-value terrorist targets.
“As Iraqi forces gain experience and the political process advances, we will be able to decrease our troop level in Iraq without losing our capability to defeat the terrorists,” Bush told a supportive audience at the U.S. Naval Academy. “These decisions about troop levels will be driven by the conditions on the ground in Iraq and the good judgment of our commanders, not by artificial timetables set by politicians in Washington.”
Story continues below ↓ advertisement advertisement
Bush’s emphasis on the readiness of Iraqi security forces came at a time when continued violence in Iraq and the death of more than 2,000 U.S. troops have contributed to a sharp drop in the president’s popularity.
‘Tired rhetoric’
Even before Bush finished speaking, Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid issued a statement claiming that Bush “recycled his tired rhetoric of ‘stay the course’ and once again missed an opportunity to lay out a real strategy for success in Iraq that will bring our troops safely home.”
House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi embraced a call by a prominent defense hawk in her party to immediately begin a withdrawal. Two weeks ago, Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., set off a firestorm when he said a complete pullout should be achieved in six months.
“The status quo is not working,” Pelosi said Wednesday.
“There needs to be a full-court press of information available” to Congress and the public, agreed Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee.
With lawmakers and others calling for a more sober assessment of the situation in Iraq, Bush acknowledged setbacks in the training of Iraqi forces. He recalled a time when Iraqi soldiers ran from battle, and said the United States has made several changes reflecting lessons learned from early mistakes in how Iraqis were trained.
NBC VIDEO • How ready are Iraqi troops?
Nov. 30: President Bush says Iraqi troops are progressing, but how ready are the Iraqis to go it alone if they had to? NBC's Jim Miklaszewski examines. Nightly News
“Some critics continue to assert that we have no plan in Iraq except to ‘stay the course,”’ Bush said. “If by ‘stay the course’ they mean we will not allow the terrorists to break our will, they’re right. If by ‘stay the course’ they mean we will not permit al-Qaida to turn Iraq into what Afghanistan was under the Taliban, a safe haven for terrorists and a launching pad for attacks on America, they’re right as well. If by ‘stay the course’ they mean that we’re not learning from our experience or adjusting our tactics to meet the challenges on the ground, then they’re flat wrong.”
He did not say that the terrorists now in Iraq had anything to do with the 2001 terror attacks in the United States, but he powerfully linked the two, saying they “share the same ideology.”
Bush said many Iraqi forces have made real gains over the past year.
“As the Iraqi forces grow more capable, they are increasingly taking the lead in the fight against the terrorists,” Bush said. “Our goal is to train enough Iraqi forces so they can carry the fight against the terrorists.”
Rate this story Low High
•
advertisement
|
fr
|
George W. Bush.
Bush indique les pré-requis nécessaires au retrait des troupes américaines d'Irak et rejette les demandes de calendrier.
Le président américain, George Bush, a indiqué sa volonté de retirer ses troupes d'Irak et précise les conditions préalables à un tel retrait dont l'entraînement des forces de sécurité irakiennes. Comme prévu, il n'a pas indiqué de calendrier de retrait alors que des leaders du Congrès en ont fait la demande expresse. Mercredi, dans un discourt aux cadets de l'Académie navale d'Annapolis (Maryland), le président a dit que .
Il considère cette demande de date butoir pour le retrait comme . Le président continue en indiquant que, .
|
fr
|
Nous attachons une grande importance à la protection de vos données personnelles. Pour que vous puissiez pleinement connaître et comprendre les droits dont vous jouissez, nous vous informons, dans un souci de respect du principe de transparence qui régit le traitement de vos données personnelles, que de nouvelles versions de la Politique de confidentialité et de la Politique d'utilisation des cookies et d'enregistrement automatique sont appliquées depuis le 24.03.2020.
Pour améliorer le fonctionnement de notre site, accroître la pertinence des contenus informationnels et optimiser le ciblage publicitaire, nous collectons des informations techniques anonymisées sur vous, notamment à l’aide d’outils de nos partenaires. Le processus de traitement des données personnelles est décrit en détail dans la Politique de confidentialité. Les technologies que nous mettons en œuvre pour ce faire sont décrites en détail dans la Politique d’utilisation des cookies et d’enregistrement automatique.
En cliquant sur "Accepter et fermer", vous acceptez que vos données personnelles soient utilisées dans les buts décrits ci-dessus.
Vous pourrez revenir sur votre choix et retirer votre consentement en utilisant n’importe quel autre moyen indiqué dans la Politique de confidentialité.
|
fr
|
Airbus A320
La police vérifie la version selon laquelle l'homme dont le corps a été découvert dans le puits du train d'atterrissage d'un Airbus A320 à Vladivostok, en Extrême-Orient russe, avait pénétré à bord de l'avion clandestinement, a confié lundi à une source policière locale.
Le corps d'un jeune homme non identifié a été découvert dimanche dans le logement du train d'atterrissage gauche au moment de la visite de l'airbus à l'aéroport de Vladivostok. L'avion venait d'effectuer le vol Irkoutsk-Khabarovsk-Vladivostok.
, a déclaré l'interlocuteur de l'agence.
Selon lui, avant de se rendre à Vladivostok, l'appareil avait effectué des vols vers Séoul et Pékin. , a affirmé la source au sein de la police de Vladivostok.
|
en
|
Roman Herzog had a difficult start to his presidency: The Federal Assembly, which convenes for the sole purpose of electing Germany's ceremonial head-of-state, only confirmed his election after three rounds of balloting.
Roman Herzog was sworn into office on July 1, 1994, succeeding two-term President Richard von Weizsäcker
Furthermore, he was only a second-choice candidate for the ruling Christian Democrats (CDU), who had originally wanted to send Saxony's Justice Minister Steffen Heitmann in. Heitmann was disqualified after making contentious remarks regarding the German role in the Holocaust.
Despite these initial difficulties, Herzog immediately started to turn the tables on those who opposed him.
"I will try my best to lead this administration in such a way that you will regret not having given me your vote," he said upon his election, setting the tone for his leadership.
Herzog is remembered for his speech, demanding for a reviving "jolt" to push through Germany during years of economic stagnation in the 1990s
Dedication to law and justice
Herzog was born in the Bavarian city of Landshut in 1934 and followed an academic career path at first. He joined the CDU in 1970, becoming an active politician three years later.
Herzog was later elected a judge at Germany's Constitutional Court, serving from 1983 to 1987. He was chief justice on the court's panel from 1987 to 1994, prior to becoming Germany's seventh president.
Roman Herzog is survived by his second wife, Alexandra; his first wife, Christiane Herzog (nee Krauss) died in 2000. The couple have two sons.
Reactions from Germany's political elite
Herzog's entire political career was devoted to ensuring the rule of law and the prevalence of justice in Germany, for which he was respected in Germany and beyond.
Incumbent German President Joachim Gauck paid tribute to Roman Herzog, saying he was a "distinctive personality" with "forward-looking courage."
"With expertise, wisdom and drawing on enormous experience of life, he stood up for our country and its free constitution," Gauck added.
Watch video 00:27 Gauck: Herzog was 'an outstanding representative of his country'
German Chancellor Angela Merkel meanwhile said that Germany had lost a "highly beloved former president," whose leadership had been epitomized by his "very own, inimitable style." Merkel added that Roman Herzog spoke openly, was "unpretentious, full of humor and didn't take himself too seriously."
The German Foreign Office meanwhile shared a statement by Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, saying that Herzog was a "great constitutionalist, politician and statesman."
Acceptance of Germany's guilt
Roman Herzog was venerated abroad, as he dared to squarely approach Germany's history during World War II. In 1994, he apologized for war crimes committed by Nazi Germany during a public ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the Warsaw uprising:
One of Roman Herzog's last major public appearances was for the funeral for his predecessor Richard von Weizsäcker in February 2015
"I ask for your forgiveness for all that was done to you by Germany," he said in Warsaw on August 1, 1994, attracting positive reactions from Poland and the rest of the world. Herzog continued to stress the importance of remembering Germany's history. Garnering support from all political parties, he established January 27 as Holocaust Memorial Day; the Auschwitz death camp had been liberated on this date in 1945.
Roman Herzog told DW in an interview in May 1999 that his and Germany's reputation abroad was of particular importance to him:
"I've always put a firm emphasis on that, and in most instances, I've managed to succeed," he said at the time. Herzog was known for making sober, to-the-point remarks but remained modest at heart throughout his presidency.
No beating around the bush
Herzog is most succinctly remembered for a speech he held on April 26, 1996, as Germany was suffering economic decline five years into its reunification:
Though born in Bavaria, Roman Herzog adopted many customs of the Rhineland, such as "Karneval" (pictured), where he was politician and state representative for many years
"Durch Deutschland muss ein Ruck gehen," he said, which roughly translated as "Germany needs a jolt to push through it," meaning a renewal of hope and self-reliance in the face of growing activity on the Asian markets at the time.
"We have to part with a certain level of affluence which we cherish and take for granted. Everyone has to make sacrifices," Herzog said, referring one by one to the economic downturn and general sense of depression at the time.
"Those who want to delay or prevent major reforms need to be aware that our nation will pay a high price for this."
Herzog served as Germany's president for a single term from 1994 to 1999. Upon leaving office, he remarked that there was no need for him to leave behind a legacy of note: "I'm merely retiring from office and not retiring from life," he said at the time.
|
de
|
Roman Herzog
Roman Herzog, der siebte Präsident von Deutschland, der von 1994 bis 1999 im Amt war, starb gestern, bestätigte der deutsche Bundespräsident Joachim Gauck.
Geboren am 5. April 1934 in Landshut, Bayern, studierte Herzog an der Universität München Rechtswissenschaften. Sein Vater arbeitete in einer Schnupftabakfabrik. Herzog trat 1970 der Christlich Demokratischen Union (CDU) bei.
Herzog wurde 1973 vom Ministerpräsidenten von Rheinland-Pfalz zum Staatssekretär ernannt. Ab 1983 diente er als Richter im Bundesverfassungsgericht. Er wurde 1987 zum obersten Richter dieses Bundesgerichts befördert.
Vier Jahre nach der Wiedervereinigung Deutschlands wurde Herzog 1994 zum Präsidenten des Landes gewählt, obwohl er der zweite Wahlkandidat der CDU war. Nach der Wahl sagte Herzog: „Ich werde mein Bestes geben, diese Verwaltung so zu führen, dass Sie es nicht bereuen werden, mir nicht Ihr Votum gegeben zu haben.“ Herzog erkannte, dass sich die deutsche Reformation nach der Wiedervereinigung verzögerte. Deutschland stand in den 1990er Jahren mit Wirtschaftskrisen konfrontiert. Der Präsident sagte: „Der Pessimismus ist in unserem Land eine normale Denkweise geworden. Wer große Reformen verzögern oder verhindern will, muss sich bewusst sein, dass unsere Nation dafür einen hohen Preis zahlen wird.“ Im Jahre 1994 besuchte Herzog Polen zum 50. Jahrestag des Warschauer Aufstandes. Am 1. August 1994 suchte er Vergebung des polnischen Volkes in Warschau und sagte: „Ich bitte um Vergebung für alles, was Ihnen von Deutschland angetan wurde“. Herzog erklärte den 27. Januar zum jährlichen Gedenktag für die Opfer des Nazi-Holocausts. Am 27. Januar 1945 wurde das Todeslager in Auschwitz befreit. Herzog wird nach der Wirtschaftskrise und der Reformation die Verbesserung Deutschlands gutgeschrieben. Am 1. April 1998 sagte er, „durch Deutschland muss ein Ruck gehen“, als die deutsche Wirtschaft zum Erliegen kam.
Johannes Rau folgte 1999 Herzog. Im Ruhestand sagte Herzog: „Ich bin nur im Ruhestand aus dem Amt und nicht im Ruhestand aus dem Leben“. Im Jahr 2015 nahm er an der Beerdigung von Richard von Weizsäcker, der als Präsident von Deutschland diente, bevor Herzog ihm folgte. Herzog wird von seiner zweiten Frau überlebt.
|
en
|
Roman Herzog, who as president pressed Germany to embrace economic reform in the 1990s and also stressed the importance of remembering the Nazi Holocaust, has died. He was 82.
Current President Joachim Gauck announced Herzog's death on Tuesday, without giving details. In a message to Herzog's widow, he described the former head of state as "a distinctive personality" who "advocated readiness for reform and at the same time stood for preserving the tried and tested."
Herzog, a jovial Bavarian, served as the chief justice of Germany's highest court before winning the presidency in 1994, four years after reunification.
He was one of the first leaders to address Germany's resistance to reform and its growing economic stagnation at a time when veteran conservative Chancellor Helmut Kohl's 16-year tenure was coming to a close. Germany was struggling with double-digit unemployment, amid worries that its labor market was too inflexible.
Herzog drew an unfavourable comparison between the dynamism of Asia and the stagnation in Germany, pointing to problems with bureaucracy and regulation, and a resistance to change.
"Germany must feel a jolt," Herzog said in a 1997 speech, urging Germans to set aside greed and pull together to overcome "a sense of paralysis."
"Pessimism has become a normal mindset in our country," he said. "Those who want to delay or prevent major reforms need to be aware that our nation will pay a high price for this."
However, the president, while seen as the nation's moral conscience, has a largely ceremonial job and reform was slow to come.
The following year, centre-left Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder came to power saying that one of his government's tasks would be to modernise the country and deal with a "reform backlog." But it would still be several more years before Germany embarked in earnest on painful reform of the welfare state.
The reforms that Schroeder finally implemented were unpopular at the time, but they have been widely credited with putting Germany in good shape to weather economic crises.
Herzog — who succeeded Richard von Weizsaecker, remembered for urging his country to confront its dark past — also instituted an annual day of remembrance for the victims of the Holocaust, setting it on 27 January, the anniversary of the Auschwitz death camp's liberation.
Announcing the decision in 1996, he said remembrance must "remind future generations to be vigilant." Germany's Jewish community praised Herzog's commitment to ensuring that Nazi atrocities not be forgotten.
Herzog also reached out to countries that suffered under Nazi occupation, pleading for forgiveness when he travelled to Poland on the 50th anniversary of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising.
He spoke out firmly against lingering property claims by some Germans in regions that were part of Germany before its borders were moved westward at the end of World War II.
Herzog left office when his first term expired in 1999 and was replaced by Johannes Rau, a member of Schroeder's Social Democrats.
Herzog was born April 5, 1934, in Landshut in Bavaria. His father worked at a snuff factory and later directed the local museum.
Herzog studied law at Munich University. He was brought into politics by Kohl, then governor of Rhineland-Palatinate state, who named him the region's chief representative in Bonn in 1973.
He later served as culture minister and interior minister in the southwestern state of Baden-Wuerttemberg.
Herzog was named vice president of the Federal Constitutional Court in 1983 and was elevated to chief justice in 1987.
Herzog is survived by his second wife, Alexandra.
AP
|
de
|
Roman Herzog
Roman Herzog, der siebte Präsident von Deutschland, der von 1994 bis 1999 im Amt war, starb gestern, bestätigte der deutsche Bundespräsident Joachim Gauck.
Geboren am 5. April 1934 in Landshut, Bayern, studierte Herzog an der Universität München Rechtswissenschaften. Sein Vater arbeitete in einer Schnupftabakfabrik. Herzog trat 1970 der Christlich Demokratischen Union (CDU) bei.
Herzog wurde 1973 vom Ministerpräsidenten von Rheinland-Pfalz zum Staatssekretär ernannt. Ab 1983 diente er als Richter im Bundesverfassungsgericht. Er wurde 1987 zum obersten Richter dieses Bundesgerichts befördert.
Vier Jahre nach der Wiedervereinigung Deutschlands wurde Herzog 1994 zum Präsidenten des Landes gewählt, obwohl er der zweite Wahlkandidat der CDU war. Nach der Wahl sagte Herzog: „Ich werde mein Bestes geben, diese Verwaltung so zu führen, dass Sie es nicht bereuen werden, mir nicht Ihr Votum gegeben zu haben.“ Herzog erkannte, dass sich die deutsche Reformation nach der Wiedervereinigung verzögerte. Deutschland stand in den 1990er Jahren mit Wirtschaftskrisen konfrontiert. Der Präsident sagte: „Der Pessimismus ist in unserem Land eine normale Denkweise geworden. Wer große Reformen verzögern oder verhindern will, muss sich bewusst sein, dass unsere Nation dafür einen hohen Preis zahlen wird.“ Im Jahre 1994 besuchte Herzog Polen zum 50. Jahrestag des Warschauer Aufstandes. Am 1. August 1994 suchte er Vergebung des polnischen Volkes in Warschau und sagte: „Ich bitte um Vergebung für alles, was Ihnen von Deutschland angetan wurde“. Herzog erklärte den 27. Januar zum jährlichen Gedenktag für die Opfer des Nazi-Holocausts. Am 27. Januar 1945 wurde das Todeslager in Auschwitz befreit. Herzog wird nach der Wirtschaftskrise und der Reformation die Verbesserung Deutschlands gutgeschrieben. Am 1. April 1998 sagte er, „durch Deutschland muss ein Ruck gehen“, als die deutsche Wirtschaft zum Erliegen kam.
Johannes Rau folgte 1999 Herzog. Im Ruhestand sagte Herzog: „Ich bin nur im Ruhestand aus dem Amt und nicht im Ruhestand aus dem Leben“. Im Jahr 2015 nahm er an der Beerdigung von Richard von Weizsäcker, der als Präsident von Deutschland diente, bevor Herzog ihm folgte. Herzog wird von seiner zweiten Frau überlebt.
|
de
|
Ein Urteil des Bundesverfassungsgerichts hatte eine Reform der Erbschaftsteuer erzwungen. Foto: Jens Büttner/dpa
„Für den Augenblick“, sagt Horst Seehofer, sei er schon ganz zufrieden. Das ist nichts im Vergleich zu der Zufriedenheit, die alle anderen Beteiligten dabei empfunden haben dürften, dass die große Koalition jetzt nach jahrelangem Gezerre einen Kompromiss zur Reform der Erbschaftsteuer zustande gebracht hat. Die Änderungen, die Seehofer noch hat durchsetzen können, sind überschaubar. Aber für den CSU-Chef ist selbst die Verschiebung der Bagatellfall-Grenze von drei auf fünf Arbeitnehmer ein vorzeigbarer Erfolg, stand er doch zuletzt ganz alleine gegen alle anderen.
Der Alleingang des Horst Seehofer
Schon vor Monaten hatte sich die Koalition in Berlin – und zwar inklusive der CSU-Landesgruppe – mit Bundesfinanzminister Wolfgang Schäuble (CDU) auf einen Kompromiss verständigt, den dann Seehofer im Alleingang wieder in Frage stellte. Am liebsten, bekräftigt er am Montag, wäre den Bayern sowieso eine Regionalisierung der Erbschaftsteuer, „weil uns viele Elemente eigentlich nicht hinreichend gefallen, die da in Berlin zusammen entschieden wurden.“ Dass sich ein beträchtlicher Teil dieser Regelungen aus dem Urteil des Bundesverfassungsgerichts ergeben, das die ursprüngliche Steuerreform gekippt hatte, und dass die Geltung solcher Urteile nicht an weiß-blauen Landesgrenzen endet, lässt der CSU-Chef mal großzügig beiseite. Dafür erklärt der dritte im Bunde, SPD-Chef Sigmar Gabriel, er habe keine Einwände gegen Leute, die diese Steuer als „eine indirekte private Vermögensteuer“ betrachteten. Sicherheitshalber sagt er nicht dabei, was das für Leute sein sollen.
Die Zeit drängt
Die Neuregelung der Erbschaftsteuer war nötig geworden, weil das Bundesverfassungsgericht Ende 2014 die bisherigen Privilegien für Betriebserben als zu weitgehend gekippt und der Politik aufgetragen hatte, bis Ende Juni dieses Jahres eine Neureglung auf die Beine zu stellen. Daher soll der Bundestag den jetzt gefundenen Kompromiss noch in dieser Woche verabschieden, der Bundesrat vor der parlamentarischen Sommerpause am 8. Juli zustimmen. Die Grünen sind zwar gegen die Reform, die grüne Steuerexpertin Lisa Paus will aber nicht ausschließen, dass die grün mitregierten Bundesländer das Vorhaben im Bundesrat mittragen, „um eine drohende Rechtsunsicherheit für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen zu verhindern.“
Unternehmenserben bleiben oft steuerfrei
Worum geht es? Bisher müssen Unternehmenserben kaum Steuern zahlen, wenn sie den Betrieb weiterführen und die Arbeitsplätze erhalten. Nach fünf Jahren werden 85 Prozent der Erbschaftsteuer erlassen, nach sieben Jahren fällt gar keine Steuer mehr an – unabhängig vom Wert des Unternehmens. Bislang wird bei Betrieben mit bis zu 20 Beschäftigten aber gar nicht überprüft, ob die Arbeitsplätze wirklich weiter bestehen. Den Verfassungsrichtern war das zu lasch. Nach dem Kompromiss, den Schäuble, Gabriel und Seehofer gefunden haben, sollen künftig nur noch kleine Betrieben bis maximal fünf Mitarbeitern von der Nachweispflicht verschont bleiben. Alle anderen müssen nachweisen, dass sie den Großteil der Jobs beibehalten, um steuerfrei zu bleiben.
Muss das Privatvermögen angetastet werden?
Zudem wird bei größeren Unternehmenserbschaften ab einem Betriebswert von 26 Millionen Euro beim Erben künftig geprüft, ob eine Steuerverschonung nötig ist oder er zumindest einen Teil der Steuer zahlen kann.Der Erbe kann dabei zwischen zwei Varianten wählen: Er legt sein Privatvermögen offen, das dann bis maximal zur Hälfte belastet werden kann, oder er tut das nicht und entscheidet sich für eine geringere Verschonung. Für Familienunternehmen gibt es ein neues Privileg. Die Familienmitglieder schließen normalerweise untereinander Verträge, die einen Verkauf der Anteile nur an Verwandte und nur mit einem Abschlag zum Marktwert erlauben. Dieser Abschlag wird nun im Steuerrecht bei der Firmenbewertung berücksichtigt – bis maximal 30 Prozent.
Viel Kritik
Der Kompromiss stößt auf Kritik, und zwar auf allen Seiten. Die Familienunternehmer sehen „große Praxisprobleme“, der DIHK warnt vor Belastungen, der BDI beklagt Nachteile für den industriellen Mittelstand. "Die Erbschaftsteuer ist und bleibt ungerecht, belastet den Mittelstand über Gebühr und gefährdet Arbeits- und Ausbildungsplätze", sagt der Präsident des Bundesverbandes mittelständische Wirtschaft (BVMW), Mario Ohoven. Für mehr als 80 Prozent der Mittelständler nehme die bürokratische Belastung damit noch zu. Ohoven fordert eine sofortige Abschaffung der Erbschaftsteuer. Das Ifo-Institut prangert dagegen die Ungerechtigkeit der Erbschaftsteuer an: „Auch künftig können sehr große Vermögen ganz oder fast unbesteuert übertragen werden, während nicht begünstigte und eventuell kleinere Vermögen bis zu 50 Prozent besteuert werden können“, sagte Ifo-Chef Clemens Fuest.
|
de
|
Horst Seehofer (CSU)
Bei der anstehenden Reform der Erbschaftssteuer geht es vor allem um die Unternehmensnachfolge. Auslöser ist unter anderem ein Urteil des Bundesverfassungsgerichts von Ende 2014. Im Erbfall gibt es zwar Freibeträge, diese sind jedoch - sofern es sich nicht um Ehegatten oder eigene Kinder handelt - zu niedrig, so dass eine Fortführung des Betriebes oft gefährdet ist. Auch bei Familienunternehmen kann es ab einer bestimmten Betriebsgröße zu einer unverhältnismäßig hohen Erbschaftssteuer kommen. In der Vergangenheit versuchten große private Unternehmen das Vermögen über Generationen zum Beispiel durch eine gemeinnützige Stiftung zu retten.
Gemäß dem Urteil des Bundesverfassungsgerichts vom 17. Dezember 2014 sind einige Gesetzesparagraphen seit dem Inkrafttreten des Erbschaftsteuerreformgesetzes zum 1. Januar 2009 nicht vereinbar mit Artikel 3 Absatz 1 des Grundgesetzes. Das bisherige Recht ist bis zu einer Neuregelung weiter anwendbar; der Gesetzgeber ist verpflichtet, spätestens bis zum 30. Juni 2016 eine Neuregelung zu treffen.
Die neuen Regelungen sind teilweise sehr kompliziert. Eine Besonderheit zeichnet sich für große Vermögen ab. Bei einem Betriebsvermögen von mehr als 26 Millionen Euro soll eine „Bedürfnisprüfung“ angeboten werden. Dabei muss der Erbe sein Privatvermögen offenlegen und nachweisen, dass er durch die Erbschaftsteuer überfordert würde. Im Referentenentwurf war eine Grenze von 20 Millionen Euro vorgeschlagen worden. Zwischen den Regierungsparteien CDU, CSU und SPD wurde jetzt ein Kompromiss ausgehandelt, so dass die gesetzlichen Änderungen durch den Bundestag beschlossen werden können.
Der bayrische Ministerpräsident Horst Seehofen (CSU) ist damit nicht zufrieden. Er plädiert für eine Regionalisierung der Erbschaftsteuer, „weil uns viele Elemente eigentlich nicht hinreichend gefallen, die da in Berlin zusammen entschieden wurden.“ Dies wäre eine grundsätzliche Änderung im Erbschaftssteuerrecht, das in ganz Deutschland einheitlich gilt.
|
de
|
20.06.2016 | Unternehmensnachfolge
Bild: Haufe Online Redaktion
Nach mehreren Gesprächen zwischen CDU, CSU und SPD konnte eine Einigung über die Erbschaftsteuerreform erzielt werden. Damit wird der Weg frei für einen Abschluss des parlamentarischen Verfahrens im Deutschen Bundestag und im Bundesrat.
Danach werden Firmenerben wie bisher von der Erbschaftsteuer weitgehend befreit, wenn sie das Unternehmen fortführen und Arbeitsplätze erhalten. Allerdings gelten schärfere Vorgaben wie vom Bundesverfassungsgericht Ende 2014 gefordert.
Nach der Einigung müssen noch Bundestag und Bundesrat zustimmen. Angestrebt wird ein Gesetzbeschluss bis zur parlamentarischen Sommerpause am 8. Juli. Die obersten Richter hatten bis Ende Juni ein Neuregelung gefordert. Nach erfolgreichem Das Gesetz soll rückwirkend zum 1.7.2016 in Kraft treten.
Union und SPD haben sich auf eine Reform der Erbschaftsteuer geeinigt. Nachfolgend die neuen Verschonungsregeln:
Großvermögen: Ab Betriebsvermögen von 26 Millionen Euro je Erbfall gibt es eine Bedürfnisprüfung oder alternativ ein Verschonungsabschlagsmodell. Bei der Verschonungsbedarfsprüfung muss der Erbe nachweisen, dass ihn die Zahlung der Erbschaftsteuer überfordern würde. Lässt sich der Erbe auf die Prüfung ein, muss er sein Privatvermögen offenlegen. Beim Verschonungsabschlagsmodell verringert sich der Verschonungsabschlag um einen Prozentpunkt für jede 750.000 EUR die der Erwerb oberhalb der Prüfschwelle von 26 Mio. EUR liegt. Keine Verschonung wird gewährt ab einem Erwerb von 90 Mio. EUR (bei der Optionsverschonung mit 7 Jahren Haltefrist und einer Lohnsumme von mindestens 700 %) bzw. von 89,75 Mio. EUR (bei der Regelverschonung mit 5 Jahren Haltefrist und einer Lohnsumme von mindestens 400 %).
Ab Betriebsvermögen von 26 Millionen Euro je Erbfall gibt es eine Bedürfnisprüfung oder alternativ ein Verschonungsabschlagsmodell. Bei der Verschonungsbedarfsprüfung muss der Erbe nachweisen, dass ihn die Zahlung der Erbschaftsteuer überfordern würde. Lässt sich der Erbe auf die Prüfung ein, muss er sein Privatvermögen offenlegen. Beim Verschonungsabschlagsmodell verringert sich der Verschonungsabschlag um einen Prozentpunkt für jede 750.000 EUR die der Erwerb oberhalb der Prüfschwelle von 26 Mio. EUR liegt. Keine Verschonung wird gewährt ab einem Erwerb von 90 Mio. EUR (bei der Optionsverschonung mit 7 Jahren Haltefrist und einer Lohnsumme von mindestens 700 %) bzw. von 89,75 Mio. EUR (bei der Regelverschonung mit 5 Jahren Haltefrist und einer Lohnsumme von mindestens 400 %). Erweiterte Stundungsgregelung: Es wird ein Rechtsanspruch auf eine voraussetzungslose Stundung bis zu 10 Jahren bei Erwerben von Todes wegen eingeführt. Die Stundung erfolgt zinslos und erstreckt sich auf die Steuer, die auf das begünstigte Vermögen unabhängig von dessen Wert entfällt. Voraussetzung ist die Einhaltung der Lohnsummenregelung und der Behaltensfrist.
Es wird ein Rechtsanspruch auf eine voraussetzungslose Stundung bis zu 10 Jahren bei Erwerben von Todes wegen eingeführt. Die Stundung erfolgt zinslos und erstreckt sich auf die Steuer, die auf das begünstigte Vermögen unabhängig von dessen Wert entfällt. Voraussetzung ist die Einhaltung der Lohnsummenregelung und der Behaltensfrist. Familienunternehmen: Für Familienunternehmen mit Kapitalbindung beziehungsweise Verfügungsbeschränkung ist ein Steuerabschlag auf den Firmenwert geplant. Der darf maximal 30 Prozent betragen. Die Verfügungsbeschränkungen müssen 2 Jahre vor und 20 Jahre nach dem Tod des Erblassers bzw. dem Schenkungszeitpunkt vorliegen.
Für Familienunternehmen mit Kapitalbindung beziehungsweise Verfügungsbeschränkung ist ein Steuerabschlag auf den Firmenwert geplant. Der darf maximal 30 Prozent betragen. Die Verfügungsbeschränkungen müssen 2 Jahre vor und 20 Jahre nach dem Tod des Erblassers bzw. dem Schenkungszeitpunkt vorliegen. Kleinbetriebe: Betriebe mit bis zu 5 Mitarbeitern werden von der Nachweispflicht des Arbeitsplatzerhalts ausgenommen. Saisonarbeiter bleiben bei der Ermittlung der Beschäftigtenzahl unberücksichtigt.
Betriebe mit bis zu 5 Mitarbeitern werden von der Nachweispflicht des Arbeitsplatzerhalts ausgenommen. Saisonarbeiter bleiben bei der Ermittlung der Beschäftigtenzahl unberücksichtigt. Verwaltungsvermögen: Das Verwaltungsvermögen ist grundsätzlich nicht begünstigt. Es wird aber bis zu 10 % wie steuerrechtlich begünstigtes Betriebsvermögen behandelt. Darüber hinaus wird klargestellt, dass Drittlandsbeteiligungen bei einer Holdinggesellschaft, Altersversorgungsverpflichtungen und verpachtete Grundstücke, die zum Zwecke des Absatzes von eigenen Produkten überlassen werden (z. B. bei Brauereigaststätten und Tankstellen), begünstigt werden. Geld und geldwerte Forderungen (Finanzmittel)
können zu 15 Prozent zum steuerrechtlich begünstigten Vermögen gerechnet werden, um die notwendige Liquidität des Unternehmens zu sichern.
Das Verwaltungsvermögen ist grundsätzlich nicht begünstigt. Es wird aber bis zu 10 % wie steuerrechtlich begünstigtes Betriebsvermögen behandelt. Darüber hinaus wird klargestellt, dass Drittlandsbeteiligungen bei einer Holdinggesellschaft, Altersversorgungsverpflichtungen und verpachtete Grundstücke, die zum Zwecke des Absatzes von eigenen Produkten überlassen werden (z. B. bei Brauereigaststätten und Tankstellen), begünstigt werden. Geld und geldwerte Forderungen (Finanzmittel) können zu 15 Prozent zum steuerrechtlich begünstigten Vermögen gerechnet werden, um die notwendige Liquidität des Unternehmens zu sichern. Investitionsklausel: Mittel aus einem Erbe, die nach dem Willen des Erblassers innerhalb von zwei Jahren nach dessen Tod für Investitionen getätigt werden, werden begünstigt.
Mittel aus einem Erbe, die nach dem Willen des Erblassers innerhalb von zwei Jahren nach dessen Tod für Investitionen getätigt werden, werden begünstigt. Einschränkung von Steuergestaltungen: Wenn das nicht begünstigte Verwaltungsvermögen 90 % des Betriebsvermögens überschreitet, wird die Verschonung von der Erbschaft- und Schenkungsteuer ausgeschlossen.
Wenn das nicht begünstigte Verwaltungsvermögen 90 % des Betriebsvermögens überschreitet, wird die Verschonung von der Erbschaft- und Schenkungsteuer ausgeschlossen. Unternehmenswert: Für das vereinfachte Ertragswertverfahren gibt es eine neue Berechnung. Das jetzige Verfahren führt angesichts der Niedrigzinsen zu unrealistisch hohen Firmenwerten. Der Kapitalisierungsfaktor, der multipliziert mit dem nachhaltig erzielbaren Jahresertrag den Unternehmenswert ergibt, wird von derzeit 17,86 auf einen Korridor von 10 bis maximal 12,5 abgesenkt.
Weitere News zum Thema:
Union und SPD streben Erbschaftsteuer-Einigung am Wochenende an
Annäherung beim Streit um Reform der Erbschaftsteuer
Einigung über die Erbschaftsteuer vertagt
dpa / Haufe Online-Redaktion
|
de
|
Horst Seehofer (CSU)
Bei der anstehenden Reform der Erbschaftssteuer geht es vor allem um die Unternehmensnachfolge. Auslöser ist unter anderem ein Urteil des Bundesverfassungsgerichts von Ende 2014. Im Erbfall gibt es zwar Freibeträge, diese sind jedoch - sofern es sich nicht um Ehegatten oder eigene Kinder handelt - zu niedrig, so dass eine Fortführung des Betriebes oft gefährdet ist. Auch bei Familienunternehmen kann es ab einer bestimmten Betriebsgröße zu einer unverhältnismäßig hohen Erbschaftssteuer kommen. In der Vergangenheit versuchten große private Unternehmen das Vermögen über Generationen zum Beispiel durch eine gemeinnützige Stiftung zu retten.
Gemäß dem Urteil des Bundesverfassungsgerichts vom 17. Dezember 2014 sind einige Gesetzesparagraphen seit dem Inkrafttreten des Erbschaftsteuerreformgesetzes zum 1. Januar 2009 nicht vereinbar mit Artikel 3 Absatz 1 des Grundgesetzes. Das bisherige Recht ist bis zu einer Neuregelung weiter anwendbar; der Gesetzgeber ist verpflichtet, spätestens bis zum 30. Juni 2016 eine Neuregelung zu treffen.
Die neuen Regelungen sind teilweise sehr kompliziert. Eine Besonderheit zeichnet sich für große Vermögen ab. Bei einem Betriebsvermögen von mehr als 26 Millionen Euro soll eine „Bedürfnisprüfung“ angeboten werden. Dabei muss der Erbe sein Privatvermögen offenlegen und nachweisen, dass er durch die Erbschaftsteuer überfordert würde. Im Referentenentwurf war eine Grenze von 20 Millionen Euro vorgeschlagen worden. Zwischen den Regierungsparteien CDU, CSU und SPD wurde jetzt ein Kompromiss ausgehandelt, so dass die gesetzlichen Änderungen durch den Bundestag beschlossen werden können.
Der bayrische Ministerpräsident Horst Seehofen (CSU) ist damit nicht zufrieden. Er plädiert für eine Regionalisierung der Erbschaftsteuer, „weil uns viele Elemente eigentlich nicht hinreichend gefallen, die da in Berlin zusammen entschieden wurden.“ Dies wäre eine grundsätzliche Änderung im Erbschaftssteuerrecht, das in ganz Deutschland einheitlich gilt.
|
en
|
Jorge "Giant" Gonzalez, a former WCW and WWF wrestler, died at age 44 due to complications of diabetes and issues from being 7-foot-7, according to multiple reports.
He wrestled in WCW from 1989 to 1992 and moved on to the WWF in 1993.
Before Gonzalez began his wrestling career, he was drafted by the Atlanta Hawks in the third round of the 1988 NBA draft.
Gonzalez briefly appeared in New and All Japan Pro Wrestling from 1994 to 1995.
|
en
|
González wrestled for the World Wrestling Federation in 1993
Former Argentine professional wrestler and basketball player has died at the age of 44. González
died in his hometown of , Argentina. The cause of death was established to be complications of . González had suffered with the illness for several years and was wheelchair bound.
Standing over 7.5 feet (2.3 metres) tall, González was originally a basketball player before becoming a wrestler. Upon moving to the United States, he was drafted in the third round of the by the . After his basketball career ended, he joined (WCW). During his time there, he wrestled as ''El Gigante'' for two years, then joining the (WWF), now World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).
During his time with the WWF, González feuded with . He debuted at the where he eliminated Undertaker from the Royal Rumble match. He spent the entire of his time at with the WWF feuding with Undertaker and left the company in July 1993 after losing a Rest in Peace match to him. After leaving the company, he wrestled in Japan before retiring in 1995 after suffering from .
González is the latest in a line of former WWE wrestlers to die in the last two months. In August, both and passed away, while died at the age of 53 earlier this month.
|
en
|
GIANT GONZALEZ, the tallest professional wrestler in the history of the business, has died aged 44.
The 7ft 7ins star, real name Jorge Gonzalez, passed away in his hometown of San Martin, Argentina, due to complications from diabetes.
The former WWE performer was wheelchair bound, due to the effects of his long battle with the illness, and this year had to cancel convention appearances in the States due to his poor health.
Gonzalez first moved from Argentina to the US in the late 1980s to play basketball.
But when his dreams of an NBA career went up in smoke, he discovered wrestling and signed for Ted Turner's WCW playing the role of gentle giant El Gigante.
He enjoyed a two-year run as a babyface - feuding with the Four Horseman at points - before leaving the promotion and joining WWE, then called WWF.
Debuting as Giant Gonzalez at the 1993 Royal Rumble, he eliminated The Undertaker from the Rumble match in possibly the highest profile moment of his career.
That move led to a rivalry that lasted the length of Gonzalez's WWF stay. He parted ways with the company shortly after losing a 'Rest in Peace' match to Taker at SummerSlam 1993.
Gonzalez continued wrestling in Japan before retiring in 1995 due to sciatic nerve pain. He returned to Argentina in 1998 to settle in his hometown, where he had been living ever since.
Gonzalez is the fourth wrestler to pass away at a young age during a horrendous two months for the business - following Lance Cade, Luna Vachon and Bastion Booger.
|
en
|
González wrestled for the World Wrestling Federation in 1993
Former Argentine professional wrestler and basketball player has died at the age of 44. González
died in his hometown of , Argentina. The cause of death was established to be complications of . González had suffered with the illness for several years and was wheelchair bound.
Standing over 7.5 feet (2.3 metres) tall, González was originally a basketball player before becoming a wrestler. Upon moving to the United States, he was drafted in the third round of the by the . After his basketball career ended, he joined (WCW). During his time there, he wrestled as ''El Gigante'' for two years, then joining the (WWF), now World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).
During his time with the WWF, González feuded with . He debuted at the where he eliminated Undertaker from the Royal Rumble match. He spent the entire of his time at with the WWF feuding with Undertaker and left the company in July 1993 after losing a Rest in Peace match to him. After leaving the company, he wrestled in Japan before retiring in 1995 after suffering from .
González is the latest in a line of former WWE wrestlers to die in the last two months. In August, both and passed away, while died at the age of 53 earlier this month.
|
en
|
Sun 5 Feb 2006
Is Yale the key to new Brown blockbuster?
YOU can criticise his prose style and question his devotion to historical fact. But there is no doubt the author of the Da Vinci Code is fast becoming the biggest publishing sensation on the planet.
Dan Brown's new work, The Solomon Key, is as much as a year away but it has created an industry of its own with no fewer than three books already published which promise to reveal the secrets of the novel. Another two will come out before The Solomon Key itself.
Without Brown or his publishers even officially confirming the title of the novel, numerous claims have been made about its contents, including the suggestion that President George Bush and a Yale University society will feature.
The books speculate that having dealt with the Catholic Church and The Pope in The Da Vinci Code, Brown has now turned his attention to the heart of American power.
They point to the "clues" Brown left on the dust jacket of The Da Vinci Code, which include longitude and latitude coordinates which lead to the CIA headquarters in Virginia.
In Secrets of the Widow's Son, £10.99, Connecticut-based Da Vinci codologist David Shugarts offers the reader an explorer's guide to understanding the most important themes, ideas, symbols and historical events that Brown will use in The Solomon Key.
Greg Taylor's The Solomon Key, £11.99, argues that the novel will be based around the Masonic views prevalent among the founding fathers of the United States. He claims the treasure hunt aspect of the book will involve the Kryptos statue at CIA headquarters.
Frederick Zimmerman's The Solomon Key and Beyond - Unauthorised Dan Brown Update, £5.95, is believed to explore the supposed link between Washington, the CIA and hidden treasure buried in the capital in an area called Rosslyn. A further two books, Unlocking the Solomon Key by British author Simon Cox, and Beyond the Solomon Key by Shelley Klein, will be published later this year. Unlocking the Solomon Key promises an A to Z guide to the new novel and explaining Dan Brown's sources.
The Da Vinci Code, for the few people who haven't read it, follows Professor Robert Langdon as he investigates the murder of an elderly member of an ancient society that guards dark secrets about the quest for the Holy Grail and the story of Christ.
Its mix of code-breaking, art history, religion and mystical lore has helped it sell more than 40 million copies worldwide, four million of them in the UK. Despite a number of high profile publishing phenomena in recent years, not least Harry Potter, publishers say the hype generated by the new Dan Brown novel has never been seen before.
Morris Paton, managing director of the Scottish Literary Trust, said: "It's unprecedented. Sure we have had spin-offs in the past but for books to come out before the original is unheard of. It's crazy."
Mathew Perrin of Ottakars said that retailers had not yet decided on their launch plans for the new Brown book but midnight openings, as were seen for Harry Potter, have not been ruled out.
"It is quite frankly astonishing," he said. "It's one thing to stand on the shoulders of giants but this is hanging off the coat tails of giants. Undoubtedly it will be huge. Will we open at midnight? We might do."
According to Brown scholars, the plot of The Solomon Key will involve the deaths of politicians in Washington, the CIA, the Founding Fathers of America and the Masonic-like "Skull and Bones" society at Yale University of which both George Bush and John Kerry were members.
Cox said that his contacts in America tell him there is a broad consensus on its content. He added: "It is going to be huge. The publishers are looking for as big a hit, if not bigger, than The Da Vinci Code."
American writer Taylor added: "Based on Brown's modus operandi in previous novels it seems likely that a Masonic group will be framed for the murder of politicians in Washington."
But last night some publishers warned that the rise in blockbuster books is indicative of the insecurity of the publishing industry, the retraction of titles and the reliance on a few best sellers.
One prominent Edinburgh publisher who asked not to be named said: "This whole thing makes me sick. It's a piece of commercial nonsense. Is it reader led or publisher led? If you take Harry Potter that was reader led. In the first instance that book became a success not because of marketing but because of word of mouth amongst children in the playgrounds."
THIS ONE WILL RUN AND RUN
AMERICA is planning one of its largest print runs in publishing history in anticipation of the Da Vinci Code film. Random House has confirmed that it will print more than five million copies of the novel in three paperback versions beginning in March.
The paperback editions of the book will hit the shelves in the US in March seven weeks before the movie, starring Tom Hanks and Audrey Tatou, premieres in May. The same day, two versions of an illustrated screenplay including the film's full shooting script and still photographs from its production will be published.
The book, by Dan Brown, follows Robert Langdon, a Harvard specialist in religious symbols, as he unravels the mystery behind the murder of a curator at the Louvre. Along with the curator's granddaughter, Sophie, Langdon uncovers a trail of clues that leads through the works of Leonardo da Vinci and into the catacombs of early Christian history.
Related topic
|
fr
|
Michael Baigent et Richard Leigh, qui ont écrit conjointement avec un troisième auteur, un livre en 1982 The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail ont attaqué en justice la maison d'édition du The Da Vinci Code Random House, car selon eux leur ouvrage The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail est à l'origine du livre écrit par Dan Brown.
Random House est la maison d'édition du Da Vinci Code et The Holy Blood et du The Holy Grail.
Le thème central des deux livres est que le fil conducteur serait un mariage entre Jesus et Marie Magdaleine, mythe qui survit encore aujourd'hui.
Le Da Vinci Code est un livre de fiction qui s'est vendu à plus de 36 millions d'exemplaires.
Le prochain livre de Brown, La clé de Salomon, se déroule, selon des spécialistes de Brown, à Washington. Elle impliquerait la CIA, les Pères fondateurs, des politiciens assassinés et une société secréte ressemblant à Skull and Bones dont John Kerry et les présidents Bush seraient membre depuis leurs études à Yale. Selon le journaliste William Lyons, une des jacquettes du Da Vinci Code incluerait des coordonnées de longitude et de latitude qui sont en réalité celles des bureaux de la CIA en Virginie.
|
en
|
Today we’re announcing the Bassel Khartabil Free Culture Fellowship to honor his legacy and lasting impact on the open web.
On August 1, 2017, we received the heartbreaking news that our friend Bassel (Safadi) Khartabil, detained since 2012, was executed by the Syrian government shortly after his 2015 disappearance. Khartabil was a Palestinian Syrian open internet activist, a free culture hero, and an important member of our community. Our thoughts are with Bassel’s family, now and always.
Today we’re announcing the Bassel Khartabil Free Culture Fellowship to honor his legacy and lasting impact on the open web.
Bassel was a relentless advocate for free speech, free culture, and democracy. He was the cofounder of Syria’s first hackerspace, Aiki Lab, Creative Commons’ Syrian project lead, and a prolific open source contributor, from Firefox to Wikipedia. Bassel’s final project, relaunched as #NEWPALMYRA, entailed building free and open 3D models of the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra. In his work as a computer engineer, educator, artist, musician, cultural heritage researcher, and thought leader, Bassel modeled a more open world, impacting lives globally.
To honor that legacy, the Bassel Khartabil Free Culture Fellowship will support outstanding individuals developing the culture of their communities under adverse circumstances. The Fellowship — organized by Creative Commons, Mozilla, the Wikimedia Foundation, the Jimmy Wales Foundation, #NEWPALMYRA, and others — will launch with a three-year commitment to promote values like open culture, radical sharing, free knowledge, remix, collaboration, courage, optimism, and humanity.
As part of this new initiative, fellows can work in a range of mediums, including art, music, software, and community building. All projects will catalyze free culture, particularly in societies vulnerable to attacks on freedom of expression and free access to knowledge. Special consideration will be given to applicants operating within closed societies and in developing economies where other forms of support are scarce. Applications from the Levant and wider MENA region are greatly encouraged.
Throughout their fellowship term, chosen fellows will receive a stipend, mentorship from affiliate organizations, skill development, project promotion, and fundraising support from the partner network. Fellows will be chosen by a selection committee composed of representatives of the partner organizations.
FELLOWSHIP DETAILS
Organizational Partners include Creative Commons, #FREEBASSEL, Wikimedia Foundation, GlobalVoices, Mozilla, #NEWPALMYRA, YallaStartup and SMEX.
Amazon Web Services is a supporting partner.
The Fellowships are based on one-year terms, which are eligible for renewal.
The benefits are designed to allow for flexibility and stability both for Fellows and their families. The standard fellowship offers a stipend of $50,000 USD, paid in 10 monthly installments. Fellows are responsible for remitting all applicable taxes as required.
To help offset cost of living, the fellowship also provides supplements for childcare and health insurance, and may provide support for project funding on a case-by-case basis. The fellowship also covers the cost of required travel for fellowship activities.
Fellows will receive:
A stipend of $50,000 USD, paid in 10 monthly installments
A one-time health insurance supplement for Fellows and their families, ranging from $3,500 for single Fellows to $7,000 for a couple with two or more children
A one-time childcare allotment of up to $6,000 for families with children
An allowance of up to $3,000 towards the purchase of laptop computer, digital cameras, recorders and computer software; fees for continuing studies or other courses, research fees or payments, to the extent such purchases and fees are related to the fellowship
Coverage in full for all approved fellowship trips, both domestic and international
The first fellowship will be awarded in April 2018. Applications will be accepted beginning February 2018.
Eligibility Requirements. The Bassel Khartabil Free Culture Fellowship is open to individuals and small teams worldwide, who:
Propose a viable new initiative to advance free culture values as outlined in the call for applicants
Demonstrate a history of activism in the Open Source, Open Access, Free Culture or Sharing communities
Are prepared to focus on the fellowship as their primary work
Special consideration will be given to applicants operating under oppressive conditions, within closed societies, in developing economies where other forms of support are scarce, and in the Levant and wider MENA regions.
Eligible Projects. Proposed projects should advance the free culture values of Bassel Khartabil through the use of art, technology, and culture. Successful projects will aim to:
Meaningfully increase free public access to human knowledge, art or culture
Further the cause of social justice/social change
Strive to develop both a local and global community to support its cause
Any code, content or other materials produced must be published and released as free, openly licensed and/or open-source.
Application Process. Project proposals are expected to include the following:
Vision statement
Bio and CV
Budget and resource requirements for the next year of project development
Applicants whose projects are chosen to advance to the next stage in the evaluation process may be asked to provide additional information, including personal references and documentation verifying income.
ABOUT BASSEL
Bassel Khartabil, a Palestinian-Syrian computer engineer, educator, artist, musician, cultural heritage researcher and thought leader, was a central figure in the global free culture movement, connecting and promoting Syria’s emerging tech community as it existed before the country was ransacked by civil war. Bassel co-founded Syria’s first hackerspace, Aiki Lab, in Damascus in 2010. He was the Syrian lead for Creative Commons as well as a contributor to Mozilla’s Firefox browser and the Red Hat Fedora Linux operating system. His research into preserving Syrian archeology with computer 3D modeling was a seminal precursor to current practices in digital cultural heritage preservation — this work was relaunched as the #NEWPALMYRA project in 2015.
Bassel’s influence went beyond Syria. He was a key attendee at the Middle East’s bloggers conferences and played a vital role in the negotiations in Doha in 2010 that led to a common language for discussing fair use and copyright across the Arab-speaking world. Software platforms he developed, such as the open-source Aiki Framework for collaborative web development, still power high-traffic web sites today, including Open Clip Art and the Open Font Library. His passion and efforts inspired a new community of coders and artists to take up his cause and further his legacy, and resulted in the offer of a research position in MIT Media Lab’s Center for Civic Media; his listing in Foreign Policy’s 2012 list of Top Global Thinkers; and the award of Index on Censorship’s 2013 Digital Freedom Award.
Bassel was taken from the streets in March of 2012 in a military arrest and interrogated and tortured in secret in a facility controlled by Syria’s General Intelligence Directorate. After a worldwide campaign by international human rights groups, together with Bassel’s many colleagues in the open internet and free culture communities, he was moved to Adra’s civilian prison, where he was able to communicate with his family and friends. His detention was ruled unlawful by the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, and condemned by international organizations such as Creative Commons, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and the Jimmy Wales Foundation.
Despite the international outrage at his treatment and calls for his release, in October of 2015 he was moved to an undisclosed location and executed shortly thereafter — a fact that was kept secret by the Syrian regime for nearly two years.
|
es
|
En el discurso de apertura de Wikimania 2017 en Montreal, Canadá; la directora ejecutiva de la Fundación Wikimedia anunció el lanzamiento de un programa de becas en honor a , el activista de software libre que estaba desaparecido desde 2015 en Siria y en los últimos días se confirmo su ejecución.
Foto de archivo de en el 2009.
El programa es organizado por la , , , , #NEWPALMIRA, YallaStartup y SMEX y cuenta como auspiciante a , tiene una duración de un año con derecho a ser renovado. Tiene como propósito promover la música, el arte y el software libres. Y se alienta las propuestas de personas del Levante, Este Medio y Norte de África. La beca consiste en 50 000 dólares a repartir en diez meses y 3000 dólares para adquirir equipamiento informático, fotográfico y software (SIC).
Khartabil era un conocido wikimedista y promotor de la cultura libre sirio, en 2012 fue detenido por las autoridades de su país y no tuvo noticias sobre su paradero y estado de salud hasta hace unos pocos días en la que su ejecución sumaria fue confirmada por su esposa.
Se destacó por traducir al árabe las licencias Creative Commons, y fue el creador del primer hackrrspace de Siria y de Wikimedia Commons Siria. Ademas fue el líder de proyecto de Creative Commons de su país.
|
en
|
Roughly 1,000 volunteers and free knowledge leaders from nearly 70 countries gathered today for the start of Wikimania 2017—the annual conference celebrating Wikipedia and its sister projects, the Wikimedia movement, and the community of volunteers who make them possible. This marks the 13th annual Wikimania, which takes place on 11–13 August at the Centre Sheraton Hotel in Montreal, coinciding with Montreal’s 375th anniversary.
The event kicked off with an opening ceremony featuring Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, Katherine Maher, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation, Benoit Rochon of Wikimedia Canada, and Harout Chitilian, Vice-chairman of the Executive Committee for the City of Montreal.
During the ceremony, Maher joined Creative Commons CEO Ryan Merkley, Mozilla Executive Director Mark Surman, and representatives from the #NEWPALMRYA Project to announce the inauguration of the Bassel Khartabil Free Culture Fellowship. The fellowship commemorates Bassel Khartabil, Syrian Wikimedian and global open culture advocate, who was recently confirmed to have been executed in 2015 after being detained by the Syrian government in 2012. To honor Bassel’s contributions, the fellowship will support the work of outstanding individuals developing culture under adverse circumstances.
Throughout this year’s Wikimania, attendees will explore sessions related to the advancement of free knowledge, the role of academia and cultural institutions, technology in free knowledge, privacy and digital rights, and Wikimedia’s future as part of Wikimedia 2030, a global discussion to define the future direction of the Wikimedia movement. Wikimania 2017, being held for the first time ever in Canada, is co-organized by the Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia Canada, the local Wikimedia affiliate organization in Canada.
Wikimania 2017 will also bring together a diverse mix of attendees, including seasoned volunteer editors; researchers and data scientists; members from the medical community; librarians; and other free knowledge leaders, including featured speakers Susan Herman, President of the American Civil Liberties Union, and Esra’a Al-Shafei, Bahraini human rights activist and defender of free speech. Their paths to Wikimania might be different, but they are all united by a passion for free and open information.
“There’s something incredibly unique about Wikipedia’s model,” said Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales. “At its heart, Wikipedia is about people coming together to connect across countries, languages and cultures to build a shared understanding of our world. Wikimania is a time when this global community can meet, share experiences and participate in conversations about subjects that matter most to us as Wikimedians.”
Footage from Wikimania’s opening day. Video by Victor Grigas/Wikimedia Foundation, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Over the course of three days, attendees will participate in workshops, conversations, presentations, panels, edit-a-thons and trainings that reflect a diverse and wide-ranging conference programme. Sessions span from practical skill-building like how to grow a Wikimedia user group, to experience sharing like editing wikis in more than one script, to sessions that ask attendees to reflect on critical issues of the Wikimedia movement, including threats to free knowledge and working with partners and allies such as OpenStreetMaps and Wikidata. For those unable to attend in person, select sessions, including the opening and closing ceremonies, will be livestreamed throughout the conference on YouTube and Facebook Live on the Wikipedia Facebook page. You can also follow @Wikimania and #Wikimania on Twitter.
Attendees of the conference can also experience #NEWPALMYRA’s 3D-printed Tetrapylon, a freely-licensed recreation of one of the most famous structures in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, which was destroyed by ISIS forces in 2016. The exhibit honors the founder of the #NEWPALMYRA project, Bassel Khartabil. A passionate advocate for the free exchange of knowledge, culture, and heritage, Bassel’s contributions have been credited with “opening up the internet in Syria and vastly extending online access and knowledge to the Syrian people” by the European Parliament.
“Bassel was known in the free knowledge movement for his boundless enthusiasm and passion, always encouraging others to share, create, and connect with the world around them,” said Katherine Maher, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation. “Like Bassel, we believe that a commitment to expression, openness, and creativity is a reminder of our shared humanity, and the foundation for a better world. Through the Bassel Khartabil Free Culture Fellowship, we hope to carry on Bassel’s work to protect and preserve the values to which he dedicated his life.”
Wikimania also offers conference-goers time to experience the unique culture of Montreal. As the city honors its birth and growth over almost four centuries, there will be opportunities for attendees to explore the city’s rich history through cultural tours, music, and cuisine.
“Wikimedia Canada members will present inspiring projects at Wikimania 2017, the result of successful collaborations with several Canadian public and private institutions,” explains Wikimedia Canada president Benoit Rochon. “The archives of BAnQ (Bibliothèque et archives nationales du Québec) on Wikimedia Commons which have been viewed more than 30 million times, the first Aboriginal encyclopedia in Canada (Atikamekw, one of the largest and still active First Nations language) on Wikipedia and the WikiMed conference are all unique accomplishments we will proudly share with the international Wikimania participants.”
Other featured speakers include Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales in conversation with anthropologist, academic and author Gabriella (Biella) Coleman and moderated by internet entrepreneur Evan Prodromou; Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ) Archivist-Coordinator Frédéric Giuliano and Hélène Laverdure, Curator and Director General of the National Archives at BAnQ; and Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director Katherine Maher, who will take the stage with Christophe Henner, the Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees, to discuss the future of the Wikimedia movement as part of Wikimedia 2030.
You can learn more about the conference at: wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/.
About the Wikimedia Foundation
The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization that supports and operates Wikipedia and its sister free knowledge projects. Wikipedia is the world’s free knowledge resource, spanning more than 40 million articles across nearly 300 languages. Every month, more than 200,000 people edit Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects, collectively creating and improving knowledge that is accessed by more than 1 billion unique devices every month. This all makes Wikipedia one of the most popular web properties in the world. Based in San Francisco, California, the Wikimedia Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charity that is funded primarily through donations and grants.
About Wikimedia Canada
Wikimedia Canada is an independent nonprofit organization committed to the growth, development and distribution of free knowledge in Canada, mainly by supporting the development of content on the Wikimedia projects, including Wikipedia. The organization’s work focuses on supporting and engaging Canadian individuals and institutions to collect, develop and disseminate knowledge and other educational, cultural and historical content in all languages of Canada, including Aboriginal languages, under a free license or in the public domain.
About Wikimania
Wikimania is the annual conference centered on the Wikimedia projects (Wikipedia and its sister projects) and the Wikimedia community of volunteers. It features presentations on Wikimedia projects, other wikis, free and open source software, free knowledge, and and more. Wikimania 2017 marks the 13th year of the conference.
About the Bassel Khartabil Free Culture Fellowship
The Bassel Khartabil Free Culture Fellowship—organized by Creative Commons, Mozilla, the #NEWPALMYRA Project, the Wikimedia Foundation and others—will support the work of outstanding individuals developing the culture of their communities under adverse circumstances. Special consideration will be given to applicants operating within closed societies and in developing economies where other forms of support are scarce. Applications from the Levant and wider MENA region are greatly encouraged. The one-year fellowship, totaling $50,000 USD, is supported by funding from Wikimedia Foundation, Mozilla, and the Jimmy Wales Foundation, and facilitated by Creative Commons. More details are available in a separate blog post.
|
es
|
En el discurso de apertura de Wikimania 2017 en Montreal, Canadá; la directora ejecutiva de la Fundación Wikimedia anunció el lanzamiento de un programa de becas en honor a , el activista de software libre que estaba desaparecido desde 2015 en Siria y en los últimos días se confirmo su ejecución.
Foto de archivo de en el 2009.
El programa es organizado por la , , , , #NEWPALMIRA, YallaStartup y SMEX y cuenta como auspiciante a , tiene una duración de un año con derecho a ser renovado. Tiene como propósito promover la música, el arte y el software libres. Y se alienta las propuestas de personas del Levante, Este Medio y Norte de África. La beca consiste en 50 000 dólares a repartir en diez meses y 3000 dólares para adquirir equipamiento informático, fotográfico y software (SIC).
Khartabil era un conocido wikimedista y promotor de la cultura libre sirio, en 2012 fue detenido por las autoridades de su país y no tuvo noticias sobre su paradero y estado de salud hasta hace unos pocos días en la que su ejecución sumaria fue confirmada por su esposa.
Se destacó por traducir al árabe las licencias Creative Commons, y fue el creador del primer hackrrspace de Siria y de Wikimedia Commons Siria. Ademas fue el líder de proyecto de Creative Commons de su país.
|
pl
|
Prezydent poinformował, że rozmawiał o tragedii z premierem Donaldem Tuskiem. Na pytanie, czy rozmawiał z szefem rządu o ogłoszeniu żałoby narodowej, Lech Kaczyński odpowiedział, że jeszcze nie, ale - jak dodał - decyzja w tej sprawie "pewnie w czwartek będzie podjęta".
Prezydent powiedział, że premier Tusk poinformował go, że "wiele aspektów musi być jeszcze wyjaśnionych". Dlatego - dodał Lech Kaczyński - premier już z miejsca katastrofy ma zadzwonić do niego.
- Ta tragedia zaskoczyła mnie, tak jak wszystkich ludzi w Polsce - powiedział Lech Kaczyński.
- Szczegóły tej tragedii i lista osób, które były na pokładzie są w tej chwili ustalane - mówił prezydent.
Dodał, że według informacji które posiada - zastrzegając, że mogą być one nieprecyzyjne - "na pokładzie było 4 członków załogi i 14 innych osób - można się domyślać, że oficerów lotnictwa".
- Wiem to, co wiem. I na pewno wiem zbyt mało. To wskazuje na wielkie zadania dotyczące informowania o różnego rodzaju zdarzeniach, także tych najgorszych, najwyższe władze RP. W tym przypadku, nie wie ani premier, ani ja - powiedział prezydent.
W czwartek Lech Kaczyński ma spotkać się prezydentem Chorwacji Stipe Mesiciem. "Jutro natychmiast po rozmowie z panem prezydentem Mesiciem wracam do Warszawy" - oświadczył Lech Kaczyński.
Zaznaczył jednocześnie, że strasznie mu przykro jeśli chodzi o - jak mówił - "naszych chorwackich przyjaciół, ponieważ ta wizyta była kilkakrotnie odkładana".
|
pl
|
Lech Kaczyński dzisiaj ogłosi decyzję w sprawie żałoby narodowej
Lech Kaczyński powiedział wczoraj, że informację w sprawie żałoby narodowej podejmie i ogłosi już dzisiaj. Jednocześnie prezydent poinformował, że rozmawiał już na temat tragedii z premierem Donaldem Tuskiem.
Lech Kaczyński złożył kondolencje rodzinom ofiar wypadku. Na miejsce wysłani zostali pracownicy Kancelarii Prezydenta.
Z powodu katastrofy samolotu wojskowego pod Mirosławcem prezydent przerwał swoją wizytę w Chorwacji. 24 stycznia wziął udział w spotkaniu z Prezydentem Republiki Chorwacji Stjepanem Mesiciem, podczas którego odbyła się ceremonia wręczenia odznaczenia Prezydentowi RP a następnie powrócił do kraju.
|
pl
|
02:15, 24.01.2008 /tvn24
DECYZJA MOŻE BYĆ JUŻ W CZWARTEK
W związku z katastrofą samolotu wojskowego CASA prezydent Lech Kaczyński rozważa wprowadzenie żałoby narodowej i skraca wizytę w Zagrzebiu.
Premier Donald Tusk przed wylotem do Mirosławca
Szef Kancelarii Prezydenta Michał Kamiński poinformował w TVN24, że Lech Kaczyński powróci do kraju najszybciej jak będzie mógł. Samolot którym przyleciał do Chorwacji zawrócił już do kraju i prezydent nie ma w tej chwili możliwości powrotu do Polski. - Teraz powrót jest technicznie niemożliwy, nie możemy w nocy wyczarterować samolotu, kiedy tylko będzie miał możliwość prezydent wróci - powiedział Kamiński. Lech Kaczyński złożył wyrazy najgłębszego współczucia rodzinom ofiar katastrofy samolotu CASA, który rozbił się w Mirosławcu.Na miejsce wypadku jadą wysocy urzędnicy Kancelarii Prezydenta i Biura Bezpieczeństwa Narodowego, mają z miejsca wypadku na bieżąco informować prezydenta.Lech Kaczyński nie był zadowolony przepływem informacji . - Wiem to, co wiem. I na pewno wiem zbyt mało. To wskazuje na wielkie zadania dotyczące informowania o różnego rodzaju zdarzeniach, także tych najgorszych, najwyższe władze RP - powiedział.W czwartek Lech Kaczyński ma spotkać się prezydentem Chorwacji Stipe Mesiciem. - Natychmiast po niej wracam do Warszawy - oświadczył Lech Kaczyński. Zaznaczył jednocześnie, że strasznie mu przykro jeśli chodzi o - jak mówił - "naszych chorwackich przyjaciół", ponieważ ta wizyta była kilkakrotnie odkładana.jaś
|
pl
|
Lech Kaczyński dzisiaj ogłosi decyzję w sprawie żałoby narodowej
Lech Kaczyński powiedział wczoraj, że informację w sprawie żałoby narodowej podejmie i ogłosi już dzisiaj. Jednocześnie prezydent poinformował, że rozmawiał już na temat tragedii z premierem Donaldem Tuskiem.
Lech Kaczyński złożył kondolencje rodzinom ofiar wypadku. Na miejsce wysłani zostali pracownicy Kancelarii Prezydenta.
Z powodu katastrofy samolotu wojskowego pod Mirosławcem prezydent przerwał swoją wizytę w Chorwacji. 24 stycznia wziął udział w spotkaniu z Prezydentem Republiki Chorwacji Stjepanem Mesiciem, podczas którego odbyła się ceremonia wręczenia odznaczenia Prezydentowi RP a następnie powrócił do kraju.
|
pl
|
Prezydent RP, Lech Kaczyński 23 stycznia 2008 r. Prezydent Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej Lech Kaczyński wraz z Małżonką udał się z oficjalną wizytą do Republiki Chorwacji.
24 stycznia br. Prezydent RP Lech Kaczyński wziął udział w spotkaniu z Prezydentem Republiki Chorwacji Stjepanem Mesiciem, podczas którego odbyła się ceremonia wręczenia odznaczenia Prezydentowi RP.
W związku z katastrofą samolotu wojskowego CASA Prezydent RP Lech Kaczyński skrócił swoją wizytę i po spotkaniu z Prezydentem Republiki Chorwacji powrócił do kraju.
Podczas konferencji prasowej Prezydent RP powiedział:
"Panie Prezydencie, Szanowni Państwo,
Zdarzyła się tragedia – zmusza mnie to do jak najszybszego powrotu, stąd też wizyta musiała być zmieniona w wizytę roboczą. Bardzo dziękuję za zrozumienie ze strony Prezydenta i władz republiki Chorwacji dla sytuacji, w jakiej się znaleźliśmy. Mamy za sobą rozmowę, którą można określić jako przeglądową. Dowiedziałem się wielu rzeczy niezmiernie interesujących, jeżeli chodzi o ocenę sytuacji Pana Prezydenta, wiele faktów, dotyczących tego regionu. Tak, jak mówił Pan Prezydent, omawialiśmy również stosunki wzajemne i pewne problemy wychodzące poza kwestie regionalne, europejskie, nawet ponadeuropejskie. Ja myślę, że te rozmowy będziemy mogli skutecznie kontynuować.
Polska wspiera wejście Chorwacji do Unii Europejskiej, do struktur euroatlantyckich. Uważamy, że jest to droga, która prowadzi w ogóle do poszerzenia Unii, a jeżeli chodzi o NATO, to już wielokrotnie mówiłem, że jest to swoisty światowy eksporter stabilizacji – przynajmniej względnej – i pokoju. A więc tego, co na Bałkanach jest niezmiernie potrzebne, zresztą nie tylko na Bałkanach – na całym świecie. Tyle tylko, że NATO jest to oczywiście struktura o charakterze regionalnym, amerykańsko-europejskim a nie ogólnoświatowym. Mam nadzieję, że wizyta oficjalna pozwoli pogłębić współpracę bilateralną między nami, naszymi dwoma krajami. Z jednej strony życzymy naszym chorwackim przyjaciołom jak najszybszej integracji z Unią, z drugiej strony my, w Polsce stoimy na stanowisku, że Unia pozostaje bardzo silnym, bardzo ścisłym, ale związkiem państw narodowych, a nie federacją. A więc jest tam miejsce na stosunki bilateralne, nawet bardzo głębokie. Życzymy sobie takich stosunków z Chorwacją. Jeżeli idzie o pewne problemy ogólnoeuropejskie, w których zarówno Polska, jak i Chorwacja biorą lub będą brały udział, to mam nadzieję jeszcze na dłuższą rozmowę z Panem Prezydentem przy okazji wizyty oficjalnej. Raz jeszcze dziękuję za zrozumienie".
.........................................
Zapraszamy do oglądania zdjęć z tego wydarzenia w naszej Galerii!
|
pl
|
Lech Kaczyński dzisiaj ogłosi decyzję w sprawie żałoby narodowej
Lech Kaczyński powiedział wczoraj, że informację w sprawie żałoby narodowej podejmie i ogłosi już dzisiaj. Jednocześnie prezydent poinformował, że rozmawiał już na temat tragedii z premierem Donaldem Tuskiem.
Lech Kaczyński złożył kondolencje rodzinom ofiar wypadku. Na miejsce wysłani zostali pracownicy Kancelarii Prezydenta.
Z powodu katastrofy samolotu wojskowego pod Mirosławcem prezydent przerwał swoją wizytę w Chorwacji. 24 stycznia wziął udział w spotkaniu z Prezydentem Republiki Chorwacji Stjepanem Mesiciem, podczas którego odbyła się ceremonia wręczenia odznaczenia Prezydentowi RP a następnie powrócił do kraju.
|
en
|
404
We're sorry but the page you requested could not be found.Please try again from the home page or contact us
|
en
|
'''''' means "Our Beautiful Land" in the Inuktitut language of the people of , and the name of their new land as part of a land claims agreement signed on Saturday by the Labrador Inuit Association and representatives of both the Canadian federal and Labrador provincial governments.
The land agreement, thirty years in the negotiating, covers 72,520 square kilometers of northern Labrador, as well as special rights over 48,690 sqare kilometers of coastal waters. The Inuit will become owners of 15,800 sqare kilometers of the land, and will co-manage the balance. Under the agreement the Government of Canada will transfer $140 million to the Labrador Inuit, as well as $156 million for implementation.
The agreement also came with an apology for a forced relocation program half a century ago. The apology was delivered by the premier of Newfoundland and Labrador .
Despite being delayed a day due to heavy snowstorms, the signing ceremony in was attended by federal Indian Affairs Minister Andy Scott Williams and other dignitaries.
The land claims agreement must still be approved by the , but has already passed through the of Newfoundland and Labrador.
|
en
|
Have the news stories that matter most sent to your inbox daily.
Nain, Nfld. Federal and provincial politicians were to travel to northern Labrador on Friday to sign a final agreement with the Inuit to create Nunatsiavut, a vast area of self-government that was 30 years in the making.
The ceremony in Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador's most northerly community, will clear the way for the federal government to ratify the deal and introduce legislation.
“The process has been long and hard, but we're nearly there,” William Andersen III, president of the Labrador Inuit Association, said in an interview.
The provincial government ratified the treaty last month.
The Inuit had hoped to have the treaty ratified by Ottawa last year, but the process was held up by the federal election.
Mr. Andersen said a delegation from the association will be in Ottawa next week to “keep government and the opposition ... on their toes in terms of getting the legislation through as quickly as possible.”
Under the agreement, the Inuit will own 15,800 square kilometres of land in northeast Labrador.
The Inuit will also have limited resource and management rights in another 56,700 square kilometres of land known as the settlement area.
The deal provides federal funding for education, health and other services as well as a cash payout and a portion of provincial revenues on future resource developments within the territory.
Once the federal bill becomes law, probably by this fall, the Inuit have two years to hold their first election.
In the meantime, an interim government has been selected to govern the territory, Mr. Andersen said.
He will be joined at the ceremony by federal Indian Affairs Minister Andy Scott, Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams, federal Environment Minister Stéphane Dion and provincial Aboriginal Affairs Minister Tom Rideout.
“This is historic,” Mr. Rideout said. “It will change the face of Labrador forever.”
The agreement has rankled some in the region.
The Labrador Métis Nation, which represents Inuit descendants who fall outside the Labrador Inuit Association membership rules, say the deal will extinguish their rights.
The group's own land claim has not been accepted by the federal government.
Eight Métis launched a lawsuit asking the courts to declare the Inuit agreement invalid and the group promised a campaign of civil disobedience.
But the head of the group, Todd Russell, said there were no plans to attend the signing ceremony.
“It was never our intent to have any conflict with the Labrador Inuit Association,” Mr. Russell said.
The group recently received $145,000 from the federal government to pay for day-to-day activities and hire a communications officer.
The federal and provincial governments are continuing treaty negotiations with the Labrador Innu, most of whom live in nearby Natuashish and in southern Labrador.
“We're hopeful that we'll reach a settlement with the Innu soon,” Mr. Rideout said.
|
en
|
'''''' means "Our Beautiful Land" in the Inuktitut language of the people of , and the name of their new land as part of a land claims agreement signed on Saturday by the Labrador Inuit Association and representatives of both the Canadian federal and Labrador provincial governments.
The land agreement, thirty years in the negotiating, covers 72,520 square kilometers of northern Labrador, as well as special rights over 48,690 sqare kilometers of coastal waters. The Inuit will become owners of 15,800 sqare kilometers of the land, and will co-manage the balance. Under the agreement the Government of Canada will transfer $140 million to the Labrador Inuit, as well as $156 million for implementation.
The agreement also came with an apology for a forced relocation program half a century ago. The apology was delivered by the premier of Newfoundland and Labrador .
Despite being delayed a day due to heavy snowstorms, the signing ceremony in was attended by federal Indian Affairs Minister Andy Scott Williams and other dignitaries.
The land claims agreement must still be approved by the , but has already passed through the of Newfoundland and Labrador.
|
en
|
January 21, 2005 Labrador Inuit to create autonomous Nunatsiavut Deal would carve out territory spanning 72,000 square kilometres SARA MINOGUE The Inuit of Labrador will sign a historic land claims agreement with the federal government in Nain today, bringing them one step closer towards their long-awaited goal of self-government. On Monday, it was business as usual at the Labrador Inuit Association, where the board of directors had convened to make final preparations to welcome several illustrious guests for the official signing ceremony. “There’s a lot of anticipation,” said William Andersen III, president of the Labrador Inuit Association, which has been working on the deal for 30 years. “Once the agreement is signed, I think there will be even more expectations and that’s fair. People know what’s happening and it’s a great time for us.” But Andersen stressed that the board was also “discussing the need to carry on business as normal.” “I think the agreement is a good agreement but I still maintain that it’s going to be really up to us to make it work. If we don’t put our heart and soul into it, no matter how good the agreement is, it will not be of great benefit.” The agreement will give 5,300 Labrador Inuit control over 72,000 square kilometres of land, approximately one-third of northern Labrador. “I think it’s one of the most exciting periods for the Labrador Inuit,” said Mary Simon, Canada’s former ambassador to the Arctic and a past head of the Inuit Circumpolar Conference and Makivik Corporation. “They’ve worked very long and hard to settle some very difficult issues. Finally, it’s becoming a reality and I think people are very proud and excited about the signing ceremony.” Simon has spent the past several months on contract to the LIA, making sure that federal representatives understand and support the land claim. The government of Newfoundland and Labrador approved the claim in December. It’s only the second provincial government to be affected by a comprehensive land claims agreement since the Nisga’a British Columbia agreement with Ottawa in 2000. The next step is legislation in the House of Commons. Simon is confident that Labrador Inuit have the support they need for the legislation to pass, but she plans to make sure that members of Parliament, ministers and opposition party members are all on board. “With a minority government, I think it’s very important to make sure your consultation is done and that everybody understands the agreement and the different aspects of how this is not just good for Inuit, but good for Canada as well.” Paul Kaludjak, president of Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., commended the LIA on “taking control of their own lives as we have tried to here in Nunavut.” Now, he said, he hopes the federal government will live up to its commitments. “We have to keep knocking at the government’s door to keep our implementation in line, and keep it active. We have an outstanding 10-year plan that is not being acted on by the government currently. “I hope they will not have the same difficulty that we have. I hope there will be quicker turnarounds and timely implementation practices.” In the meantime, the LIA is preparing an interim government that can take over the leadership of the land claims area until elections can be held for the new Nunatsiavut Government. The group is “well into that process,” Andersen said, having started the work immediately after a vote on May 26 where 76 per cent of Labrador Inuit supported the land claim. The Nunatsiavut Government will be a public body, made up of 16 representatives from five community councils representing Inuit and non-Inuit in the region. Together, they will manage the rights of beneficiaries’ to the agreement, as well as write and enforce laws relating to cultural affairs, education, health, child and family services, income support, and justice in the territory. The deal comes with a $140 million capital transfer as well as $156 million in implementation funding from the federal government, which amounts to almost $350 million when adjusted for inflation since 1997, when the figures were negotiated. The territory must pay back $50 million of the capital funding to the federal government for legal expenses incurred during the 30-year negotiations. The Nunatsiavut Government will collect 5 per cent of revenues from Voisey’s Bay, and a share in offshore oil revenues in some areas. It will have the power to impose tax, but residents will continue to pay federal and provincial taxes. Other dignitaries invited to the ceremony include the minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Andy Scott; the federal Environment Minister Stéphane Dion; Nunavut Premier Paul Okalik; and the president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, Jose Kusugak.
|
en
|
'''''' means "Our Beautiful Land" in the Inuktitut language of the people of , and the name of their new land as part of a land claims agreement signed on Saturday by the Labrador Inuit Association and representatives of both the Canadian federal and Labrador provincial governments.
The land agreement, thirty years in the negotiating, covers 72,520 square kilometers of northern Labrador, as well as special rights over 48,690 sqare kilometers of coastal waters. The Inuit will become owners of 15,800 sqare kilometers of the land, and will co-manage the balance. Under the agreement the Government of Canada will transfer $140 million to the Labrador Inuit, as well as $156 million for implementation.
The agreement also came with an apology for a forced relocation program half a century ago. The apology was delivered by the premier of Newfoundland and Labrador .
Despite being delayed a day due to heavy snowstorms, the signing ceremony in was attended by federal Indian Affairs Minister Andy Scott Williams and other dignitaries.
The land claims agreement must still be approved by the , but has already passed through the of Newfoundland and Labrador.
|
en
|
NLIS 1
January 22, 2005
(Executive Council)
(Labrador and Aboriginal Affairs)
Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement signed
(Nain) - Today (January 22) at a signing ceremony in Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador, representatives from the Labrador Inuit Association (LIA), Government of Canada, and Government of Newfoundland and Labrador signed the Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement (Agreement). Representing the LIA was President William Andersen III. Representing the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador were Premier Danny Williams, and Tom Rideout, Minister Responsible for Aboriginal Affairs. Representing the Government of Canada was Andy Scott, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians.
The occasion represents the successful conclusion of 28 years of work by the parties, which began in 1977 with the filing of a statement of claim by the LIA. This Agreement provides the Labrador Inuit with defined rights in and to territory in northern Labrador.
The Agreement, a modern-day treaty, is the first of its kind in Atlantic Canada.
President of the Labrador Inuit Association, William Andersen III, said, "The Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement will bring real and meaningful benefits to all of us – Labrador Inuit, Newfoundlanders and Labradorians and all Canadians. It provides for certainty and rights and creates clarity for the future. It will allow us to build on the partnerships we have begun to work toward sustainable development, economic growth and social justice."
Minister Scott said, "The first modern day treaty in Atlantic Canada marks the opening of a new era of partnership between the Inuit of Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Canada. Not only will this Agreement provide certainty over land use and title, it will offer a host of opportunities for economic development for Inuit and non-Inuit alike. The Inuit of Labrador now have the tools to build their own government and take greater control of decisions affecting their communities, forging a brighter future for themselves."
Premier Williams said, "The signing of this agreement, the first land claims agreement to be finalized in Newfoundland and Labrador is an historic occasion for Labrador Inuit, the province and the entire nation. This agreement will bring clarity to land ownership and the management of resources, allowing Labrador Inuit to further pursue economic development opportunities consistent with their cultural values. Settling this land claims agreement will create a stable environment for investment benefitting Labrador Inuit and all Newfoundlanders and Labradorians. The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador is proud to enter into this new relationship with Labrador Inuit and the Government of Canada."
Minister Rideout said, "This government was proud to pass the Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement Act in last fall’s sitting of the House of Assembly, and today marks another important milestone in bringing life to the treaty. The self-government provisions of this agreement will enable Labrador Inuit to build healthier communities by setting their own priorities and designing their own programs and services to better meet the needs of their people. They will be able to set their own path to the future and the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador is proud to support Labrador Inuit as they move to this new part of their history."
The Labrador Inuit Association represents approximately 5,300 Inuit and Kablunangajuit (individuals of partial Inuit ancestry) who live primarily in five coastal communities (Nain, Hopedale, Makkovik, Postville and Rigolet) and the Upper Lake Melville area of Newfoundland and Labrador.
The Agreement sets out details of land ownership, resource sharing and self-government. The Agreement provides for the establishment of the Labrador Inuit Settlement Area (Settlement Area) totalling approximately 72,500 square kilometres (28,000 square miles) of land in northern Labrador, including 15,800 square kilometres (6,100 square miles) of Inuit-owned lands, known as Labrador Inuit Lands. The Settlement Area also includes an adjacent Ocean Zone of 48,690 square kilometres (18,800 square miles). The Agreement also provides for the establishment of the Torngat Mountains National Park Reserve, consisting of approximately 9,600 square kilometres (3,700 square miles) of land within the Settlement Area.
Under the Agreement, the Government of Canada will transfer $140 million to the Labrador Inuit, as well as $156 million for implementation of the Agreement.
The self-government provisions of the Agreement provide for the creation of the Nunatsiavut Government, five Inuit community governments and Inuit community corporations to represent Inuit living outside the Settlement Area. All levels of government will be democratically elected and financially accountable to the electorate. The Nunatsiavut Government will be able to make laws applicable to Inuit in Labrador Inuit Lands and Inuit communities with respect to culture and language, education, health and social services. The Nunatsiavut Government may also make laws for the administration of Inuit law and to establish necessary enforcement structures, including an Inuit law enforcement agency and an Inuit court.
Additional agreements among the Labrador Inuit, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Canada will provide for key programs and services such as health care, education and other social programs and services to be delivered by the Nunatsiavut Government to all residents in each of the five Inuit communities.
On May 26, 2004, 76 per cent of the Inuit voted in favour of the Agreement, with a voter turnout of 86 per cent.
The Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly passed ratification legislation enacting the Agreement on December 6, 2004. The Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement Act received Royal Assent the same day.
Federal ratification legislation for the Agreement is being prepared for introduction to Parliament.
This news release, backgrounder, milestones and highlights of the Agreement and the Agreement are available on the Internet at:
www.nunatsiavut.com
http://www.gov.nf.ca/laa/liaclaims/default.htm
www.inac.gc.ca
Media contact:
LIA
Jennifer Daly
(709) 753-0794
INAC
Diane Laursen
INAC Media Relations
(819) 994-2044
Elizabeth Matthews
Premier’s Office
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
(709) 729-3960 or (709) 690-5500
Lori Lee Oates
Aboriginal Affairs
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
(709) 729-3015 or (709) 690-8403
2005 01 22 5:30 p.m.
|
en
|
'''''' means "Our Beautiful Land" in the Inuktitut language of the people of , and the name of their new land as part of a land claims agreement signed on Saturday by the Labrador Inuit Association and representatives of both the Canadian federal and Labrador provincial governments.
The land agreement, thirty years in the negotiating, covers 72,520 square kilometers of northern Labrador, as well as special rights over 48,690 sqare kilometers of coastal waters. The Inuit will become owners of 15,800 sqare kilometers of the land, and will co-manage the balance. Under the agreement the Government of Canada will transfer $140 million to the Labrador Inuit, as well as $156 million for implementation.
The agreement also came with an apology for a forced relocation program half a century ago. The apology was delivered by the premier of Newfoundland and Labrador .
Despite being delayed a day due to heavy snowstorms, the signing ceremony in was attended by federal Indian Affairs Minister Andy Scott Williams and other dignitaries.
The land claims agreement must still be approved by the , but has already passed through the of Newfoundland and Labrador.
|
pl
|
Szukaj: Relacje TV » nSport "Złota Piłka" dla Kaki nSport Kaka dostanie "Złotą Piłkę" Zobacz więcej relacji » Liga włoska tabele » Tabela Wyniki Historia Tabela Sezon 2007/2008 z 02 grudnia 2007 lp. drużyna m. bramki pkt. 1. Inter Mediolan (M) 13 26:8 31 2. AS Roma (P) 13 28:17 28 3. Juventus Turyn (b) 14 29:13 26 4. Udinese Calcio 14 17:15 25 5. AC Fiorentina 14 19:11 24 6. Atalanta Bergamo 13 21:16 21 7. Sampdoria Genua 14 18:17 20 8. AC Milan 13 20:10 18 9. SSC Napoli (b) 14 22:20 18 10. Calcio Catania 14 14:14 18 11. US Palermo 14 18:22 18 12. Torino FC 14 14:15 15 13. Parma FC 14 16:22 15 14. Genoa CFC (b) 14 13:19 15 15. Lazio Rzym 13 13:17 14 16. AS Livorno 14 17:25 13 17. AC Siena 14 13:21 10 18. Cagliari Calcio 13 11:20 10 19. Reggina Calcio 14 9:21 10 20. Empoli FC 14 7:20 10 Rozwiń tabelę Tabela Wyniki Historia Wyniki 14. kolejka z 02 grudnia 2007 drużyna wynik drużyna Atalanta Bergamo 5:1 (3:0) SSC Napoli Cagliari Calcio 0:0 AS Livorno Catania Calcio 3:1 (2:0) US Palermo AC Fiorentina 0:2 (0:2) Inter Mediolan AC Milan 0:0 Juventus Turyn Parma FC 1:0 (1:0) Empoli FC AS Roma 2:1 (2:1) Udinese Calcio Sampdoria Genua 3:0 (1:0) Reggina Calcio AC Siena 1:1 (1:1) Lazio Rzym Torino FC 1:1 (0:0) Genoa CFC Tabela Wyniki Historia Historia Mistrzowie Włoch z 27 maja 2007 rok mistrz wicemistrz 2007 Inter Mediolan AS Roma 2006 Inter Mediolan AC Milan 2005 - AC Milan 2004 AC Milan AS Roma 2003 Juventus Turyn Inter Mediolan 2002 Juventus Turyn AS Roma 2001 AS Roma Juventus Turyn 2000 Lazio Rzym Juventus Turyn 1999 AC Milan Lazio Rzym 1998 Juventus Turyn Inter Mediolan 1997 Juventus Turyn AC Parma 1996 AC Milan Juventus Turyn 1995 Juventus Turyn Lazio Rzym 1994 AC Milan Juventus Turyn 1993 AC Milan Inter Mediolan 1992 AC Milan Juventus Turyn 1991 Sampdoria Genua AC Milan 1990 SSC Napoli AC Milan 1989 Inter Mediolan SSC Napoli 1988 AC Milan SSC Napoli 1987 SSC Napoli Juventus Turyn 1986 Juventus Turyn AS Roma 1985 Hellas Werona AC Torino 1984 Juventus Turyn AS Roma 1983 AS Roma Juventus Turyn 1982 Juventus Turyn AC Fiorentina 1981 Juventus Turyn AS Roma 1980 Inter Mediolan Juventus Turyn 1979 AC Milan AC Perugia 1978 Juventus Turyn LR Vicenza 1977 Juventus Turyn AC Torino 1976 AC Torino Juventus Turyn 1975 Juventus Turyn SSC Napoli 1974 Lazio Rzym Juventus Turyn 1973 Juventus Turyn AC Milan 1972 Juventus Turyn AC Milan 1971 Inter Mediolan AC Milan 1970 Cagliari Calcio Inter Mediolan 1969 AC Fiorentina Cagliari Calcio 1968 AC Milan SSC Napoli 1967 Juventus Turyn Inter Mediolan 1966 Inter Mediolan Bologna FC 1965 Inter Mediolan AC Milan 1964 Bologna FC Inter Mediolan 1963 Inter Mediolan Juventus Turyn 1962 AC Milan Inter Mediolan 1961 Juventus Turyn AC Milan 1960 Juventus Turyn AC Fiorentina 1959 AC Milan AC Fiorentina 1958 Juventus Turyn AC Fiorentina 1957 AC Milan AC Fiorentina 1956 AC Fiorentina AC Milan 1955 AC Milan Udinese Calcio 1954 Inter Mediolan Juventus Turyn 1953 Inter Mediolan Juventus Turyn 1952 Juventus Turyn AC Milan 1951 AC Milan Inter Mediolan 1950 Juventus Turyn AC Milan 1949 AC Torino Inter Mediolan 1948 AC Torino AC Milan 1947 AC Torino Juventus Turyn 1946 AC Torino Juventus Turyn 1943 AC Torino AS Livorno 1942 AS Roma AC Torino 1941 Bologna FC Ambrosiana-Inter Mediolan 1940 Ambrosiana-Inter Mediolan Bologna FC 1939 Bologna FC AC Torino 1938 Ambrosiana-Inter Mediolan Juventus Turyn 1937 Bologna FC Lazio Rzym 1936 Bologna FC AS Roma 1935 Juventus Turyn Ambrosiana-Inter Mediolan 1934 Juventus Turyn Ambrosiana-Inter Mediolan 1933 Juventus Turyn Ambrosiana-Inter Mediolan 1932 Juventus Turyn Bologna FC 1931 Juventus Turyn AS Roma 1930 Ambrosiana-Inter Mediolan - 1929 Bologna FC AC Torino 1928 AC Torino FC Genoa 1893 1927 AC Torino Bologna FC 1926 Juventus Turyn Alba Rzym 1925 Bologna FC Modena FC 1924 FC Genoa 1893 Padova Calcio 1923 FC Genoa 1893 Lazio Rzym 1922 US Novese Sampierdarenese Genua 1921 Pro Vercelli Pisa Calcio 1920 Inter Mediolan AS Livorno 1915 FC Genoa 1893 - 1914 AS Casale Lazio Rzym 1913 Pro Vercelli Lazio Rzym 1912 Pro Vercelli AC Venezia 1911 Pro Vercelli Vicenza Calcio 1910 Inter Mediolan Pro Vercelli 1909 Pro Vercelli US Milanese 1908 Pro Vercelli US Milanese 1907 AC Milan AC Torino 1906 AC Milan Juventus Turyn 1905 Juventus Turyn FC Genoa 1893 1904 FC Genoa 1893 Juventus Turyn 1903 FC Genoa 1893 Juventus Turyn 1902 FC Genoa 1893 AC Milan 1901 AC Milan FC Genoa 1893 1900 FC Genoa 1893 FC Torinese 1899 FC Genoa 1893 Inter Turyn 1898 FC Genoa 1893 Inter Turyn Rozwiń tabelę PREMIERSHIP BUNDESLIGA PRIMERA DIVISION SERIE A Fotoreportaże » "Złota Piłka "dla Kaki 11 ZDJĘĆ 11 ZDJĘĆ 11 ZDJĘĆ Występujący w AC Milan 25-letni Brazylijczyk Kaka został laureatem "Złotej Piłki" w 2007 roku, prestiżowej nagrody przyznawanej przez francuskie czasopismo "France Football" dla najlepszego piłkarza grającego w Europie (fot. AP/AFP).
|
pl
|
Reprezentant Brazylii występujący we włoskim zespole A.C. Milan, Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite - znany jako Kaká - został laureatem Złotej Piłki za rok 2007. Kaká otrzymał w głosowaniu 444 pkt i wyprzedził Portugalczyka Cristiano Ronaldo (277 pkt) oraz Argentyńczyka Lionela Messiego (255 pkt).
W plebiscycie wzięło udział 96 dziennikarzy z całego świata, którzy oddawali swoje głosy na wytypowanych wcześniej przez redakcję francuskiego tydodnika France Football 50 graczy.
Kaká urodził się 22 kwietnia 1982 roku w Brasilii. W Milanie gra na pozycji ofensywnego pomocnika. W klubie tym występuje od 2003 r., zdobył z nim mistrzostwo Włoch (2004) oraz Puchar Europy i Superpuchar Europy (2007). W minionym sezonie został najskuteczniejszym strzelcem Ligi Mistrzów, strzelając 10 bramek.
""Dziękuję Bogu, że mogę tutaj być, i że pozwolił mi tyle osiągnąć. Dziękuję żonie, klubowi, partnerom z reprezentacji. To był dla mnie wspaniały rok i ta nagroda świetnie do podkreśla" - powiedział zawodnik, odbierając trofeum. W paryskiej uroczystości towarzyszyła mu żona, brat oraz rodzice.
|
fr
|
1. Ricardo Izecson Dos Santos Leite Kak, 444 pts MILAN AC. Brésilien. 25 ans, 59 sélections, 22 buts. Poste : milieu. Palmarès 2007 : Ligue des champions, meilleur buteur de la Ligue des champions (10 buts). Saison 2007-08 : participation à la Ligue des champions, qualifié pour la Coupe du monde des clubs. 2. Cristiano Ronaldo, 277 pts MANCHESTER UNITED. Portugais. 22 ans, 53 sélections, 20 buts. Poste : attaquant. Palmarès 2007 : Championnat d'Angleterre, Community Shield, finaliste de la Coupe d'Angleterre. Saison 2007-08 : qualifié pour les huitièmes de finale de la Ligue des champions, qualifié pour l'Euro 2008. 3. Lionel Andrès Messi, 255 pts FC BARCELONE. Argentin. 20 ans, 26 sélections, 8 buts. Poste : attaquant. Palmarès 2007 : finaliste de la Copa America. Saison 2007-08 : qualifié pour les huitièmes de finale de la Ligue des champions. 4. Didier Drogba, 108 pts CHELSEA. Ivoirien. 29 ans, 42 sélections, 29 buts. Poste : attaquant. Palmarès 2007 : Coupe d'Angleterre, Coupe de la Ligue, meilleur buteur du Championnat d'Angleterre (20 buts). Saison 2007-08 : participation à la Ligue des champions, qualifié pour la CAN 2008. 5. Andrea Pirlo, 41 pts MILAN AC. Italien. 28 ans, 43 sélections, 6 buts. Poste : milieu. Palmarès 2007 : Ligue des champions, Supercoupe d'Europe. Saison 2007-08 : participation à la Ligue des champions, qualifié pour la Coupe du monde des clubs, qualifié pour l'Euro 2008. 6. Ruud van Nistelrooy (Pays-Bas, Real Madrid), 39 pts. 7. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Suède, Inter Milan), 31 pts. 8 . Cesc Fabregas (Espagne, Arsenal), 27 pts. 9. Robinho (Brésil, Real Madrid), 24 pts. 10. Francesco Totti (Italie, AS Roma), 20 pts. 11. Frédéric Kanouté (Mali, FC Séville), 19 pts. 12. Ronaldinho (Brésil, FC Barcelone), 18 pts. 13. Steven Gerrard (Angleterre, Liverpool), 17 pts. 14. Juan Roman Riquelme (Argentine, Boca Juniors puis Villarreal), 15 pts. 15. Daniel Alves (Brésil, FC Séville), 14 pts. 16. Filippo Inzaghi (Italie, Milan AC), 12 pts. 17. Franck Ribéry (France, Marseille puis Bayern Munich), 10 pts. 18. Paolo Maldini (Italie, Milan AC), 8 pts. 19. Gianluigi Buffon (Italie, Juventus Turin), Petr Cech (République tchèque, Chelsea), Gennaro Gattuso (Italie, Milan AC), Thierry Henry (France, Arsenal puis FC Barcelone) et Clarence Seedorf (Pays-Bas, Milan AC), 7 pts. 24. Fabio Cannavaro (Italie, Real Madrid) et Michael Essien (Ghana, Chelsea), 5 pts. 26 . Wayne Rooney (Angleterre, Manchester United), 4 pts. 27. Iker Casillas (Espagne, Real Madrid) et Rogerio Ceni (Brésil, Sao Paulo), 3 pts. 29. Younis Mahmoud (Irak, Al-Gharafa), 2 pts. 30. Dimitar Berbatov (Bulgarie, Tottenham), Samuel Eto'o (Cameroun, FC Barcelone), Ryan Giggs (Galles, Manchester United), Guillermo Ochoa (Mexique, America Mexico), Carlos Tevez (Argentine, West Ham puis Manchester United) et Robin van Persie (Pays-Bas, Arsenal), 1 pt. 36. Eric Abidal (France, Lyon puis FC Barcelone), David Beckham (Angleterre, Real Madrid puis Los Angeles Galaxy), Deco (Portugal, FC Barcelone), Mahamadou Diarra (Mali, Real Madrid), Diego (Brésil, Werder Brême), Miroslav Klose (Allemagne, Werder Brême puis Bayern Munich), Florent Malouda (France, Lyon puis Chelsea), Shunsuke Nakamura (Japon, Celtic Glasgow), Ricardo Quaresma (Portugal, FC Porto), Raul (Espagne, Real Madrid), Paul Scholes (Angleterre, Manchester United), Luca Toni (Italie, Fiorentina puis Bayern Munich), Kolo Touré (Côte d'Ivoire, Arsenal), José Fernando Torres (Espagne, Atletico Madrid puis Liverpool) et David Villa (Espagne, Valence CF), 0 pt.
|
pl
|
Reprezentant Brazylii występujący we włoskim zespole A.C. Milan, Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite - znany jako Kaká - został laureatem Złotej Piłki za rok 2007. Kaká otrzymał w głosowaniu 444 pkt i wyprzedził Portugalczyka Cristiano Ronaldo (277 pkt) oraz Argentyńczyka Lionela Messiego (255 pkt).
W plebiscycie wzięło udział 96 dziennikarzy z całego świata, którzy oddawali swoje głosy na wytypowanych wcześniej przez redakcję francuskiego tydodnika France Football 50 graczy.
Kaká urodził się 22 kwietnia 1982 roku w Brasilii. W Milanie gra na pozycji ofensywnego pomocnika. W klubie tym występuje od 2003 r., zdobył z nim mistrzostwo Włoch (2004) oraz Puchar Europy i Superpuchar Europy (2007). W minionym sezonie został najskuteczniejszym strzelcem Ligi Mistrzów, strzelając 10 bramek.
""Dziękuję Bogu, że mogę tutaj być, i że pozwolił mi tyle osiągnąć. Dziękuję żonie, klubowi, partnerom z reprezentacji. To był dla mnie wspaniały rok i ta nagroda świetnie do podkreśla" - powiedział zawodnik, odbierając trofeum. W paryskiej uroczystości towarzyszyła mu żona, brat oraz rodzice.
|
es
|
El Consejo Nacional de Transición libio aún no ha anunciado dónde, cuándo y cómo se enterrará a Muamar el Gadafi. Su muerte sigue llenando las páginas de la prensa local y es el principal tema de conversación junto al anuncio de que habrá elecciones antes de ocho meses. Mucha gente opina que los despojos del exdictador deberían ser enterrados en un lugar secreto y la mayoría se opone a que sean entregados a su viuda, que los ha reclamado:
- “Ojalá que le entierren en el infierno”, decía una mujer. “A él y a su familia. Ojalá que los entierren a todos en el infierno”.
- “No quiero que lo entierren donde la familia quiere, sólo que lo entierren en alguna parte”, añade esta profesora.
La ONU ha pedido que se abra una investigación sobre la muerte de Gadafi, ya que hay indicios de que pudo ser ejecutado, aunque un responsable militar del Consejo de Transición ha afirmado que no se le hará una autopsia. Preguntado sobre el trato vejatorio que los milicianos han dado al cadáver del exdictador, el primer ministro interino libio, Mahmud Yibril, ha dado a entender que es comprensible debido a la agonía que esas personas han sufrido durante 42 años.
Este domingo, las autoridades libias proclamarán oficialmente que el país ha sido liberado del yugo de Gadafi. Mientras tanto, el cadáver del exdictador sigue expuesto al público en un almacén frigorífico de Misrata, una ciudad que sus tropas castigaron sin piedad durante meses. Tal vez por esa razón, miles de personas han hecho cola durante horas para poder ver el cuerpo y “estar seguros de que ha muerto”.
Copyright © 2011 euronews
|
es
|
Cientos de libios hacen fila para entrar al frigorífico en el que permanece el cadáver de Muamar el Gadafi en la ciudad de Misrata, una de las ciudades más castigadas los últimos meses por las tropas del extinto régimen de la Yamahiriya. Diversos medios han hecho referencia a que la gente quiere corroborar que es el cuerpo del líder el que yace en una cámara de refrigeración de un mercado, junto al de su hijo Motassim y el jefe de sus fuerzas armadas, Abu Baker Yunes Jaber. Videos obtenidos por agencias internacionales dan cuenta de la exposición del cuerpo, al que solo le queda un pantalón color caqui y que está recostado en un colchón y cubierto por una manta blanca y negra. Curiosos que pasan a ver los cuerpos le toman fotos y videos.
Los milicianos de Misrata han retenido el cuerpo pese a la costumbre musulmana de no dar sepultura a los muertos en un plazo no mayor a 24 horas. La ONU ha solicitado se abra una investigación para aclarar como ocurrió la muerte de Gadafi, a lo que los milicianos opositores que lo prendieron han atestiguado que fueron los ánimos desbordados de los rebeldes los que provocaron que el coronel fuera herido y muerto, luego de que intentaba escapar hacia el desierto en un nutrido convoy que fue bombardeado con éxito por la OTAN. A continuación, las brigadas misraitíes Al Nemer, Sahal Sharqui y Al Wadi fueron las que confrontaron a la guardia personal que protegía al dictador, quien quiso ocultarse en un tubo de drenaje ya muy visitado también por milicianos y curiosos, del que fue sacado herido, para ser golpeado y vejado. Los videos tomados en el momento consignan como es golpeado por la muchedumbre ante un asustado Gadafi quien les grita que si no conocen la clemencia. Un miliciano le contesta con una bofetada y le dice: “esto es por Misrata”.
De ahí, fue conducido en una ambulancia hacia un hospital, pero al llegar ya había fallecido. El cuerpo ha sido reclamado ya por miembros de la tribu Qadhadhfa en Sirte, a lo que se han negado los milicianos, quienes han propuesto enterrar a Gadafi en un lugar secreto.
|
es
|
ABC entrevista al brigadista en cuyas manos murió el dictador y recorre el lugar donde fue capturado
El dictador trató de huir de Sirte a Wadi Yaraf para escapar al desierto cuando fue sorprendido por la OTAN. Las fuerzas rebeldes le lincharon y hablan de «armas sin seguro puesto» como responsables de la muerte. Al cadáver del dictador le robaron su anillo de oro y las botas de cuero en la ambulancia. El gobierno transitorio libio, presionado por la comunidad internacional, aseguró ayer que se le había practicado la autopsia, de la que anoche no se conocían todavía los resultados.
«Murió entre mis manos. Estuvo cuarenta minutos en agonía, le hablábamos, pero no respondía. Tenía dos disparos, uno en el pecho y otro en la cabeza y perdió mucha sangre». Ismael Tweel vuelve al lugar donde el jueves murió Muamar Gadafi. Como jefe de la brigada Al Halbos suya era la responsabilidad sobre la Zona 2 de Sirte (nombre militar), muy cercana y una de las más castigadas por los combates porque allí se escondía el ex mandatario.
A las nueve de la mañana la OTAN les dio el aviso de que un convoy de 25 vehículos se preparaba para abandonar la ciudad. La caravana salió al mediodía desde la Zona 2 por la autopista de la costa, después de pocos kilómetros dejó el asfalto y se adentró en un campo de olivos por una pista de tierra en una zona llamada Silia. En este momento, cuando salieron de entre las casas, se produjo el bombardeo. Los coches calcinados y los cuerpos achicharrados son testigos mudos de la matanza.
En la puerta del desierto
Tres semanas de combates y los constantes bombardeos de la OTAN obligaron al dictador a tomar la decisión de dejar Sirte. Según los testimonios que los rebeldes han obtenido de algunos detenidos, el jueves a primera hora Gadafi reunió a sus mejores hombres y, acompañado de su hijo Motasim, les comunicó su intención de abandonar su escondite de los últimos meses para llegar a Wadi Yaraf, la puerta del desierto. La huida no era sencilla. Además de la OTAN, el convoy debía burlar los cinturones de seguridad de las fuerzas rebeldes, llegadas en su mayoría de Bengasi y Misrata. Silia es una tranquila área rural con una pista de tierra que lleva directamente hasta el desierto.
Los hombres de Gadafi tenían clara la vía de escape, pero la OTAN echó por tierra sus planes. «No nos dijeron que Gadafi iba en los coches, pero nos avisaron de que podía ser alguien importante», aseguran milicianos que tomaron parte en la captura. El honor de cazar al dictador recayó en los hombres de las brigadas Al Nemer, Sahal Sharqui y Al Wadi, todas de Misrata. El cinturón de los mandos rebeldes fue efectivo y se encontraron cara a cara con el tirano.
El bombardeo fue rápido y preciso. Inmediatamente después empezó el combate con los hombres que huían de los coches incendiados. «Capturamos a uno que nos dijo que Gadafi y su hijo estaban en los coches, pero al principio no le creímos», asegura Taweel. Luchando entre los olivos, un grupo de rebeldes observó a varias personas que buscaban refugio en una tubería de cemento. Cuando se acercaron fueron repelidos por los disparos de una docena de hombres que tomaron posiciones en torno a una de las cavidades. Sus cuerpos fueron ayer retirados por miembros de la Media Luna Roja, era la guardia personal del dictador y no quedó nadie con vida.
Mientras se llevan los cadáveres en bolsas de plástico decenas de milicianos se acercan en romería para ver el lugar de los hechos. «Desde febrero nos llamaba ratas y luego termina escondiéndose en este agujero donde realmente sólo pueden vivir las ratas, como un cobarde», bromea Ashraf, que ha venido desde Ajdabiya a Sirte para intentar encontrar a su hermano desaparecido en marzo cuando las fuerzas de Gadafi tomaron su pueblo. Milicianos de este y oeste se dan cita frente a la tubería y escriben los nombres de sus brigadas en el lugar donde cayó el dictador. Otros ponen el nombre de seres queridos caídos en combate.
«¡Muamar, Muamar!»
El combate duró más de quince minutos. En la tubería [Así era el agujero] vieron a un hombre armado con una pistola, vestido de blanco y con botas de cuero negras. «¿Qué estáis haciendo?», les preguntó a los milicianos que, sin perder un instante, se abalanzaron sobre él al grito de «¡Muamar, Muamar!». La noticia se extendió con rapidez y en minutos una turba rodeaba al dictador y lo zarandeaba. «Le pegamos muy duro», reconoce uno de los milicianos que estuvo presente y que al preguntarle sobre si lo ejecutaron asegura que «lo que pasó en los siguientes minutos de la captura sólo lo sabemos nosotros. Las imágenes no las tiene ni «Al Jazeera». La versión que los mandos de la brigada ofrecen es que «se escaparon varias balas de las armas de la multitud, armas sin seguro, y dos ellas le mataron».
Taweel y otros dos hombres arrebataron a un malherido Gadafi al grupo y lograron subirlo a una ambulancia. «Le quitamos la parte superior de su ropa para ver la herida, intentamos ayudarle, pero de pronto empezó a subir gente y más gente. Le quitaron su anillo de oro y hasta las botas, todos querían un trofeo de guerra», recuerda Taweel, cuyo único recuerdo son sus pantalones manchados por la sangre del ex mandatario. A duras penas se abrieron paso entre la multitud con el vehículo y pusieron rumbo a Mistara, al mercado central donde los médicos certificaron su muerte y donde el cuerpo está expuesto al público en una cámara frigorífica para animales. ¿Qué pasó con su hijo Motassim? Una captura similar y un mismo final, la muerte a manos rebeldes. Ambos esperan de ser enterrados.
|
es
|
Cientos de libios hacen fila para entrar al frigorífico en el que permanece el cadáver de Muamar el Gadafi en la ciudad de Misrata, una de las ciudades más castigadas los últimos meses por las tropas del extinto régimen de la Yamahiriya. Diversos medios han hecho referencia a que la gente quiere corroborar que es el cuerpo del líder el que yace en una cámara de refrigeración de un mercado, junto al de su hijo Motassim y el jefe de sus fuerzas armadas, Abu Baker Yunes Jaber. Videos obtenidos por agencias internacionales dan cuenta de la exposición del cuerpo, al que solo le queda un pantalón color caqui y que está recostado en un colchón y cubierto por una manta blanca y negra. Curiosos que pasan a ver los cuerpos le toman fotos y videos.
Los milicianos de Misrata han retenido el cuerpo pese a la costumbre musulmana de no dar sepultura a los muertos en un plazo no mayor a 24 horas. La ONU ha solicitado se abra una investigación para aclarar como ocurrió la muerte de Gadafi, a lo que los milicianos opositores que lo prendieron han atestiguado que fueron los ánimos desbordados de los rebeldes los que provocaron que el coronel fuera herido y muerto, luego de que intentaba escapar hacia el desierto en un nutrido convoy que fue bombardeado con éxito por la OTAN. A continuación, las brigadas misraitíes Al Nemer, Sahal Sharqui y Al Wadi fueron las que confrontaron a la guardia personal que protegía al dictador, quien quiso ocultarse en un tubo de drenaje ya muy visitado también por milicianos y curiosos, del que fue sacado herido, para ser golpeado y vejado. Los videos tomados en el momento consignan como es golpeado por la muchedumbre ante un asustado Gadafi quien les grita que si no conocen la clemencia. Un miliciano le contesta con una bofetada y le dice: “esto es por Misrata”.
De ahí, fue conducido en una ambulancia hacia un hospital, pero al llegar ya había fallecido. El cuerpo ha sido reclamado ya por miembros de la tribu Qadhadhfa en Sirte, a lo que se han negado los milicianos, quienes han propuesto enterrar a Gadafi en un lugar secreto.
|
en
|
A network of individuals, independent and alternative media activists and organisations, offering grassroots, non-corporate, non-commercial coverage of important social and political issues.
Massive oil spill - Environmental Catastrophe
Oil leaking from a bombed power station in Lebanon has reached the coastline of neighbouring Syria and is spreading north, the Kenya-based United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says. Lebanon's Environment Ministry has called it the worst environmental disaster to hit the Arab state. The spill has already polluted over 80 kilometres of Lebanon's coastline... Israel/Lebanon oil spill spreads to Syrian coast:Oil leaking from a bombed power station in Lebanon has reached the coastline of neighbouring Syria and is spreading north, the Kenya-based United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says. Lebanon's Environment Ministry has called it the worst environmental disaster to hit the Arab state. The spill has already polluted over 80 kilometres of Lebanon's coastline...
Environmental Catastrophe
Environmental Catastrophe
Environmental Catastrophe
Environmental Catastrophe
Environmental Catastrophe
Environmental Catastrophe
The environmental damage has attracted little media attention but experts warn the long-term effects could be devastating.
Some 110 000 barrels of oil poured into the Mediterranean two weeks ago after Israeli warplanes hit a coastal power plant. One tank is still burning, sending clouds of thick black smoke across the country. Compounding the problem is an Israeli naval blockade and continuing military operations that have made any cleanup impossible. And environmental officials say the longer the problem is allowed to go unchecked, the greater the lasting damage.
Israeli jets hit storage tanks at the Jiyyeh plant south of the Lebanese capital Beirut at the onset of the war. The blasts caused an estimated 10,000 to 30,000 tonne oil spillage into the Mediterranean.
"Satellite imagery now shows that the oil slick has entered Syrian waters and has already contaminated approximately 10 kilometres of coastline north of the borders between Syria and Lebanon," UNEP said. Local ecologists say the oil is especially threatening since fish spawn and sea turtles, including the endangered green turtle, nest on Lebanon's coast.
"An environmental catastrophe is threatening the Mediterranean region hostilities must cease to guarantee immediate access to the affected area," said Paul Misfud, coordinator for UNEP-Mediterranean Action Plan.
The Worldwide Fund says the oil pollution has reached "catastrophic proportions", about 30,000 tonnes of heating oil had leaked into the sea. It could not be excluded that the oil slick would reach Turkey and Cyprus. The WWF said rare sea turtles were threatened with extinction, as well as fish stocks already decimated by over fishing, and migratory birds.
"The oil has been drifting in the Mediterranean for alomst three weeks. Each day more makes the situation worse for human beings and nature," warned the WWF. If not removed, the oil would form lumps and sink to the bottom of the sea. From there, its poisons would get into the food chain, and could ultimately, via fish, get back to humans as well.
The first country to rush and help Lebanon was Kuwait, which suffered a similar disaster during the 1991 Gulf War. But three truckloads of cleanup supplies the country sent in are stuck in Beirut, with crews waiting for the fighting to wane before beginning their work, said the capital's mayor, Abdel Monem Ariss.
"We have no access to Lebanon territorial waters," Sarraf said. "This means that we are already 10 days delayed and in terms of oil pollution, 10 days is a century."
In Geneva, the UNEP's Steiner said the agency has teams on standby to move to Lebanon as soon as the conditions permit. "Oil and marine diversity do not mix well," Steiner said. "We are immediately concerned for marine life in the area." Sarraf likened the disaster to the Erika spill off of France in 1999, when the oil tanker split in two and dumped 70 000 barrels of oil into the Atlantic that washed up along 400 km of French shoreline.
------------------------------------------------
Compiled from various media sources using Google News: http://news.google.com.
The Isreali air strikes on 13 and 15 July hit the power station's fuel tanks and the leaking oil was pushed north by winds, and a thick sludge now coats much of the Lebanese coastline. At least 80km of the 200km coastline is affected.The environmental damage has attracted little media attention but experts warn the long-term effects could be devastating.Some 110 000 barrels of oil poured into the Mediterranean two weeks ago after Israeli warplanes hit a coastal power plant. One tank is still burning, sending clouds of thick black smoke across the country. Compounding the problem is an Israeli naval blockade and continuing military operations that have made any cleanup impossible. And environmental officials say the longer the problem is allowed to go unchecked, the greater the lasting damage.Israeli jets hit storage tanks at the Jiyyeh plant south of the Lebanese capital Beirut at the onset of the war. The blasts caused an estimated 10,000 to 30,000 tonne oil spillage into the Mediterranean."Satellite imagery now shows that the oil slick has entered Syrian waters and has already contaminated approximately 10 kilometres of coastline north of the borders between Syria and Lebanon," UNEP said. Local ecologists say the oil is especially threatening since fish spawn and sea turtles, including the endangered green turtle, nest on Lebanon's coast."An environmental catastrophe is threatening the Mediterranean region hostilities must cease to guarantee immediate access to the affected area," said Paul Misfud, coordinator for UNEP-Mediterranean Action Plan.The Worldwide Fund says the oil pollution has reached "catastrophic proportions", about 30,000 tonnes of heating oil had leaked into the sea. It could not be excluded that the oil slick would reach Turkey and Cyprus. The WWF said rare sea turtles were threatened with extinction, as well as fish stocks already decimated by over fishing, and migratory birds."The oil has been drifting in the Mediterranean for alomst three weeks. Each day more makes the situation worse for human beings and nature," warned the WWF. If not removed, the oil would form lumps and sink to the bottom of the sea. From there, its poisons would get into the food chain, and could ultimately, via fish, get back to humans as well.The first country to rush and help Lebanon was Kuwait, which suffered a similar disaster during the 1991 Gulf War. But three truckloads of cleanup supplies the country sent in are stuck in Beirut, with crews waiting for the fighting to wane before beginning their work, said the capital's mayor, Abdel Monem Ariss."We have no access to Lebanon territorial waters," Sarraf said. "This means that we are already 10 days delayed and in terms of oil pollution, 10 days is a century."In Geneva, the UNEP's Steiner said the agency has teams on standby to move to Lebanon as soon as the conditions permit. "Oil and marine diversity do not mix well," Steiner said. "We are immediately concerned for marine life in the area." Sarraf likened the disaster to the Erika spill off of France in 1999, when the oil tanker split in two and dumped 70 000 barrels of oil into the Atlantic that washed up along 400 km of French shoreline.------------------------------------------------Compiled from various media sources using Google News: Wet Bird Media
Download this article in pdf format
Email this article to someone;
Submit an addition or make a quick comment on this article
|
fr
|
Les bombardements Israéliens sur les réservoirs de combustibles des centrales thermoélectriques de Jiyyed ont produit une nappe de pétrole qui a recouvert les deux tiers de la côte libanaise et menace de s'étendre vers la Syrie. Environ 80 km de plages sur un total de 200 km ont été touchés.
Un des réservoirs continue de déverser du pétrole dans la Méditerranée, deux semaines après avoir été bombardé par l'aviation israélienne. Un autre réservoir touché produit toujours une large colonne de fumée que le vent disperse à travers le pays.
L'équivalent de 100 000 barils de pétrole se sont répandus dans la mer.
Les travaux d'urgence pour confiner le désastre écologique n'ont pas encore commencé en raison du blocus naval et de la persistance des affrontements. En raison des centaines de morts provoquées par les bombardement, ces dégâts environnementaux n'ont pas reçu beaucoup d'attention de la presse. Les effets de la pollution des hydrocarbures menacent de s'étendre à Chypre, à la Turquie et à la Grèce.
|
en
|
GTA
Protesters gather, take to the streets for peaceful anti-Black racism marches
Protesters stopped in front of the U.S. consulate, where organizers asked participants to take a knee and observe eight minutes and 46 seconds of silence in honour of George Floyd, the Black man killed by police in Minneapolis last month.
|
fr
|
Les bombardements Israéliens sur les réservoirs de combustibles des centrales thermoélectriques de Jiyyed ont produit une nappe de pétrole qui a recouvert les deux tiers de la côte libanaise et menace de s'étendre vers la Syrie. Environ 80 km de plages sur un total de 200 km ont été touchés.
Un des réservoirs continue de déverser du pétrole dans la Méditerranée, deux semaines après avoir été bombardé par l'aviation israélienne. Un autre réservoir touché produit toujours une large colonne de fumée que le vent disperse à travers le pays.
L'équivalent de 100 000 barils de pétrole se sont répandus dans la mer.
Les travaux d'urgence pour confiner le désastre écologique n'ont pas encore commencé en raison du blocus naval et de la persistance des affrontements. En raison des centaines de morts provoquées par les bombardement, ces dégâts environnementaux n'ont pas reçu beaucoup d'attention de la presse. Les effets de la pollution des hydrocarbures menacent de s'étendre à Chypre, à la Turquie et à la Grèce.
|
en
|
Lebanon oil slick 'worst environmental disaster' in Med
Email this story The Mediterranean is threatened by its worst ever environmental disaster after Israel's bombing of a power plant in Lebanon sent thousands of tonnes of fuel gushing into the sea, the environment minister charged. "Up until now 10,000-15,000 tonnes of heavy fuel oil have spilled out into the sea," after Israel's bombing of the power station in Jiyeh two weeks ago, Lebanese Environment Minister Yacub Sarraf told AFP Saturday. "It's without doubt the biggest environmental catastrophe that the Mediterranean has known and it risks having terrible consequences not only for our country but for all the countries of the eastern Mediterranean." Israeli forces bombed the tanks at the power station on July 14 and July 15, just days into their offensive on Lebanon which has seen blistering air strikes across the country and a bloody ground incursion in the south. The leak from one of the tanks, which are located just 25 metres (80 feet) from the sea, has now stopped but another containing 25,000 tonnes of fuel oil is still on fire and is in danger of exploding. Between 8,000-10,000 tonnes of fuel are on the shore and 5,000 on the open water. "Until now, the worst ecological disasters have taken place in the oceans and it's the first time that an oil spill has happened outside the open sea," said Sarraf. "We can have no illusions." Sarraf said that the cost of cleaning up Lebanon's once golden beaches -- which until the bombardment were major attractions for locals and tourists -- will cost between 45-50 million dollars and would not be finished until next summer. The spill is now affecting 70 kilometres (40 miles) of Lebanon's 220-kilometre-long (140 miles) coast, a third of its coastline. Beaches and rocks are covered in a black sludge which has reached the famous tourist town of Byblos, north of Beirut. "If nothing is done, not only will currents flowing towards the north mean that one third of Lebanon's coastline be hit, but also Cyprus, Syria, Turkey, Greece and even Israel," Sarraf said. "The fauna and the Mediterranean ecosystem risk suffering badly and certain species are threatened with extinction," he warned. Sarraf said that owing to the Israeli blockade of Lebanon's waters, it was impossible to send ships to clear up the pollution. "I have appealed to Britain, Italy, Spain, the United States, all the countries which have already suffered oil slicks to ask for technical assistance as we cannot act on our own," he said. Kuwait has sent 40 tonnes of material that would allow the petrol to thicken and also special carpets which absorb petroleum products. A resident of Byblos, known worldwide for its seafood restaurants and historic harbour, said "for the last four days, fish, crustaceans and crabs have been coming in black, and they are dying as victims of this oil slick." Fuad Hamdan, director of Friends of the Earth, Europe, and founder of Greenpeace Lebanon, agreed that "it is certainly the worst environmental disaster ever on the eastern Mediterranean coast." Hamdan said the eastern Mediterranean coast from the Israeli port of Haifa until Syria's Lattakiya was already heavily polluted from Israeli industry, Lebanese sewage and industry from east Beirut and from Syria. He advised people against eating fish from coastal areas. "Anyway it will smell bad and put people off." Besides the oil slick, the fire from the oil tanks has caused atmospheric pollution which has already reached Beirut. "Now the toxic cloud is stretching over a 30 kilometre distance," said Sarraf.
Copyright AFP 2005, AFP stories and photos shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium
OTHER TOP STORIES
HEADLINE DATE SOURCE
ADVERTISEMENT
|
fr
|
Les bombardements Israéliens sur les réservoirs de combustibles des centrales thermoélectriques de Jiyyed ont produit une nappe de pétrole qui a recouvert les deux tiers de la côte libanaise et menace de s'étendre vers la Syrie. Environ 80 km de plages sur un total de 200 km ont été touchés.
Un des réservoirs continue de déverser du pétrole dans la Méditerranée, deux semaines après avoir été bombardé par l'aviation israélienne. Un autre réservoir touché produit toujours une large colonne de fumée que le vent disperse à travers le pays.
L'équivalent de 100 000 barils de pétrole se sont répandus dans la mer.
Les travaux d'urgence pour confiner le désastre écologique n'ont pas encore commencé en raison du blocus naval et de la persistance des affrontements. En raison des centaines de morts provoquées par les bombardement, ces dégâts environnementaux n'ont pas reçu beaucoup d'attention de la presse. Les effets de la pollution des hydrocarbures menacent de s'étendre à Chypre, à la Turquie et à la Grèce.
|
en
|
The firm's market value has slumped in the past year Spanish bank Santander has agreed a deal to buy UK lender Alliance & Leicester (A&L;) for about £1.26bn. Santander said A&L; shareholders would get one of its shares for every three they now hold in the UK bank. Shares in A&L; soared by more than 50% on Monday after it disclosed that it had received a bid approach, which the BBC revealed was from Santander. Santander is effectively offering 317 pence per A&L; share and expects the deal to be completed by October. But BBC business editor Robert Peston says the deal with Abbey-owner Santander may pose competition issues. Santander plans to merge A&L; with Abbey, which it bought in 2004, leading unions to express fears about job losses. But our correspondent added that the deal also represented an apparent vote of confidence in the UK's troubled housing market. There will be some concern that the disappearance of A&L; as an independent entity would leave too much power in the hands of the big banks
Robert Peston, BBC business editor
Read Robert's thoughts See Alliance shares See other bank shares What it means for customers "The takeover - if successful - would be a great relief to the City watchdog, the Financial Services Authority - because it believes big banks are more robust in these uncertain times," he said. "However, Alliance & Leicester has been a source of important competition in the UK's relatively concentrated banking market," he added. "So there will be some concern that the disappearance of A&L; as an independent entity would leave too much power in the hands of the big banks." David Cumming, head of UK equities at Standard Life Investments, described it as "a gorgeous deal" for Santander, saying the bank was acquiring Alliance & Leicester "on giveaway terms". "Given the potential integration benefits, other banks must surely be reviewing their options. I would be amazed if no one else counters with a higher offer in the next few months." Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. 'Strong business' A&L; is recommending the bid to its shareholders, who will have to approve the transaction before it can go ahead. Like other British lenders, A&L; has seen its share price slump due to the credit crunch. Alliance saw its annual profits fall 30% last year amid turbulence in credit markets, which has forced it to write down the value of mortgage-backed investments by nearly £400m. But unlike other leading UK banks, it has not had to tap its shareholders for additional cash to shore up its balance sheet. The board is acutely aware of the significant external risks presented by the deterioration in economic conditions and the continuing turbulence in the financial markets
Roy Brown, Alliance & Leicester Yet, A&L; said the current tough economic climate made the deal even more attractive. "A&L; is a strong and attractive business and its resilient performance is proof of the quality of its franchise," said its acting chairman Roy Brown. "However, the board is acutely aware of the significant external risks presented by the deterioration in economic conditions and the continuing turbulence in the financial markets." Like other lenders, Alliance has reacted to the credit turmoil by reducing the number of mortgages it sells and pushing up the interest rates. Union concerns The proposed deal would boost Santander's presence in the UK, the Spanish bank said. "We are very pleased to be working with the management and employees of A&L; as we seek to build with Abbey one of the leading franchises in the UK banking sector," said its chairman Emilio Botin. A likely tie-up between A&L; and Abbey has got unions worried But unions said they were worried about the implications of the deal for jobs at A&L;'s 700 or so High Street branches. The Leicester-based business employs about 8,000 staff. "Staff at A&L; deserve to have answers about their future and we urge the company to be upfront about their intentions," said Andy Kerr, deputy general secretary of the Communication Workers Union. At close, Alliance's shares were up 53% at 335.25 pence. Shares in other lenders soared on the news, with Bradford and Bingley shares rising by more than 25% at one point before closing 11% ahead.
E-mail this to a friend Printable version Bookmark with: Delicious
Digg
reddit
Facebook
StumbleUpon What are these?
|
en
|
A high-street branch of Banco Santander.
Alliance & Leicester (A&L), a major UK bank, has agreed to a deal regarding its sale to Banco Santander, a banking company based in Spain. The deal, which is worth £1.2 billion, means that shareholders will receive one share in Santander for every three shares they hold in A&L.
Santander said in a statement that "Santander and A&L announce that they have reached agreement on the terms of a recommended acquisition by Santander of A&L, which is to be effected by means of a scheme of arrangement under sections 895 to 899 of the Companies Act 2006."
Sections 895 to 899 of the Companies Act 2006 focus on, among other things, the meeting of creditors and members and the duty of directors and trustees to provide information. Section 897 requires the company to "explain the effect of the compromise or arrangement" to the shareholders when an acquisition takes place.
A high-street branch of the Alliance & Leicester.
In the statement released under the Companies Act, it is stated the board of A&L considers the deal set by Santander to be 'fair and reasonable.'
Shares in Alliance & Leicester increased by 50% when information about the deal was first made public earlier today.
Unions have expressed concerns over the takeover by the company which also owns UK based Abbey. "Staff at A&L deserve to have answers about their future and we urge the company to be upfront about their intentions," said Andy Kerr, spokesperson for the Communication Workers Union.
|
en
|
Voter turnout was put at about 60% across India Counting is set to begin in India as the marathon general election in the world's largest democracy finally draws to a close. The ruling Congress-led alliance is battling the opposition BJP coalition and a host of regional parties. Most analysts and exit polls suggest no party will gain an overall majority. Parties will have about two weeks to hammer out a workable government acceptable to the president. Parliament must then be constituted by 2 June. Turnout for the election has been put at about 60%, compared with 58% in 2004. Security has so far generally been considered a success, although about 60 people lost their lives, mostly in Maoist violence. Clear pattern Counting of the electronic voting machines begins at 0800 local time (0230 GMT) and the first trends are expected to be available within 30 to 45 minutes. INDIAN ELECTION AT A GLANCE Eligible voters: 714 million Polling centres: 828,804 Voting days: 16, 23, 30 April; 7, 13 May Vote counting: 16 May
Elections battleground map There should be a clear pattern by about noon local time. The announcement of official results may take a while longer but the trends are likely to be reliable as they will be drawn from Election Commission results. But given the expected tightness of the contest, correspondents say the real guessing game may only begin after all the results are declared. Since polling ended on Wednesday, the two main parties have been involved in a series of political meetings, scrambling to gain pledges of support in the predicted hung parliament. The BBC's Sanjoy Majumder in Delhi says there have been suggestions that both the Congress and BJP are losing relevance in India, ceding political space to smaller, local parties. A strong performance will come as a major boost, he says, but a defeat will certainly spell the political end of the BJP's LK Advani and question the leadership quality of Rahul Gandhi, the latest member of the influential dynasty to head Congress. Caste clashes Security is tight in a number of areas ahead of the results announcement. Many names have been suggested for PM if Manmohan Singh loses out The BBC's Narayan Bareth in Jaipur, Rajasthan, says meetings of five or more people have been banned across the state with paramilitaries and armed police deployed. Caste clashes in the state in 2007 and 2008 left 70 people dead. Security is also tight in Indian-administered Kashmir. The BBC's Altaf Hussain in Srinagar says police and paramilitaries are being deployed outside counting halls. He says there have been violent demonstrations against the elections in parts of the Kashmir valley in recent weeks, although all the five phases of polling passed off by and large peacefully. After the counting the focus will fall on President Pratibha Patil. There are no rules in the constitution on who she can invite to form a government. It could be the single largest party or most dominant coalition. She may ask for documented pledges of support. As the marathon five-phase general election draws to a close, the government is breathing a sigh of relief that it has been largely trouble-free. A senior home ministry official told the Times of India: "Although we cannot afford to be complacent now... it certainly gives us a kind of satisfaction that we could succeed in preventing any terror attack on the mainland."
Bookmark with: Delicious
Digg
reddit
Facebook
StumbleUpon What are these? E-mail this to a friend Printable version
|
en
|
Manmohan Singh, the prime minister of India
India's Congress Party won a large victory in Saturday's general elections. According to state television, the alliance of Congress is ahead or has already won in 263 seats.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) party came in a distant second, with 154 seats, and the Third Front won sixty seats. Other parties took the remaining seats.
"I express my deep sense of gratitude to the people for giving us this massive mandate, for having reposed their faith in the party," said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
The results of the elections come as somewhat of a surprise, as exit polling had suggested that the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) would win at best 216 parliamentary seats, and the Congress Party 160. A party or coalition has to obtain 272 out of 543 constituencies in order to select the prime minister and make a majority government.
“Overall, it is a resounding vote for development and good governance,” said Prithviraj Chavan, the Congress Party General Secretary. 714 million people were eligible to vote in the elections; turnout has been estimated at 60%, an increase of two percent over the 58% turnout reported in 2004. The parliament is to be seated by June 2.
|
en
|
NEW DELHI — In a shockingly one-sided victory, the ruling Congress Party's secular alliance defeated the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies in the month-long Indian general election, local media reported Saturday as results flooded in.
The surprise outcome means that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will not only return to power, but also that his government won't depend on support from the Left, as exit polls predicted. With more than 70 percent of the votes counted, Indian television channels called the election for the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA), reporting that the Congress Party alone would win 200 parliamentary seats, and 257 seats together with its allies.
Previously, the most optimistic exit polls had suggested that the entire UPA coalition would win just 216 parliamentary seats and the Congress Party just 160. To form a majority government in India and select the prime minister, a single party or coalition must win 272 of 543 constituencies. Even if the UPA tally doesn't increase as counting finishes, with 257 seats it can easily attain a majority with the addition of one of the smaller parties that will be angling for influence.
The verdict vindicated Singh's steadfast refusal to give up last year's path-breaking nuclear pact with the U.S., which freed India from sanctions related to its noncompliance with the global Non-Proliferation Treaty. It was a vote for Congress-style secularism and acknowledgement of India's diversity over the BJP's ideology of ethnic chauvinism. And it proved that UPA programs like a national rural employment guarantee scheme, a huge waiver of loans to farmers, and an expansion of the quotas for the so-called lower-caste Indians in higher education resonated with voters.
“Overall, it is a resounding vote for development and good governance,” said Congress Party General Secretary Prithviraj Chavan.
Because India's communist parties continue to oppose the nuclear pact with the U.S. and remain suspicious of India's burgeoning economic and military ties with America, it is also a verdict that is sure to go down well in Washington. And because the Left blocked Singh from pushing forward with liberalizing India's economy — preventing progress on loosening labor laws, selling off state-owned enterprises, and opening up new sectors like retail to direct foreign investment — the results will also provide some unexpected cheer to the business community.
The Indian stock exchange, too, will doubtless get a boost on Monday from the prospect of a stable government that will almost certainly survive for its entire five-year term.
“Clearly, the perception of stability will be reinforced, so there's no fear of government collapse and mid-term elections,” said Subir Gokarn, chief economist at Standard & Poor's Asia Pacific. “That's absolutely critical in these circumstances for medium- and long-term planning" of business activities and investments.
But the most exciting implications of these results lie in the complex terrain of India's domestic politics. The vote has been hailed as marking the official arrival of Congress Party scion Rahul Gandhi as a major figure, signaling the decline of identity politics and sounding the death knell for religious extremism.
|
en
|
Manmohan Singh, the prime minister of India
India's Congress Party won a large victory in Saturday's general elections. According to state television, the alliance of Congress is ahead or has already won in 263 seats.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) party came in a distant second, with 154 seats, and the Third Front won sixty seats. Other parties took the remaining seats.
"I express my deep sense of gratitude to the people for giving us this massive mandate, for having reposed their faith in the party," said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
The results of the elections come as somewhat of a surprise, as exit polling had suggested that the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) would win at best 216 parliamentary seats, and the Congress Party 160. A party or coalition has to obtain 272 out of 543 constituencies in order to select the prime minister and make a majority government.
“Overall, it is a resounding vote for development and good governance,” said Prithviraj Chavan, the Congress Party General Secretary. 714 million people were eligible to vote in the elections; turnout has been estimated at 60%, an increase of two percent over the 58% turnout reported in 2004. The parliament is to be seated by June 2.
|
en
|
The Canadian dollar reached parity with the U.S. greenback on Thursday for the first time in almost 31 years, capping a spectacular run that has seen it rise 62 per cent since 2002.
The loonie briefly reached $1.0003 US on foreign-exchange markets shortly before 11 a.m. ET, the Bank of Canada said. The currency spent much of the rest of the day flirting with parity — at one point trading at $1.0008 — before closing at 99.87 cents US, up 1.37 cents from Wednesday's Bank of Canada close.
A weak U.S. currency, healthier Canadian economy, and high commodity prices have combined to power the loonie to parity.
(Canadian Press/Ryan Remoirz)
The previous time the two currencies traded at par was in November 1976, just after René Lévesque's election victory in Quebec, which sent the Canadian dollar reeling.
By January 2002, the loonie had bottomed out at just 61.79 cents US. Then came the steady run higher — a stunning rally that led to parity less than six years later.
For Canadians, it makes for cheaper imports from the U.S. and cheaper vacations in the U.S. But for industries that sell most of their wares south of the border — manufacturers, lumber companies, auto-parts makers — it's been a nightmare. They're struggling to compete with a built-in 60-per-cent handicap, compared with five years ago.
"It's a hallmark of successful economies that they also have strong currencies," Ross Healey, CEO of Strategic Analysis Corp., told CBC News.
"Manufacturers may not like it very much, but unfortunately, that's the price we pay for running a tight ship."
U.S. dollar falters
The dollar's latest rise comes as the U.S. dollar falters against major currencies.
And it is the loonie that has been the biggest beneficiary of that weakness. So far this year, the Canadian dollar has gained more against the U.S. dollar than any other major currency. The loonie is up 16 per cent against the greenback, while the euro is up just six per cent, the British pound two per cent, and the Japanese yen about four per cent.
The U.S. dollar hit a new record low against the euro earlier Thursday, two days after the Federal Reserve made a surprise cut of one-half of a percentage point to a key U.S. interest rate. Economists had been expecting a quarter-point rate cut.
Commodity strength powers rise
But it has been the soaring price of oil that has provided much of the fuel for the loonie's long flight higher.
In global commodity trading, the price of a barrel of oil was at a record $83.32 US Thursday afternoon, up $1.39 US from Wednesday.
Gold prices surged to a 27-year high above $740 US an ounce, further bolstering the Canadian currency. Copper and wheat are at or near all-time highs. Canada produces and exports all of those commodities in abundance and the world has noticed.
Record levels of takeovers of Canadian companies have also lent power to the loonie, as have Canada's big budget and trade surpluses, and healthier housing market.
With the loonie quickly reaching parity with the U.S. buck, questions are arising about where the Canadian dollar can go once it passes $1 US.
Parity plus?
Strategic Analysis's Healey said he thinks $1.10 US is possible, perhaps higher.
"Given the catastrophe that the Fed unleashed on Tuesday, in terms of the interest rate cuts and the willingness to support the economy at any cost, $1.05 US, $1.10 US — I could make a case for $1.20 US if they don't cease that kind of activity, and that would be brutal," he said. "It's in the numbers."
Steve Butler, director of foreign exchange at Scotia Capital, agreed that the loonie may not stop at $1 US.
"With this much strength and this much momentum, I don't think parity is going to be the number that stops it," he told CBC News.
"I still think the fundamentals are so strong right now that we will see Canada continue to climb," he said.
But others say any gains will probably be short-lived. "Longer-term, however, parity is a lofty goal, as the Canadian dollar will likely lose some lustre once the U.S. economy regains its footing and commodity prices ease," said Benjamin Reitzes, an economist at BMO Capital Markets.
Back in the spring of 2006, National Bank of Canada was one of the first of the big banks to predict that the Canadian and U.S. currencies would reach parity. On Thursday, they were doing a bit of tongue-in-cheek gloating.
"It would appear that we could miss our forecast made back in April 2006 calling for currency realignment and parity with the USD by fall 2007 by a couple of days," National Bank economist Stéfane Marion said.
Fall begins with the fall equinox on Sunday.
|
en
|
The rising value of the Canadian briefly matched the falling United States for the first time since 1976, before closing at 0.9987 US dollars on Thursday. The Canadian dollar has risen 62% since bottoming out at 0.6179 US dollars in 2002, following a steady decline since the 1976 electoral victory of in which triggered economic fears about Canadian stability.
As a result of their rising currency, Canadians have enjoyed cheaper imports from the US and tourism in the US, while export industries have suffered. The Canadian dollar's recent rise is partly due to the soaring prices of oil, gold, copper, and wheat, which Canada exports in great quantities. The Canadian economy has also benefited from Canada's large budget and trade surpluses.
The value of the US dollar has also fallen in relation to other currencies in the past year: while the Canadian dollar rose 16%, the Euro gained 6%, the Japanese yen about 4%, and the British pound 2%.
The US dollar took a sharp hit this week due to a higher-than-expected half-point cut in interest rates by the , intended to mitigate the effects of a deepening housing slump and turbulence in the credit market.
|
en
|
Canada dollar jumps above parity as greenback sags
Printer Friendly (Page 1 of 2)
Canadian bond prices fell alongside U.S. treasuries.
The Canadian dollar rose as high as C$0.9996 to the U.S. dollar, or US$1.0004, according to Reuters data, before dipping back below the level.
At 11 a.m. (1500 GMT), the currency was at C$1.0003 to the U.S. dollar, or 99.97 U.S. cents, up from C$1.0152 to the U.S. dollar, or 98.50 U.S. cents, at Wednesday's close.
The historic level -- last hit in November 1976 -- follows a 62 percent rise from early 2002, largely fueled by surging oil and metals prices and the broad decline of the U.S. dollar.
It was the latter influence that drove the gains on Thursday, as the greenback hit a record low against the euro, weakened by the U.S. Federal Reserve's 50 basis point rate cuts on Tuesday, and concerns that further easing could follow.
The Fed made the move to shield the U.S. economy from a deepening housing slump and credit market turbulence.
"It was a developing environment that was very bearish U.S. dollar but it didn't really seem to unfold right away," said David Watt, senior currency strategist at RBC Capital Markets, referring to the rate cuts.
Oil prices, which have contributed to an exploration and production boom in Canada's Western provinces, hovered just off record levels hit on Wednesday. U.S. light crude was steady just above $82.
Gold prices, which also help boost the Canadian dollar due to Canada's gold exports, hit a 28-year high.
Watt said strategists are now trying to determine how far past the key level the Canadian dollar will go before retracing.
BONDS LOWER Continued ...
© Reuters 2007. All Rights Reserved.
|
en
|
The rising value of the Canadian briefly matched the falling United States for the first time since 1976, before closing at 0.9987 US dollars on Thursday. The Canadian dollar has risen 62% since bottoming out at 0.6179 US dollars in 2002, following a steady decline since the 1976 electoral victory of in which triggered economic fears about Canadian stability.
As a result of their rising currency, Canadians have enjoyed cheaper imports from the US and tourism in the US, while export industries have suffered. The Canadian dollar's recent rise is partly due to the soaring prices of oil, gold, copper, and wheat, which Canada exports in great quantities. The Canadian economy has also benefited from Canada's large budget and trade surpluses.
The value of the US dollar has also fallen in relation to other currencies in the past year: while the Canadian dollar rose 16%, the Euro gained 6%, the Japanese yen about 4%, and the British pound 2%.
The US dollar took a sharp hit this week due to a higher-than-expected half-point cut in interest rates by the , intended to mitigate the effects of a deepening housing slump and turbulence in the credit market.
|
en
|
Canadian Dollar Reaches Parity With U.S. TORONTO (AP) — The Canadian dollar reached parity with the U.S. dollar on Thursday for the first time since November 1976. Known as the loonie because of the bird pictured on the one-dollar coin, the Canadian dollar has been gaining ground on its American counterpart since hitting an all-time low of 61.79 U.S. cents on Jan. 21, 2002. This week the loonie rose sharply against its U.S. counterpart after the Federal Reserve announced a dramatic half-point cut in its benchmark interest rates. The Bank of Canada, meanwhile, has kept its equivalent rates stable. As a result, the spread between U.S. and Canadian interest rates widened, making Canada a more attractive place for German, Japanese, American and other foreign investors to put their money. The soaring loonie also reflects the strong fundamentals of the Canadian economy, which has benefited from record world crude oil prices and strong demand for metals, coal, chemicals and grain. At the same time, the United States has been squeezed by a collapse of a big chunk of its housing market and a worsening credit crunch. "Canadians are getting a lot richer relative to Americans. The parity exchange rate is just one example of that," said Jeff Rubin, Chief Economist and Strategist at CIBC World Markets. "It really reflects the rise of the resource economy in Canada and the rise of western Canada and the decline of the manufacturing sector and the manufacturing heartland of Canada in Ontario," Rubin said. The western Canadian province of Alberta is home to vast reserves of oil sands, a tar-like bitumen that is extracted using mining techniques. Industry officials estimate the oil sands will yield as much as 175 billion barrels of oil, making Canada second only to Saudi Arabia in crude oil reserves. "The Canadian economy that once use to be the sleepy little resource backwater of the North American economy, is certainly turning the tables on its big brother in a hurry," Rubin said. The high Canadian dollar will increase the number of cross-border shopping trips as Canadian consumers come to the U.S. to buy clothes, shoes and electronic gear. Many goods in Canada haven't been reduced yet to reflect the rising Canadian dollar. "It's going to take some time before it trickles down to us," said Linda An, who calls herself a shopaholic. "Shopping, especially for big ticket items is great now in the U.S." The high dollar will hurt Canadian manufacturers who sell goods in the U.S. Canadian Auto Workers economist Jim Stanford warned that the sector, largely based in Ontario, will lose hundreds of thousands more jobs if the dollar remains at current levels.
|
en
|
The rising value of the Canadian briefly matched the falling United States for the first time since 1976, before closing at 0.9987 US dollars on Thursday. The Canadian dollar has risen 62% since bottoming out at 0.6179 US dollars in 2002, following a steady decline since the 1976 electoral victory of in which triggered economic fears about Canadian stability.
As a result of their rising currency, Canadians have enjoyed cheaper imports from the US and tourism in the US, while export industries have suffered. The Canadian dollar's recent rise is partly due to the soaring prices of oil, gold, copper, and wheat, which Canada exports in great quantities. The Canadian economy has also benefited from Canada's large budget and trade surpluses.
The value of the US dollar has also fallen in relation to other currencies in the past year: while the Canadian dollar rose 16%, the Euro gained 6%, the Japanese yen about 4%, and the British pound 2%.
The US dollar took a sharp hit this week due to a higher-than-expected half-point cut in interest rates by the , intended to mitigate the effects of a deepening housing slump and turbulence in the credit market.
|
de
|
Bürger zahlen Sicherheitsmaßnahmen rund um das Bilderbergtreffen in Telfs, die Piraten protestieren.
TELFS. Es wird Proteste geben, rund um den G7-Gipfel und die kurz danach stattfindende Bilderbergkonferenz im Interalpen-Hotel im Telfer Ortsteil Buchen! Die Polizei ist in Alarmbereitschaft. Jetzt kommt noch Kritik der Tiroler Piraten-Partei dazu, es geht um die Kosten für den umfangreichen Polizeischutz für die Persönlichkeiten aus Medien, Wirtschaft, Politik, Adel und Wissenschaft, die werden alleine vom österreichischen Steuerzahler bezahlt, wie Irene Labner von Innenministerin Johanna Mikl-Leitner (ÖVP) erfragen konnte: "Die Bilderbergtagung wird sowohl von den Veranstaltern, als auch von den Teilnehmern, als Privatveranstaltung deklariert. Wir fordern daher weiterhin, dass auch für die Veranstalter der Bilderbergtagung der übliche Kostenersatz einzuheben ist, der auch für andere Privatveranstalter anfallen würde. Wenn die Art der Veranstaltung eine erhebliche Gefährdung der Besucher erwarten lasse", so Labner weiter, "stellt sich die Frage, weshalb die Veranstalter der Tagung nicht selbst ausreichend Sicherheitspersonal beauftragen." Eine Absage wäre dann wohl besser, meint Labner im Sinne der Wahrung der öffentlichen Sicherheit und die Gewährleistung uneingeschränkter Verkehrswege.
|
de
|
Das Kempinski Hotel ''Taschenbergpalais'' während der Konferenz
Seit 1954 finden die sogenannten Bilderberg-Konferenzen statt, um die sich zahlreiche Verschwörungstheorien ranken. Der Name für die internationale Konferenz wurde vom ersten Veranstaltungsort, dem ''Hotel de Bilderberg'' in Oosterbeek (Niederlande) übernommen. 1955 und 1957 wurden je zwei Treffen abgehalten. Ansonsten findet die Konferenz einmal im Jahr jeweils an einem anderen Ort statt. Bis Mitte der 1960er Jahre waren die Treffen der Bilderberg-Gruppe weltweit weitestgehend unbekannt. Die 64. Konferenz fand vom 9. bis 12. Juni 2016 im Taschenbergpalais in Dresden statt.
Ein häufiger Teilnehmer war der deutsche Journalist und Politikberater Christoph Bertram. Die meisten Teilnehmer kommen traditionell aus NATO-Staaten. Die Tagesordnungspunkte sowie die Teilnehmerlisten werden erst nach einem Treffen den internationalen Presseagenturen zugänglich gemacht. Zum engsten Kreis der Teilnehmer gehören seit Beginn die englischen und belgischen Königshäuser, Bankiers sowie die politischen und militärischen Strategen des nordatlantischen Bündnisses. Langjähriger Stammgast ist Henry Kissinger, ehemals Außenminister der Vereinigten Staaten.
Henry Kissinger
Nach vorliegenden Informationen werden zumindest seit 2015 die Kosten für die umfangreichen Sicherheitsmaßnahmen von der öffentlichen Hand, also den Steuerzahlern, übernommen. In der Medienberichterstattung wird die Konferenz gegenwärtig von der Fußball-Europameisterschaft überschattet.
|
de
|
Tagungsort bekannt
Bilderberg-Konferenz in Dresden
Hochrangige Vertreter aus Politik und Wirtschaft treffen sich jährlich zur informellen Bilderberg-Konferenz. Dieses Jahr in Dresden.
BERLIN taz | Die diesjährige Bilderberg-Konferenz wird in Dresden stattfinden. Das bestätigte eine Sprecherin des Bundesinnenministeriums auf Anfrage der taz. Die Bilderberger tagen vom 9. bis 12. Juni in der sächsischen Landeshauptstadt. Aus dem Umfeld eines Teilnehmers wurde das Kempinski-Hotel Taschenberg-Palais im Zentrum der Stadt als Tagungsort bestätigt. Der Hotel, unweit der Semper-Oper gelegen, gilt als das luxuriöseste Hotel der Stadt.
Seit 1954 treffen sich jedes Jahr 100 bis 140 hochrangige Vertreter von Politik, Wirtschaft und Finanzwelt aus Westeuropa und Nordamerika an wechselnden Orten. Ort und Teilnehmerliste werden erst kurz vor Beginn offiziell bekannt gegeben.
Anders als staatliche Gipfel haben die Treffen privaten, informellen Charakter. Es gibt keine offiziellen Beschlüsse oder Resolutionen. Berichterstatter sind nicht zugelassen, Pressekonferenzen gibt es nicht. Weil auch weder Protokolle noch Tagesordnungen veröffentlicht werden und die Teilnehmer über Details der Veranstaltungen nicht sprechen dürfen, ranken sich seit Jahren Verschwörungstheorien um die Bilderberg-Konferenz.
Im einflussreichen Lenkungsausschuss sitzen von deutscher Seite der Aufsichtsratsvorsitzende der Deutschen Bank, Paul Achleitner, und der Vorstandsvorsitzende des Flugzeug- und Rüstungsherstellers Airbus, Thomas Enders. Die Mitglieder des Lenkungsausschusses schlagen Teilnehmer aus ihrem Herkunftsland vor.
Im vorigen Jahr waren unter anderem Verteidigungsministerin Ursula von der Leyen und ihre Staatssekretärin Katrin Suder dabei. Dass von der Leyen dieses Jahr wieder teilnehmen wird, wollte das Verteidigungsministerium offiziell nicht bestätigen. Sicher ist, dass für die Europäische Zentralbank (EZB) ihr Direktoriumsmitglied Benoît Cœuré teilnehmen wird.
Mit Dresden wählt die Bilderberg-Konferenz, die sich als transatlantische Wertegemeinschaft versteht, zum ersten Mal einen Tagungsort auf dem Gebiet des ehemaligen „Ostblocks“. Die Konferenz stellt den Freistaat Sachsen und die Stadt Dresden vor immense polizeiliche und logistische Herausforderungen. Die Organisatoren bevorzugen meist abgeschiedene Tagungsorte; 2015 fand die Konferenz in Telfs-Buchen in den österreichischen Alpen statt. Aus Sicherheitsgründen und um Demonstranten fernzuhalten, werden die Konferenzen aufwendig von der Polizei gesichert.
Seit Pegida ist Dresden politisch polarisiert. Mit der Konferenz dürften zwei gegnerische Gruppen, Pegida und Teile der linken Szene der Stadt, ein gemeinsames Demonstrationsziel haben.
|
de
|
Das Kempinski Hotel ''Taschenbergpalais'' während der Konferenz
Seit 1954 finden die sogenannten Bilderberg-Konferenzen statt, um die sich zahlreiche Verschwörungstheorien ranken. Der Name für die internationale Konferenz wurde vom ersten Veranstaltungsort, dem ''Hotel de Bilderberg'' in Oosterbeek (Niederlande) übernommen. 1955 und 1957 wurden je zwei Treffen abgehalten. Ansonsten findet die Konferenz einmal im Jahr jeweils an einem anderen Ort statt. Bis Mitte der 1960er Jahre waren die Treffen der Bilderberg-Gruppe weltweit weitestgehend unbekannt. Die 64. Konferenz fand vom 9. bis 12. Juni 2016 im Taschenbergpalais in Dresden statt.
Ein häufiger Teilnehmer war der deutsche Journalist und Politikberater Christoph Bertram. Die meisten Teilnehmer kommen traditionell aus NATO-Staaten. Die Tagesordnungspunkte sowie die Teilnehmerlisten werden erst nach einem Treffen den internationalen Presseagenturen zugänglich gemacht. Zum engsten Kreis der Teilnehmer gehören seit Beginn die englischen und belgischen Königshäuser, Bankiers sowie die politischen und militärischen Strategen des nordatlantischen Bündnisses. Langjähriger Stammgast ist Henry Kissinger, ehemals Außenminister der Vereinigten Staaten.
Henry Kissinger
Nach vorliegenden Informationen werden zumindest seit 2015 die Kosten für die umfangreichen Sicherheitsmaßnahmen von der öffentlichen Hand, also den Steuerzahlern, übernommen. In der Medienberichterstattung wird die Konferenz gegenwärtig von der Fußball-Europameisterschaft überschattet.
|
de
|
Miniprotest gegen Weltregierung: Die Bilderberger tagen in Dresden
Am ersten Tag der umstrittenen Jahrestagung westlicher Konzern- und Staatenlenker hält sich der zuvor groß angekündigte Widerstand in Grenzen.
Von Tino Moritz
erschienen am 10.06.2016
Dresden. Christian Bärthel hat an diesem Donnerstagmittag einen Riesenvorteil mit fünf Buchstaben - ein Mikro. Der 41-jährige Thüringer steht mit seinem Mercedes-Wohnmobil am Postplatz. Wenn nicht gerade eine Straßenbahn vorbeidonnert und seine Silben verschluckt, tragen die Boxen Bärthels Stimme vom Schauspielhaus auf der einen Seite bis zu Zwinger und Taschenbergpalais auf der anderen.
Und dort soll sie auch ankommen, treffen im Luxushotel doch zeitgleich die ersten der insgesamt knapp 130 Führungspersönlichkeiten zur diesjährigen Bilderberg-Konferenz ein. Der Ex-Präsident der Europäischen Kommission, José Manuel Barroso aus Portugal, ist darunter, auch der frühere US-Außenminister Henry Kissinger trifft zeitig ein. Als Stammgast wird der inzwischen 93-Jährige auch in Dresden Sonderrechte genießen wie etwa jenes, länger als andere reden zu dürfen. So zumindest hat es jetzt der Ex-Gast Jürgen Trittin der "Leipziger Volkszeitung" verraten - und damit womöglich schon jene Verschwiegenheitsregeln verletzt, deren strikte Einhaltung seit 1954 erst zum Image der Bilderberger als heimlicher Weltregierung führten.
Dass außer der Teilnehmer- und der Themenliste - die allerdings nur aus Schlagwörtern wie "Russland", "China", "Cybersicherheit", "Prekariat" oder "aktuelle Ereignisse" besteht - nichts nach außen dringt, beflügelt auch die Fantasie von Protestierer Bärthel. "Allein gegen die Mafia" steht auf der Frontscheibe des Autos hinter ihm, "Kein Platz für Bilderberger" auf einem Transparent davor. Am Mikro, seinem Riesenvorteil auch am Nachmittag, geißelt er unverdrossen die "Diktatur der Political Correctness", verlangt das "freie Wort für freie Menschen in einem freien Deutschland" und ruft dazu auf, sich vom "Gängelband internationalistischer Verschwörer" zu befreien. Bärthel hat kaum Zuhörer, aber das scheint ihn nicht zu kümmern. Er war mal Mitglied der DVU und weiß einfach Bescheid.
|
de
|
Das Kempinski Hotel ''Taschenbergpalais'' während der Konferenz
Seit 1954 finden die sogenannten Bilderberg-Konferenzen statt, um die sich zahlreiche Verschwörungstheorien ranken. Der Name für die internationale Konferenz wurde vom ersten Veranstaltungsort, dem ''Hotel de Bilderberg'' in Oosterbeek (Niederlande) übernommen. 1955 und 1957 wurden je zwei Treffen abgehalten. Ansonsten findet die Konferenz einmal im Jahr jeweils an einem anderen Ort statt. Bis Mitte der 1960er Jahre waren die Treffen der Bilderberg-Gruppe weltweit weitestgehend unbekannt. Die 64. Konferenz fand vom 9. bis 12. Juni 2016 im Taschenbergpalais in Dresden statt.
Ein häufiger Teilnehmer war der deutsche Journalist und Politikberater Christoph Bertram. Die meisten Teilnehmer kommen traditionell aus NATO-Staaten. Die Tagesordnungspunkte sowie die Teilnehmerlisten werden erst nach einem Treffen den internationalen Presseagenturen zugänglich gemacht. Zum engsten Kreis der Teilnehmer gehören seit Beginn die englischen und belgischen Königshäuser, Bankiers sowie die politischen und militärischen Strategen des nordatlantischen Bündnisses. Langjähriger Stammgast ist Henry Kissinger, ehemals Außenminister der Vereinigten Staaten.
Henry Kissinger
Nach vorliegenden Informationen werden zumindest seit 2015 die Kosten für die umfangreichen Sicherheitsmaßnahmen von der öffentlichen Hand, also den Steuerzahlern, übernommen. In der Medienberichterstattung wird die Konferenz gegenwärtig von der Fußball-Europameisterschaft überschattet.
|
en
|
Heavy impact from post-Fukushima decision
Up to 11,000 jobs are under threat as EOn moves to meet the challenges posed by Germany's new nuclear policy. Only yesterday another utility, RWE, announced the shutdowns had so far cost it €900 million ($1.3 billion).
Markets have now heard from all four of the utilities operating nuclear power plants in Germany. The other two, Vattenfall and EnBW, had already announced a write down of €1.1 billion ($1.6 billion) and a loss of 'over €600 million' ($850 million) respectively. Yesterday RWE added €900 million to this and EOn's €1.7 billion ($2.4 billion) has now pushed to total to exceed €4.3 billion ($6.0 billion) for the first reporting period alone.
It was on 15 March, just four days into the Fukushima accident, that Chancellor Angela Merkel asked the utilities to shut eight nuclear power reactors for a three month period. The government has since decided that none of these may restart, while remaining reactors will close in a sequence ending in 2022. The hope is to replace most of this lost generation capacity with an exponential scale-up of renewables, paid for with feed-in tarriffs as well as by a special tax on nuclear fuel.
The CEO of EOn, Johannes Teyssen, told shareholders of "sharply lower" profitability as a result, with income dropping by 71% and gross earnings by 45% compared to the first six months of 2010. "This dramatic deterioration of our earnings primarily reflects the German government's decisions regarding the phaseout of nuclear energy... This had an adverse effect of €1.7 billion ($2.4 billion) in the second quarter alone."
"Obviously we're taking legal action against
the nuclear fuel tax, which we believe is
unlawful. And obviously we'll quantify the
financial damage caused by the early
shutdown of our nuclear power stations and
present these figures to Germany's political
leadership." Johannes Teyssen
CEO, EOn Group
EnBW has already started proceedings concerning the nuclear fuel tax, which it was the first to pay when it refuelled the Philipsburg 2 reactor. Paying €145 ($205) to the government for every gram of uranium added up to "nine digits" - at least €100 million ($141 million). Sweden's state-owned Vattenfall has also said it expects full compensation for its costs.
Investment down, divestment up
RWE said in its first-half results yesterday that it had paid some €200 million ($282 million) in fuel taxes, although it didn't identify to which reactors that pertained. The new situation in Germany will "hamper our earnings significantly," said CEO Jürgen Grossman, noting the €900 million impact of the shutdowns.
Factors resulting in that figure were that RWE had already sold generation from the Biblis plant, and therefore had to meet customer commitments using more expensive generation units instead. It also wrote off some stocks of nuclear fuel elements, which will probably now be unused. Provisions also for the shutting down and dismantling of its plants were increased.
It's a gas With nuclear generation slashed by the shutdown, supplies of fossil fuels have become vital. RWE is in the middle of a three-month negotiation period with Russia's Gazprom on potentially forming a strategic partnership. Meanwhile, EOn is taking the gas supplier through an international arbitration process having failed to reach agreements on long-term supply.
As part of its coping strategy, RWE is to accelerate asset sales, aiming to divest an extra €3 billion ($4.2 billion) by 2013. Its options to reach a total of €11 billion ($15.6 billion) in sales include several coal and gas plants, the NET4GAS long-distance network operator, a stake in Berlinwasser and the subsidiary RWE Dea. At the same time, RWE will also limit capital expenditure to €4 billion ($5.6 billion) to 2013, some €1.5 billion ($2.1 billion) less than previously planned.
Jobs
EOn warned that it intended to take a "head-on" approach to tackling its new "business challenges", which it said were primarily imposed by the new nuclear policy. With little influence on energy markets, Teyssen said the firm must look within itself to save money. He said that reduction in non-personnel costs would not achieve enough savings and 9000-11,000 jobs could be affected in the medium-term.
|
pl
|
'''Marcowa decyzja kanclerz Angeli Merkel o całkowitym wycofaniu się Niemiec z energetyki jądrowej, kosztowała już operatorów elektrowni ponad 4 miliardy euro. Zwolnieniami zagrożonych jest 11 000 pracowników, a energochłonne gałęzie niemieckiego przemysłu grożą przeniesieniem produkcji poza Niemcy.'''
Cztery dni, 15 marca, po awarii czterech reaktorów jądrowych elektrowni Fukushima, wywołanych przez tsunami po trzęsieniu ziemi z 11 marca, kanclerz Niemiec Angela Merkel poprosiła operatorów rodzimych elektrowni jądrowych o wstrzymanie na 3 miesiące pracy 8 reaktorów. Następnie ogłoszono rządowy plan całkowitego wycofania się jej kraju z energetyki jądrowej. Owe osiem reaktorów ma już nie wznowić pracy. Do tej pory stanowisko rządu było takie, że elektrownie będą pracowały do 2022 roku, w zamian za nałożenie na paliwo jądrowe podatku, który miał być źródłem finansowania "zielonej rewolucji", czyli masowego przełączania się na odnawialne źródła energii.
Od kilku dni znany jest wpływ tej decyzji na wszystkich czterech operatorów elektrowni jądrowych w Niemczech. Cztery koncerny poniosły tylko jednym kwartale jaki minął od marca 2011 starty w wysokości 4,3 miliarda euro.
9 sierpnia koncern RWE ogłosił, że wstrzymanie pracy jego reaktorów kosztowało go już 900 milionów euro. Vattenfall poinformował o stratach i odpisach (pieniądzach przeznaczonych na rezerwy celowe) w wysokości 1100 milionów euro, zaś EnBW, w wysokości ponad 600 milionów euro. Firma EOn mówi zaś o 9 000 - 11 000 zagrożonych miejsc pracy i stratach w wysokości 1700 milionów euro.
Zmiana kierunku polityki energetycznej Niemiec wywołała gorycz i wściekłość firm energetycznych, których inwestycje w elektrownie jądrowe obmyślone są na dekady prac reaktorów. Firmy liczą straty i kwestionują zasadność podatku od uranu. Wobec tego, że zapłaciły go od paliwa, którego teraz nie może wygenerować dla nich przychodu, będą domagali się jego zwrotu. Tak zrobiła już firma EnBW, której reaktor Philipsburg-2 był pierwszym w Niemczech od którego zapłacono podatek uranowy. Wynosił on 145 euro od każdego grama uranu. Podobne kroki zapowiedział szwedzki Vattenfall. RWE podało, że dotąd zapłaciło około 200 milionów euro podatku od paliwa jądrowego.
Wśród odpisów od zysków jakie poczynili operatorzy są właśnie koszty niewykorzystanego paliwa jądrowego, zaliczki poczet wyłączenia i rozbiórki elektrowni.
Prócz tego, mocno zaniepokojony jest niemiecki przemysł, szczególnie gałęzie energochłonne, jak branża chemiczna. Odwrót od energetyki jądrowej oznacza, że ceny prądu w Niemczech wzrosną w ciągu najbliższych lat o około 1/3. Dla takich koncernów jak Bayer albo BASF oznacza to, że produkcja w Niemczech przestanie być opłacalna. Grożą więc przeniesieniem produkcji zagranicę, gdzie prąd jest tańszy.
|
de
|
Atompolitik FDP-Fraktion verstimmt über Lindners AKW-Vorstoß
Der General macht in der Atomdebatte Tempo, die Bundestagsabgeordneten bestehen auf ihrer Entscheidungshoheit: Nach den Wahlschlappen geht es in der FDP turbulent zu.
© Pawel Kopczynski/Reuters
In der FDP-Bundestagsfraktion regt sich Widerstand gegen Parteigeneralsekretär Christian Lindner. Dessen Vorgabe, die acht abgeschalteten deutschen Atomkraftwerke für immer stillzulegen, sei Sache der Bundestagsfraktion, sagte der liberale Abgeordnete Martin Lindner. Deren Beschluss über ein ergebnisoffenes Moratorium könne man nicht ohne weiteres über den Haufen werfen.
Anzeige
"Es ist ein politisch falsches Manöver", sagte Martin Lindner weiter. Eine solche Entscheidung ohne neue Faktenlage zeuge nur von Panik. Wer die Beschlusslage von Fraktion und Partei verändern wolle, müsse sich erst Mehrheiten verschaffen, sagte der Wirtschaftspolitiker an die Adresse von Christian Lindner.
Der Generalsekretär hatte seinen Vorstoß wenige Tage nach den Landtagswahlen damit begründet, dass die Atomenergie ihre öffentliche Akzeptanz verloren habe. Darauf müsse die Politik reagieren. Er schlug vor, schon jetzt eine Vereinbarung mit der Atomindustrie über ein dauerhaftes Aus von acht der 17 Meiler abzuschließen. Es müsse "rasch Rechtssicherheit" geschaffen werden – und zwar ohne dass die Energieversorger die Restlaufzeiten der Alt-AKW auf neuere Anlagen übertragen dürften.
SPD und Grüne forderten die Liberalen auf, entsprechende Gesetzesentwürfe der Opposition zu unterstützen. "Die FDP bewegt sich langsam, bleibt jedoch jegliches Handeln schuldig", sagte Grünen-Fraktionschef Jürgen Trittin. Sie müsse den beiden Gesetzentwürfen seiner Partei zustimmen: "Der erste fordert die sofortige, endgültige Stilllegung der sieben ältesten Atomkraftwerke plus Krümmel, ohne Laufzeitübertragung, und der zweite verlangt die Rücknahme der Laufzeitverlängerung für die restlichen Kraftwerke".
SPD-Fraktionsvize Ulrich Kelber schlug in die gleiche Kerbe und verwies auf Entwürfe der Sozialdemokraten, die das gleiche Ziel haben. "Teile der schwarz-gelben Koalition überschlagen sich jetzt mit Ankündigungen zum Atomausstieg", sagte Kelber. Am kommenden Dienstag werde es zum Schwur kommen. Dann stehe im federführenden Umweltausschuss des Bundestages der SPD-Entwurf eines Abschaltgesetzes zur Abstimmung. Damit würden die ältesten acht AKW sofort stillgelegt. "Ich bin gespannt, wie CDU/CSU und FDP jetzt handeln werden", sagte Kelber.
Die Atompolitik ist aber nur ein Thema, dass die in Baden-Württemberg und Rheinland-Pfalz von den Wählern abgestrafte FDP umtreibt. In Parteikreisen wurde auf mehrere Felder verwiesen, an denen die Glaubwürdigkeit der Liberalen leide. So hatte die FDP einst die Auflösung des Entwicklungsministeriums gefordert, das mit Dirk Niebel nun aber ein Minister aus den eigenen Reihen führt. Aus Sicht einiger in der Parteiführung sollte über dieses Ressort daher ebenso neu nachgedacht werden wie über das strikte Nein zu Mindestlöhnen und die Bildungszuständigkeiten zwischen Bund und Ländern, bestätigte ein führendes Fraktionsmitglied.
Justizministerin Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger forderte ihre Partei zu einer Grundsatzdebatte auf. Die FDP müsse inhaltlich auf die Höhe kommen. Juli-Chef Lasse Becker monierte, er könne die Beteuerungen der Parteispitze "Wir haben verstanden" nicht mehr hören. Es müsse jetzt eine schonungslose Fehleranalyse geben.
Übersicht zu diesem Artikel: Seite 1 FDP-Fraktion verstimmt über Lindners AKW-Vorstoß
Seite 1 / 2 Vorwärts
|
de
|
Nach den für die FDP schlechten Wahlergebnissen bei den Landtagswahlen in Baden-Württemberg und Rheinland-Pfalz am vergangenen Sonntag hat in der Freien Demokratischen Partei Deutschlands (FDP) der Versuch einer Neuorientierung begonnen. FDP-Generalsekretär Christian Lindner erklärte, die Atomenergie habe ihre Akzeptanz in Deutschland verloren. Lindner preschte heute mit der Forderung vor, die im Rahmen des von der Bundesregierung beschlossenen Moratoriums vorläufig stillgelegten Atommeiler sollten für immer vom Netz gehen. Er forderte jetzt „rasch Rechtssicherheit“ zu schaffen, um die Übertragung von Restlaufzeiten der alten Atommeiler auf bestehende Kernkraftwerke zu unterbinden. Um dieses Ziel zu erreichen, sollen laut Lindner Gespräche mit den Kernkraftwerksbetreibern in Deutschland geführt werden. Die FDP hatte jahrzehntelang auf den weiteren Ausbau der Kernenergie orientiert. Zurzeit sind sieben Kernkraftwerke, die in Deutschland vor 1980 in Betrieb genommen worden waren, nicht mehr am Netz.
Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, Bundesjustizministerin in der Bundesregierung, forderte ihre Partei zu einer Grundsatzdebatte auf. Auch sie sieht Bedarf für eine Kurskorrektur in der Energiepolitik. Widerstand gegen die neuerliche Kurskorrektur in der Energiepolitik kam von der FDP-Fraktion im Deutschen Bundestag. Die Fraktion der Liberalen fühlt sich übergangen. Der technologiepolitische Sprecher der FDP-Bundestagsfraktion Martin Lindner nannte die neue Zielrichtung „ein politisch falsches Manöver“. Lindner erklärte weiter: „Schnellschüsse und übereilte Forderungen bringen in dieser komplexen Angelegenheit nicht weiter.“
Die Grünen reagierten auf die Ankündigung Lindners mit dem Hinweis, die FDP-Bundestagsfraktion sollte den vorliegenden Gesetzentwürfen der Grünen zustimmen, in denen „die sofortige, endgültige Stilllegung der sieben ältesten Atomkraftwerke plus Krümmel, ohne Laufzeitübertragung“ sowie „die Rücknahme der Laufzeitverlängerung für die restlichen Kraftwerke“ gefordert werde.
Mit dem CDU/CSU-Koalitionspartner war der Vorstoß von FDP-Generalsekretär Lindner offenbar nicht abgesprochen. Entsprechend zurückhaltend fielen die Reaktionen von dieser Seite aus. Aber auch innerhalb der CDU/CSU-Fraktion und ihrer Minister in der Bundesregierung gibt es Kräfte, die auf einen schnelleren Kurswechsel in der Frage der Kernenergienutzung drängen. Politische Beobachter verweisen insbesondere auf Bundesumweltminister Norbert Röttgen, der aus seiner Haltung keinen Hehl macht. Röttgen machte sich auf einer Veranstaltung am Montag in Essen für einen rascheren Atomausstieg stark: „Laufzeiten sind Laufzeiten von Restrisiken“. Jetzt sei es notwendig, einen Konsens für den Bau neuer Netze zu schaffen.
|
de
|
Atomausstieg
FDP-Spitze irritiert mit Blitz-Atomschwenk
Von Severin Weiland und Philipp Wittrock
dapd Atomkraftwerk in Deutschland: Acht der 17 Meiler sind derzeit vom Netz
Die FDP-Führung will möglichst alle alten Meiler vom Netz nehmen, Generalsekretär Lindner drückt aufs Tempo. Das ist Teilen der Union ganz recht, doch in seiner eigenen Partei und der CDU gibt es auch Widerstand.
Berlin - Die Wahlen vom Wochenende hat Guido Westerwelle als Weckruf begriffen. "Es war eine Abstimmung über die Zukunft der Atomkraft. Wir haben verstanden", verkündet der FDP-Parteichef seitdem landauf landab. Nun kann es der FDP-Spitze gar nicht schnell genug gehen, beim Ausstieg aus der Kernenergie vorzupreschen.
Am Dienstagmorgen verkündet Christian Lindner im Walter-Scheel-Saal der Bundes-FDP, dass seine Partei in der Energiepolitik Tempo machen wolle. Es ist eine weitere Drehung - und eine, die in der Koalition und in der eigenen Partei für Ärger sorgt.
Die Liberalen wollen erreichen, dass die acht vorübergehend abgeschalteten Atommeiler endgültig stillgelegt werden. Dazu strebe seine Partei an, dass Regierung und Betreiber einen Konsens erreichen, kündigt Lindner an. Eine Übertragung von Reststrommengen auf jüngere Meiler - und damit eine Verlängerung der Laufzeiten für die Kernkraftwerke neuerer Bauart - solle es nicht geben. Das sei "politisch nicht vorstellbar und nicht wünschenswert", so Lindner weiter. Das dreimonatige Moratorium, das Westerwelle und Kanzlerin Angela Merkel nach der Atomkatastrophe in Japan verkündeten, soll genutzt werden, um mit den Betreibern zu einer Vereinbarung zu kommen. So zumindest wünscht es sich der Generalsekretär, der bei seinem Vorstoß auf die Rückendeckung Westerwelles zählen kann.
Es ist der Versuch, nach der Wahlpleite in Rheinland-Pfalz und Baden-Württemberg die Liberalen als Antreiber beim Abschalten der ältesten Meiler in der schwarz-gelben Koalition zu positionieren. Denn die einst von derselben Koalition beschlossene Laufzeitverlängerung für Kernkraftwerke ist selbst bei den FDP-Anhängern unbeliebt - nach einer Umfrage im Auftrag der ARD halten sie 63 Prozent nicht für richtig.
Westerwelle und Lindner wagen "grün light"
Derzeit sind die sieben vor 1980 ans Netz gegangenen deutschen Atomkraftwerke abgeschaltet. Außerdem steht seit 2007 nach verschiedenen Pannen das AKW Krümmel (Schleswig-Holstein) fast ununterbrochen still. Das Moratorium der Bundesregierung für die betroffenen Kernkraftwerke endet offiziell am 15. Juni. Bis dahin müsste also eine Entscheidung fallen.
Nun sind Westerwelle und Lindner offenbar gewillt, die FDP auf "Grüne Light" zu trimmen: mehr regenerative Energie, schnellerer Schwenk in der Energiepolitik. Westerwelle rechnet es sich an, nach der Japan-Katastrophe schnell umgeschaltet zu haben. Die Energiepolitik soll nun auf dem kommenden Bundesparteitag im Mai eine "bedeutende Rolle" spielen, erklärt er. "Das ist eines der ganz großen Themen der Zeit", sagt er.
Doch gegen den neuesten Beschleunigungskurs Lindners und Westerwelles in Sachen Atomausstieg regt sich in der Partei Widerstand. "Ich teile die Auffassung nicht, das jetzt politisch zu entscheiden", sagt der niedersächsische FDP-Fraktionschef Christian Dürr. Vielmehr halte er eine Entscheidung anhand von Sicherheitskriterien für sinnvoller. "Das ist die Idee des Moratoriums gewesen, und deshalb bleibt es für mich dabei. Das sage ich auch in Richtung der Bundespolitik", kritisiert er indirekt die Parteispitze.
Einer derjenigen, die von Anbeginn in der FDP die Ad-hoc-Abschaltung der ältesten Atomkraftwerke kritisiert hat, ist Martin Lindner. Der technologiepolitische Sprecher der Bundestagsfraktion kritisiert ebenfalls die jüngste Ankündigung des Generalsekretärs. "Schnellschüsse und übereilte Forderungen bringen in dieser komplexen Angelegenheit nicht weiter", sagte Martin Lindner.
Steht die FDP nun vor einer Zerreißprobe? FDP-Generalsekretär Christian Lindner glaubt es nicht: "Ich sehe in der FDP nicht so starke Anhänger der Kernenergie, dass das eine prinzipielle Frage werden wird." Es gehe vielmehr um technische Fragen des Ausstiegs.
Zurückhaltung in der CDU und in Regierungskreisen
Abgestimmt mit der Union war der FDP-Vorstoß nicht. Die Bundesregierung reagierte entsprechend zurückhaltend. Es bleibe bei der Linie, dass man das Ergebnis der Sicherheitsüberprüfungen und der Arbeit der Ethikkommission während des dreimonatigen Moratoriums politisch nicht vorgeben wolle, hieß es aus Regierungskreisen. Bekräftigt wurde aber auch, dass die Kernkraft-Landschaft in Deutschland nach dem Moratorium anders aussehen werde als zuvor.
Das ist die Haltung, die die Bundeskanzlerin seit Verkündung des Moratoriums vertritt - seit der CDU-Wahlpleite in Baden-Württemberg am Sonntag noch offensiver. Auf Jahreszahlen, Restlaufzeiten oder Abschaltszenarien lässt sich Merkel jedoch nicht festlegen. Allerdings zeichnet sich auch in der Unionsspitze längst ab, dass die FDP-Vorstellungen wohl näher an der deutschen AKW-Realität liegen werden als das derzeit gültige Energiekonzept samt Laufzeitverlängerung.
Bundesumweltminister Norbert Röttgen (CDU) jedenfalls dürfte nicht unglücklich über den liberalen Atomschwenk sein. Nach der Südwest-Schlappe trommelt der CDU-Vize schließlich laut wie nie für einen schnelleren Ausstieg. CDU-Generalsekretär Hermann Gröhe hält es immerhin "für die Mehrheit der Altmeiler für ganz unwahrscheinlich, dass sie wieder ans Netz gehen". Innenexperte Wolfgang Bosbach glaubt gleich, dass alle abgeschaltet bleiben - alles andere wäre "für viele Menschen ein Vertrauensbruch". Die Schwesterpartei CSU will ohnehin nur noch eines: raus aus der Atomkraft.
Fraktionschef Volker Kauder mahnt am Dienstag zwar im Sinne der Kanzlerin, das Ende des Moratoriums abzuwarten. Doch auch vom einstigen Kernkraftfreund weiß man, dass ihn die Katastrophe von Fukushima bekehrt hat. Bleibt noch der inzwischen schon notorische Widerstand des Wirtschaftsflügels der Union: Fraktionsvize Michael Fuchs missfällt das "Hopplahopp-Verfahren". Doch seit die Wirtschaftsfreunde von CDU und CSU unmittelbar vor den Landtagswahlen im SPIEGEL den Mini-Aufstand gegen die Atomwende probten, ist der Ärger in der Führung der Unionsfraktion groß. Die Kernenergie-Fans seien "isoliert", heißt es.
Diesen Artikel... Drucken
Senden
Feedback
Merken
Auf anderen Social Networks posten:
News verfolgen HilfeLassen Sie sich mit kostenlosen Diensten auf dem Laufenden halten: alles aus der Rubrik Politik | RSS alles aus der Rubrik Deutschland RSS alles zum Thema Superwahljahr 2011 RSS
|
de
|
Nach den für die FDP schlechten Wahlergebnissen bei den Landtagswahlen in Baden-Württemberg und Rheinland-Pfalz am vergangenen Sonntag hat in der Freien Demokratischen Partei Deutschlands (FDP) der Versuch einer Neuorientierung begonnen. FDP-Generalsekretär Christian Lindner erklärte, die Atomenergie habe ihre Akzeptanz in Deutschland verloren. Lindner preschte heute mit der Forderung vor, die im Rahmen des von der Bundesregierung beschlossenen Moratoriums vorläufig stillgelegten Atommeiler sollten für immer vom Netz gehen. Er forderte jetzt „rasch Rechtssicherheit“ zu schaffen, um die Übertragung von Restlaufzeiten der alten Atommeiler auf bestehende Kernkraftwerke zu unterbinden. Um dieses Ziel zu erreichen, sollen laut Lindner Gespräche mit den Kernkraftwerksbetreibern in Deutschland geführt werden. Die FDP hatte jahrzehntelang auf den weiteren Ausbau der Kernenergie orientiert. Zurzeit sind sieben Kernkraftwerke, die in Deutschland vor 1980 in Betrieb genommen worden waren, nicht mehr am Netz.
Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, Bundesjustizministerin in der Bundesregierung, forderte ihre Partei zu einer Grundsatzdebatte auf. Auch sie sieht Bedarf für eine Kurskorrektur in der Energiepolitik. Widerstand gegen die neuerliche Kurskorrektur in der Energiepolitik kam von der FDP-Fraktion im Deutschen Bundestag. Die Fraktion der Liberalen fühlt sich übergangen. Der technologiepolitische Sprecher der FDP-Bundestagsfraktion Martin Lindner nannte die neue Zielrichtung „ein politisch falsches Manöver“. Lindner erklärte weiter: „Schnellschüsse und übereilte Forderungen bringen in dieser komplexen Angelegenheit nicht weiter.“
Die Grünen reagierten auf die Ankündigung Lindners mit dem Hinweis, die FDP-Bundestagsfraktion sollte den vorliegenden Gesetzentwürfen der Grünen zustimmen, in denen „die sofortige, endgültige Stilllegung der sieben ältesten Atomkraftwerke plus Krümmel, ohne Laufzeitübertragung“ sowie „die Rücknahme der Laufzeitverlängerung für die restlichen Kraftwerke“ gefordert werde.
Mit dem CDU/CSU-Koalitionspartner war der Vorstoß von FDP-Generalsekretär Lindner offenbar nicht abgesprochen. Entsprechend zurückhaltend fielen die Reaktionen von dieser Seite aus. Aber auch innerhalb der CDU/CSU-Fraktion und ihrer Minister in der Bundesregierung gibt es Kräfte, die auf einen schnelleren Kurswechsel in der Frage der Kernenergienutzung drängen. Politische Beobachter verweisen insbesondere auf Bundesumweltminister Norbert Röttgen, der aus seiner Haltung keinen Hehl macht. Röttgen machte sich auf einer Veranstaltung am Montag in Essen für einen rascheren Atomausstieg stark: „Laufzeiten sind Laufzeiten von Restrisiken“. Jetzt sei es notwendig, einen Konsens für den Bau neuer Netze zu schaffen.
|
de
|
Berlin Die FDP will nach dem Wahldebakel ihre Atompolitik neu ausrichten und sich künftig stärker an den Wünschen der Bürger ausrichten.
Die Kernenergie habe ihre öffentliche Akzeptanz verloren, die Politik müsse darauf reagieren, sagte Generalsekretär Christian Lindner am Dienstag in Berlin. Die FDP wolle daher schneller als bisher aus der Kernenergie aussteigen. In die Offensive gingen die Liberalen mit der Forderung, die im Rahmen des Atom-Moratoriums vorübergehend abgeschalteten Alt-Meiler sollten nicht wieder angefahren werden.
Die Debatte über personelle Konsequenzen aus der Wahlniederlage in Baden-Württemberg und Rheinland-Pfalz tobte indes weiter. "Wir müssen jetzt in Personal und in Sache genau unseren Standort bestimmen", mahnte der frühere Partei- und Fraktionschef Wolfgang Gerhardt im Deutschlandfunk. "Wir kommen um eine gründliche Inventur nicht herum." Jeder müsse sich selbst prüfen, ob er an der jeweiligen Stelle für die Zukunft noch Großes bewirken könne. Die Partei stehe vor "existenziellen Herausforderungen". Der Alt-Liberale Gerhart Baum forderte Vertreter der jungen Generation wie NRW-Landeschef Daniel Bahr, Gesundheitsminister Philipp Rösler und Generalsekretär Christian Lindner in der ARD auf, mehr Macht an sich zu reißen.
Bundesjustizministerin Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger forderte eine Grundsatzdebatte. Die FDP müsse inhaltlich wieder auf die Höhe der Zeit kommen. Es sei gut, dass auch Parteichef Guido Westerwelle dies ebenfalls so sehe. Handlungsbedarf für einen Kurswechsel sieht die Ministerin insbesondere bei der Energiepolitik der Liberalen. Nach der Reaktorkatastrophe in Japan hatte die FDP als langjährige Befürworterin der Kernkraft bei den Landtagswahlen erhebliche Stimmen eingebüßt. Westerwelle hatte noch am Wahlabend erklärt, seine Partei habe die Botschaft der Wähler verstanden.
Doch auch bei anderen Themen wollen die Liberalen punkten. In Parteikreisen wurde auf mehrere Felder verwiesen, an denen die Glaubwürdigkeit der FDP leidet. So hatten die Liberalen etwa einst die Auflösung des Entwicklungshilfeministeriums gefordert, das mit Dirk Niebel aber nun ein FDP-Minister führt. Auch bei der Bildungs- und Arbeitsmarktpolitik will die Partei neue Akzente setzen. Finanzminister Wolfgang Schäuble (CDU) schloss allerdings aus, der FDP mit raschen Steuersenkungen zu einem Erfolg bei künftigen Landtagswahlen zu verhelfen. Dafür gebe es keinen Spielraum, sagte Schäuble der "Bild"-Zeitung.
BRÜDERLE WILL WIRTSCHAFTSMINISTER BLEIBEN
Unklar blieben die personellen Konsequenzen, die die Parteiführung zugesagt hat. Westerwelle hat dazu einen "geordneten und überlegten Diskussionsprozess" angekündigt, der sich nun durch die Parteigliederungen ziehen soll. Am 11. April soll über die Kandidaturen für den Bundesparteitag Mitte Mai entschieden werden. Dann soll sich auch die politische Zukunft Westerwelles entscheiden.
Erneut sah sich der Außenminister der Forderung ausgesetzt, auf eines seiner Ämter zu verzichten. Vorstandsmitglied Michael Theurer schlug vor, eine generelle Trennung von Ministerposten und Parteispitze nach Grünen-Vorbild anzustreben. Sollte sich die FDP beim Parteitag für das Modell entscheiden, empfehle er Westerwelle, sich auf das Außenamt zu konzentrieren, sagte der Europaabgeordnete der Nachrichtenagentur Reuters.
Großer Unmut herrscht nach Angaben aus Parteikreisen weiter über Wirtschaftsminister Rainer Brüderle. Sein angekündigter Rückzug vom Landesvorsitz in Rheinland-Pfalz zum 7. Mai werde möglicherweise nicht ausreichen. Der Chef der Jungen Liberalen, Lasse Becker, sagte im Südwestrundfunk, diese Entscheidung Brüderles entschärfe die Krise der Bundes-FDP nicht. Brüderle, der auch Vizechef der Bundespartei ist, unterstrich dagegen, er wolle Wirtschaftsminister bleiben. "Natürlich, macht doch Spaß", sagte er auf Nachfrage vor Journalisten.
Nach einem Bericht der "Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung" hat Westerwelle versucht, Brüderle und Fraktionschefin Birgit Homburger mit Hilfe von Rösler und Bahr aus dem Amt zu drängen, die gemeinsam mit Lindner derzeit zu den stärksten Unterstützern Westerwelles gehören. Dies sei aber misslungen. Brüderle hatte mit angeblichen Äußerungen bei einer BDI-Tagung für Empörung gesorgt, mit denen er den Verdacht nährte, das Atom-Moratorium der Koalition sei allein der Wahltaktik geschuldet gewesen. Sein Ministerium ließ die Äußerungen später dementieren.
|
de
|
Nach den für die FDP schlechten Wahlergebnissen bei den Landtagswahlen in Baden-Württemberg und Rheinland-Pfalz am vergangenen Sonntag hat in der Freien Demokratischen Partei Deutschlands (FDP) der Versuch einer Neuorientierung begonnen. FDP-Generalsekretär Christian Lindner erklärte, die Atomenergie habe ihre Akzeptanz in Deutschland verloren. Lindner preschte heute mit der Forderung vor, die im Rahmen des von der Bundesregierung beschlossenen Moratoriums vorläufig stillgelegten Atommeiler sollten für immer vom Netz gehen. Er forderte jetzt „rasch Rechtssicherheit“ zu schaffen, um die Übertragung von Restlaufzeiten der alten Atommeiler auf bestehende Kernkraftwerke zu unterbinden. Um dieses Ziel zu erreichen, sollen laut Lindner Gespräche mit den Kernkraftwerksbetreibern in Deutschland geführt werden. Die FDP hatte jahrzehntelang auf den weiteren Ausbau der Kernenergie orientiert. Zurzeit sind sieben Kernkraftwerke, die in Deutschland vor 1980 in Betrieb genommen worden waren, nicht mehr am Netz.
Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, Bundesjustizministerin in der Bundesregierung, forderte ihre Partei zu einer Grundsatzdebatte auf. Auch sie sieht Bedarf für eine Kurskorrektur in der Energiepolitik. Widerstand gegen die neuerliche Kurskorrektur in der Energiepolitik kam von der FDP-Fraktion im Deutschen Bundestag. Die Fraktion der Liberalen fühlt sich übergangen. Der technologiepolitische Sprecher der FDP-Bundestagsfraktion Martin Lindner nannte die neue Zielrichtung „ein politisch falsches Manöver“. Lindner erklärte weiter: „Schnellschüsse und übereilte Forderungen bringen in dieser komplexen Angelegenheit nicht weiter.“
Die Grünen reagierten auf die Ankündigung Lindners mit dem Hinweis, die FDP-Bundestagsfraktion sollte den vorliegenden Gesetzentwürfen der Grünen zustimmen, in denen „die sofortige, endgültige Stilllegung der sieben ältesten Atomkraftwerke plus Krümmel, ohne Laufzeitübertragung“ sowie „die Rücknahme der Laufzeitverlängerung für die restlichen Kraftwerke“ gefordert werde.
Mit dem CDU/CSU-Koalitionspartner war der Vorstoß von FDP-Generalsekretär Lindner offenbar nicht abgesprochen. Entsprechend zurückhaltend fielen die Reaktionen von dieser Seite aus. Aber auch innerhalb der CDU/CSU-Fraktion und ihrer Minister in der Bundesregierung gibt es Kräfte, die auf einen schnelleren Kurswechsel in der Frage der Kernenergienutzung drängen. Politische Beobachter verweisen insbesondere auf Bundesumweltminister Norbert Röttgen, der aus seiner Haltung keinen Hehl macht. Röttgen machte sich auf einer Veranstaltung am Montag in Essen für einen rascheren Atomausstieg stark: „Laufzeiten sind Laufzeiten von Restrisiken“. Jetzt sei es notwendig, einen Konsens für den Bau neuer Netze zu schaffen.
|
fr
|
Contenu:
Rejet
Demandeur(s) : Les époux X...
Défendeur(s) : La société Fountaine Pajot ; La société AGF-IART, devenue la société Allianz IART
Sur le moyen unique du pourvoi principal, pris en ses cinq branches :
Attendu que les époux X..., de nationalité américaine et vivant aux Etats-Unis, ont demandé en France, l’exequatur d’une décision rendue le 26 février 2003 par la Cour suprême de Californie (comté de Alameda) ayant condamné la société française Fountaine Pajot, à leur verser une somme de 3 253 734,45 USD, se décomposant en 1 391 650,12 USD, pour la remise en état du bateau fabriqué par la société française qu’ils avaient acheté 826 009 USD, 402 084,33 USD pour les frais d’avocats et 1 460 000 USD, à titre de dommages intérêts punitifs ;
Attendu que les époux X... font grief à l’arrêt attaqué (Poitiers, 26 février 2009), rendu sur renvoi après cassation (Civ. 1re, 22 mai 2007, pourvoi n° 05 20.473) d’avoir dit que la décision contrevenait à l’ordre public international de fond et de les avoir déboutés de leur demande en exequatur, alors, selon le moyen :
1°/ qu’une décision étrangère condamnant une partie à paiement de dommages-intérêts punitifs n’est pas, par principe, contraire à l’ordre public international de fond ; qu’en jugeant le contraire, la cour d’appel a violé les articles 3 et 15 du code civil, 509 du code de procédure civile et les principes régissant la procédure d’exequatur ;
2°/ que la cour d’appel a expressément relevé que le choix de la loi californienne désigné au contrat n’est pas frauduleux et s’impose à M. et Mme X... et à la société Fountaine Pajot ; qu’en se fondant, pour dire que la décision de la Superior Court of California - County of Alameda du 26 février 2003 contrevient à l’ordre public international de fond, sur les termes de l’article 74 de la Convention de Vienne du 11 avril 1980 sur la vente internationale de marchandises, la cour d’appel, qui n’a pas tiré les conséquences légales de ses propres constatations, a violé, par refus d’application, les articles 3 et 15 du code civil, 509 du code de procédure civile et les principes régissant la procédure d’exequatur, et, par fausse application, l’article 74 de la Convention de Vienne ;
3°/ qu’en toute hypothèse, la Convention de Vienne du 11 avril 1980 sur la vente internationale de marchandises n’est pas applicable aux ventes de marchandises achetées pour un usage personnel ou familial ni à la vente de bateaux ; qu’en l’espèce, il n’est pas contesté que M. et Mme X... ont acheté un catamaran pour un usage privé et familial ; qu’en se fondant sur la Convention de Vienne pour dire que la décision de la Superior Court of California - County of Alameda du 26 février 2003 contrevient à l’ordre public international de fond, la cour d’appel a violé par fausse application les articles 25 et 74 de la Convention de Vienne du 11 avril 1980 sur la vente internationale de marchandises ;
4°/ que le contrôle de la conformité de la décision étrangère à l’ordre public international est exclusif de sa révision au fond ; qu’en se fondant sur le droit commun français de la responsabilité civile et du droit des contrats pour dire que la décision de la Superior Court of California - County of Alameda du 26 février 2003 contrevient à l’ordre public international de fond, la cour d’appel a violé les articles 3 et 15 du code civil, 509 du code de procédure civile et les principes régissant la procédure d’exequatur ;
5°/ qu’en affirmant qu’une indemnité, allouée par une décision étrangère à l’acheteur d’un bateau, dépassant largement son prix d’achat, est disproportionnée en ce qu’elle lui procure un enrichissement sans cause sans rechercher, comme elle y était pourtant invitée (conclusions récapitulatives d’appel signifiées le 16 décembre 2008, p.18 et s.), si, compte tenu de l’impossibilité absolue pour M. et Mme X... d’utiliser un bateau acquis dix ans auparavant moyennant un prix versé en totalité de 690.000 $, du comportement dolosif de la société Fountaine Pajot, vendeur et fabricant du bateau, qui leur a dissimulé les avaries l’affectant, faisant courir aux acheteurs et à leurs enfants des risques pour leur vie évidents, a été définitivement condamnée pour cela et s’est abstenue de faire exécuter toute réparation, la condamnation du vendeur à paiement d’une indemnité dépassant le prix du navire n’était finalement pas justifiée et partant proportionnée, la cour d’appel a privé sa décision de toute base légale au regard des articles 3 et 15 du code civil, 509 du code de procédure civile et des principes régissant la procédure d’exequatur ;
Mais attendu que si le principe d’une condamnation à des dommages intérêts punitifs, n’est pas, en soi, contraire à l’ordre public, il en est autrement lorsque le montant alloué est disproportionné au regard du préjudice subi et des manquements aux obligations contractuelles du débiteur ; qu’en l’espèce, l’arrêt relève que la décision étrangère a accordé à l’acquéreur, en plus du remboursement du prix du bateau et du montant des réparations, une indemnité qui dépasse très largement cette somme ; que la cour d’appel a pu en déduire que le montant des dommages intérêts était manifestement disproportionné au regard du préjudice subi et du manquement aux obligations contractuelles de sorte que le jugement étranger ne pouvait être reconnu en France ; que le moyen ne peut être accueilli ;
PAR CES MOTIFS, et sans qu’il y ait lieu de statuer sur le pourvoi éventuel :
REJETTE le pourvoi principal
Président : M. Charruault
Rapporteur : Mme Monéger, conseiller
Avocat général : M. Domingo
Avocat(s) : SCP Barthélemy, Matuchansky et Vexliard ; SCP Boré et Salve de Bruneton ; SCP Delaporte, Briard et Trichet
|
fr
|
thumbs
Dans un arrêt rendu mercredi 1 décembre 2010, la vient de rappeler le principe selon lequel . L'affaire porte sur un litige contractuel entre des personnes résidentes en et une société domiciliée en France. À la suite de ses manquements concernant la fabrication d'un bateau par cette société, les époux acquéreurs avaient alors saisi la justice californienne qui leur a donné gain de cause. Les montants alloués par la Cour suprême de Californie (comté de Alameda) ont été fixés à .
Fort de cette décision, les particuliers saisissent la justice française pour obtenir l'exécution de la décision américaine. Dans un premier temps, la cour d'appel de les déboute invoquant l'incompétence de la juridiction californienne dans cette affaire. Cet arrêt est censuré par la Cour de cassation qui reconnaît la compétence des juges Outre-Atlantique. Saisie de nouveau sur renvoi, la cour de Poitiers rejette une nouvelle fois la demande d'exécution. La cour de renvoi a alors estimé que
Saisie une nouvelle fois de l'affaire, la première chambre civile rejette le pourvoi introduit par les particuliers en question. Le nœud du problème concerne les très lourds dommages-intérêts punitifs infligés à la partie perdante. Leur montant dépasse nettement le montant des frais de remise en état du bateau pour s'y ajouter à ces dernières. Ce type de condamnation est monnaie courante aux États-Unis où les indemnités allouées sont sans commune mesure avec le préjudice réel et procurent une source de revenu non négligeable, notamment pour les cabinets d'avocats payés au pourcentage des sommes obtenues.
Selon la cour, Après avoir relevé que la décision étrangère a accordé à l’acquéreur, en plus du remboursement du prix du bateau et du montant des réparations, une indemnité qui dépasse très largement cette somme, la cour d’appel a pu en déduire que
|
en
|
Germany 2006 runners-up France have been drawn against Republic of Ireland in the Europe Zone play-offs for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™. The French were the only one of the seeded teams to be drawn away in the first leg, to be played in Dublin on 14 November.
Portugal, Russia and Greece, the other three seeded nations, will take on Bosnia-Herzegovina, Ukraine and Slovenia respectively.
Republic of Ireland-France
Currently 34th in the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking, Republic of Ireland impressed in finishing second behind Italy in Group 8, winning four and drawing six of their ten matches. An old hand when it comes to knockout matches, the Republic's Italian coach Giovanni Trapattoni knows how to get the most out of a fiercely competitive side that is notoriously difficult to beat on its home turf. And in goalkeeper Shay Given, midfielder Damien Duff and goalscorer Robbie Keane, the Irish boast a formidable spine.
Ranked ninth, the highest of the eight teams in Monday's draw, France have struggled to live up to their reputation since contesting the final at Germany 2006. The departure of Zinedine Zidane left a huge void that has yet to be filled despite the emergence of world-class talents such as Yoann Gourcuff, Franck Ribery and Karim Benzema. Following their disappointing showing at UEFA EURO 2008, Les Bleus made the worst possible start to their Group 7 campaign, losing 3-1 away to Austria. And though they then put together a run of six wins and three draws, they still finished a point shy of section winners Serbia.
The two sides are old acquaintances, having met 12 times in all. The French hold a slight advantage with five wins, four draws and three defeats. On their last meeting, a FIFA World Cup finals qualifier on 7 September 2005 in Dublin, Les Bleus skipper Thierry Henry all but secured their place in Germany with the only goal in a crucial 1-0 win.
Portugal-Bosnia-Herzegovina
Portugal have had to work hard just to reach the play-offs, and at one stage it looked as if the semi-finalists from three years ago were going to miss out altogether. Carlos Queiroz's men came good in the end, though, winning four and drawing one of their last five games to edge Sweden out of second place.
Cristiano Ronaldo is the undisputed leader of a Portuguese side that finally seems to have turned the page following the retirements of Luis Figo, capped 127 times in all, and Pauleta, the country's highest scorer with 47 goals.
Bosnia-Herzegovina lie 42nd in the Ranking and trailed 11 points behind runaway Group 5 winners Spain. In doing so, though, the Bosnians hit 25 goals, making them one of the most prolific sides in the Europe Zone. Taking maximum points off Belgium, Estonia and Armenia, the Balkan side finished with six wins, one draw and three defeats, collecting four more points than third-placed Turkey.
The two sides have never met before although the Portuguese will surely be keeping a close eye on the strike partnership formed by attacking midfielder Zvjezdan Misimovic and front man Edin Dzeko, who has proved his worth with German champions Wolfsburg. The one question mark hanging over Miroslav Blazevic's side is their ability to cope with the big occasion, a possible factor in their 5-2 defeat at home to Spain last week.
Greece-Ukraine
Beaten twice by eventual section winners Switzerland, Greece had to settle for second place in Group 2, something of a disappointment for a side that started out as pool favourites. The 2004 European champions, who have just one FIFA World Cup finals appearance to their name, at USA 1994, will be banking on star striker Theofanis Gekas, the scorer of four goals in a 5-2 defeat of Latvia, to fire them to South Africa 2010.
Ukraine, ranked just six places below the Greeks, staged a late charge in Group 6, beating Croatia to the line thanks in no small part to a 1-0 defeat of England in their penultimate outing.
The eastern Europeans have become play-off regulars, missing out on places at the 1998 and 2002 FIFA World Cup finals following two-legged defeats to the Croatians and Germany respectively. They atoned for those narrow failures four years ago, earning a place at Germany 2006 by beating Greece 2-1 on aggregate, a result they would happy to repeat to give the long-serving Andriy Shevchenko one last crack at a major competition.
Russia-Slovenia
The fourth and final play-off tie pits together two sides who just missed out on automatic qualification. Now a formidable outfit under the stewardship of Guus Hiddink, the Russians could have topped Group 4 had they beaten Germany in Moscow in their penultimate game but went down 1-0, an indication that they still have some work to do before becoming the finished article.
In an extremely tight Group 3, meanwhile, Slovenia, ranked 49th in the world, snatched second place but were still left to ponder what might have been after overcoming eventual section winners Slovakia home and away. Well organised at the back but sometimes lacking punch up front, the Slovenians were ultimately made to pay for a costly goalless draw at home to Czech Republic in late March and a 1-0 reverse in Northern Ireland just four days later.
The two sides have met on three occasions, two of those games coming in the 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan qualification competition. Both sides are level with one win each and a draw.
|
pl
|
W wyniku losowania, które odbyło się w Zurychu w siedzibie FIFA, ustalono następujące pary barażowe:
* Irlandia - '''Francja''';
* '''Portugalia''' - Bośnia i Hercegowina;
* '''Grecja''' - Ukraina;
* '''Rosja''' - Słowenia.
Mecze odbędą się 14 i 18 listopada. Zwycięzcy dwumeczów zakwalifikują się do przyszłorocznych MŚ w RPA. Bezpośredni awans uzyskały już drużyny narodowe następujących państw europejskich: Danii, Szwajcarii, Słowacji, Niemiec, Hiszpanii, Anglii, Serbii, Włoch, Holandii.
|
de
|
DUBLIN (dpa-AFX) - Irland bleibt die am stärksten wachsende Volkswirtschaft in der Eurozone . Getrieben vor allem durch Investitionen wuchs die Wirtschaft im Frühjahr das sechste Quartal in Folge. Das Bruttoinlandprodukt (BIP) legte im zweiten Quartal um 1,9 Prozent zum Vorquartal zu, teilte das Statistikamt CSO am Donnerstag in Dublin mit. Volkswirte hatten lediglich mit einem Anstieg von 1,0 Prozent gerechnet.
Zudem fiel das Wirtschaftswachstum im ersten Quartal mit 2,1 Prozent deutlich höher als zunächst ermittelt aus. In einer ersten Schätzung war lediglich ein Anstieg von 1,4 Prozent festgestellt worden. Im Jahresvergleich wuchs die Wirtschaft im zweiten Quartal um 6,7 Prozent, während ein Wachstum von 5,1 Prozent erwartet worden war.
Die Investitionen legten im zweiten Quartal um 19 Prozent zum Vorquartal zu. Die Haushaltsausgaben stiegen um 0,4 Prozent, während die Staatsausgaben um 0,7 Prozent sanken. Exporte kletterten um 5,4 Prozent und die Importe um 6,3 Prozent.
Irland profitiert nach Einschätzung des Ökonomen Jack Allen vom Analystenhaus Capital Economics wie kein anderes Land des Währungsraums vom schwachen Euro. Die Wirtschaft hat enge Handelsbeziehungen mit den USA und dem Vereinigten Königreich. Der Zuwachs bei den Importen reflektiere die starke Binnenwirtschaft, schreibt Allen. Er gehe davon aus, dass die irische Wirtschaft auch im weiteren Jahresverlauf mit einem gesunden Tempo weiter wachsen werde./jsl/tos
|
de
|
Die Wirtschaft des ehemaligen Krisenlandes Irland legte im 2. Quartal um 1,9 Prozent im Vergleich zum Vorquartal zu, im Vergleich zum Vorjahr gesehen stieg die Wirtschaftsleistung um 6,7 Prozent. Volkswirte und Experten hatten im 2. Quartal mit einem Anstieg von 1,0 Prozent gerechnet – statt mit den tatsächlichen 1,9 Prozent. Im Gesamtjahr 2015 soll die Wirtschaft nun 6,7 Prozent zulegen, was nicht nur die höchste Wachstumsquote in der ganzen EU ist, sondern auch eine der höchsten der Welt.
Für das 1. Quartal konnte das Wachstum ebenfalls angehoben werden: von 1,4 Prozent auf 2,1 Prozent. Damit wuchs die irische Wirtschaft auch im Anfangsquartal des Jahres deutlich stärker als bisher erwartet. Hauptgrund für das starke Wirtschaftswachstum ist der schwache Euro, der die Exporte in die USA und nach Großbritannien ankurbelt.
|
en
|
Hurricane Irene weakened slightly Friday morning to a Category 2 storm, but was expected to strengthen again later in the day as it barrels toward the Outer Banks of North Carolina and then on to New York and New England.
Irene is still expected to slam into the North Carolina coast Saturday—roughly somewhere between Morehead City and Cape Hatteras—as a major hurricane, which is a storm of Category 3 or more.
The massive storm was packing winds of 110 miles per hour at 8 a.m. Friday as it churned north, off the coast of Florida and about 375 miles south of Cape Hatteras. The storm is then expected to move near or over the mid-Atlantic coast Saturday night.
Hurricane warnings were issued for the U.S. coastline from North Carolina through Sandy Hook, N.J. and included Delaware Bay and parts of Chesapeake Bay, and forecasters warned in particular that the hurricane would bring large storm surges.
The storm's projected path hugging the coast could still change, weather forecasters said, bringing it further inland.
|
pt
|
thumb
O furacão Irene se aproxima da costa leste dos Estados Unidos e poderá atingir esse sábado o estado da Carolina do Norte e possivelmente Nova Iorque. O furacão chegou a alcançar Categoria 3 com ventos de mais de 170km/h.
Autoridades da defesa civil da Carolina do Norte estão se preparando para um desastre em potencial em um momento crítico onde a verba dedicada para prevenção de desastres foi severamente reduzida devido a problemas de orçamento gerados pela crise econômica.
Os estados da Virgínia, Nova Iorque e Nova Jérsei já declaram estado de emergência
|
fr
|
Le moustique tigre, l’Aedes albopictus (son nom latin) est bel et bien présent sur notre territoire, a indiqué au Soir l’Institut de médecine tropicale à Anvers. Un nombre minime de ces moustiques aux rayures blanches a été repéré dans un établissement en Belgique en juin.
Pas encore d’infection en Belgique
Ce moustique tigre venu tout droit d’Asie a déjà été aperçu en Belgique en 2013, en 2014 et donc en 2015. Actuellement, il a surtout posé ses valises au Brésil. On évoque de plus en plus une invasion dans nos contrées, particulièrement en France.
Ce moustique peut être porteur de la dengue et du chikungunya, deux maladies qui provoquent de fortes fièvres. Mais Isra Deblauwe, entomologiste à l’Institut de médecine tropicale à Anvers, minimise les risques d’infection : « Ils sont pour l’instant dans un espace couvert et aucune personne n’a encore été infectée. Nous faisons régulièrement des surveillances et nous n’avons rien trouvé. Ces moustiques ne se sont donc pas dispersés». L’organisme refuse de préciser la localisation exacte de cette découverte.
© Fournis par Le Soir
Aucun plan national
Toutefois, en cas d’infection, la Belgique n’a encore prévu aucun plan d’action. « Contrairement aux Pays-Bas, nous ne sommes pas préparés. L’Institut n’est pas formé pour cette éventuelle situation. Nous ne sommes que des scientifiques. Actuellement, ce sont les Régions qui gèrent la situation. Mais il faudrait un plan national. »
Le produit permettant d’éradiquer le moustiques tigre est illégal en Belgique. « Le gouvernement a fait une demande de permission auprès de l’Europe. Nous attendons toujours une réponse. »
|
fr
|
''Aedes albopictus'' Le site web signalement-moustique.fr indique comment reconnaître le moustique
Le moustique tigre a été détecté au Royaume de Belgique. Cet insecte tropical est redouté en raison de sa capacité à propager des épidémies dangereuses, comme celle des chikungunya, dengue ou zika.
Le Belgique n’est dotée d'aucune forme de plan d’action pour contrer une éventuelle épidémie.
Un produit permet d'éradiquer le moustique tigre, mais il est illicite en Belgique.
|
fr
|
Avec des vacanciers de retour de zones tropicales où sévit le virus, le zika se propagera comme le chikungunya. En France c’est sûr. Et chez nous?
Aedes albopictus, alias moustique tigre, doit son nom aux rayures qu’il porte sur les pattes. Invasif, ce transmetteur de virus est actuellement présent dans une centaine de pays sur cinq continents; il s’est récemment propagé en Polynésie française et au Brésil. Outre la dengue et le chikungunya, il transmet aussi le virus zika entraînant lui aussi fièvre, douleurs musculaires, éruptions cutanées, voire des complications neurologiques. Cela peut même s’avérer exceptionnellement fatal pour des personnes plus fragiles.
La salive du moustique femelle vous infecte
La propagation virale se fait par l’intermédiaire de la salive que le moustique tigre femelle injecte dans sa victime pour fluidifier le sang. En France métropolitaine, pour le Haut conseil de la santé publique (HCSP), il sera difficile d’empêcher son arrivée et sa propagation cet été.
Depuis sa première observation en 2000 en Belgique, jusqu’en 2012, Aedes albopictus n’a plus été observé ni trouvé au cours des différentes inspections entomologiques réalisées sur le site d’introduction. En juillet 2013, un adulte mâle a pourtant été capturé sur ce même site; une plateforme de pneus usagés et importés, située à Vrasene (Flandre orientale). Cette redécouverte suggère la réintroduction de cette espèce en Belgique via le commerce de pneus usagés. « On le retrouve aussi régulièrement dans les chargements entrant en Belgique via les ports ou les aéroports», confirme l’Institut de médecine tropicale qui donne aux voyageurs toutes les mesures de prévention sur son site.
Tout comme l’UE, l’Institut de médecine tropicale d’Anvers surveille sa progression. Pour Maxime Madder « sa présence ailleurs en Europe reste inquiétante. Mais il semble qu’il ne survit pas à nos températures hivernales.»
Ce moustique tigre est désormais bien implanté dans 20 départements du sud de la France; sa présence est ponctuelle dans 17 autres départements.
Si vous voyagez vers les tropiques, enduisez-vous de répulsif cutané et portez des vêtements bien couvrants. Les personnes infectées seront isolées durant la période fébrile, pour éviter la contamination de nouveaux moustiques… et humains.
www.itg.be
|
fr
|
''Aedes albopictus'' Le site web signalement-moustique.fr indique comment reconnaître le moustique
Le moustique tigre a été détecté au Royaume de Belgique. Cet insecte tropical est redouté en raison de sa capacité à propager des épidémies dangereuses, comme celle des chikungunya, dengue ou zika.
Le Belgique n’est dotée d'aucune forme de plan d’action pour contrer une éventuelle épidémie.
Un produit permet d'éradiquer le moustique tigre, mais il est illicite en Belgique.
|
es
|
Copa del Mundo Rusia 2018 | Fase de grupos Finalizado 0 Senegal 1 Colombia Yerry Mina 74 '
Comentar Me gusta Compartir E-mail Twitter Facebook WhatsApp Obtener link Guardar 28 de junio de 2018 • 09:51
SAMARA.- Cumplió con la propuesta. No puede decirse mucho más de Colombia . Pero qué importa, si el objetivo de llegar a los octavos de final se alcanzó. El conjunto de José Pekerman se impuso por 1-0 a Senegal , accedió la siguiente etapa y el seleccionado africano se quedó afuera de la Copa del Mundo por el Fair Play, por mayor cantidad de tarjetas que Japón. Estuvo lejos de ser la mejor producción cafetera, es cierto, pero lo único que cuenta a esta altura es que Mina metió un cabezazo que valió una clasificación y que ahora esperarán atentos a lo que suceda con Bélgica e Inglaterra, ya que de allí se definirá quién será el segundo en el Grupo G, que será el rival en octavos.
Resumen del partido Senegal - Colombia en el Mundial de Rusia 2018 1:17
Video
Se dio un primer tiempo en el que Colombia no encontró las mejoras formas para saltar el escollo de la etapa de grupos. Pareció fuera de foco en su juego. Más allá del regreso de Carlos Sánchez al equipo, que es el hombre que le aporta equilibrio, no pudo generar acciones para quebrar la última línea de Senegal, que a esas alturas no tenía ningún apuro porque se rompa la paridad. Apenas Juan Fernando Quintero acercó algo de peligro al arco defendido por N'Diaye con un tiro libre.
Celebra Mina su gol con los compañeros Fuente: Reuters
No fue fácil ese primer capítulo para el conjunto de José Pekerman. Quedó expuesto en cada pelotazo del equipo africano. Tuvo problemas para controlar a Sadio Mané y le resultó complejo frenar la potencia de M'Baye Niang. Se le heló la sangre cuando Davinson Sánchez se tiró dentro del área para frenar un avance de Mané y el árbitro Milorad Mazic sancionó penal. Sin embargo, el seleccionado cafetero recibió un guiño de la tecnología, ya que el juez revisó la acción y determinó que no hubo falta de Sánchez.
Había más noticias incómodas para Colombia. A la falta de generación ofensiva se le sumó un problema más: a los 30 minutos James Rodríguez dejó la cancha por molestias físicas. Salió con evidentes gestos de fastidio la estrella de Colombia y lo reemplazó Luis Muriel, que tampoco le aportó demasiadas soluciones a un ataque poco profundo y con escasas variantes. Incluso, las estadísticas indican que fue el peor primer tiempo de Colombia respecto a su disposición ofensiva en una Copa del Mundo, ya que apenas registró un disparo al arco.
Pero hay pequeños detalles que definen una historia en el fútbol. Y lo que sucedió en la segunda etapa del partido y lo que pasaba en el juego entre Polonia y Japón, también integrantes del Grupo H, sirve como ejemplo. Es que Colombia encontró lo que tanto buscaba casi sin haber hecho mucho más que en la primera etapa. Pero aprovechó su oportunidad. Juan Quintero sacó un centro que Mina , de cabeza, mandó al fondo de la red y se alejaron los miedos. Pero los apuros pasaron a la vereda de enfrente. Es que ese gol no solo generó que Colombia se asegure su pasaje a los octavos de final, sino que Senegal se estaba quedando afuera de la Copa del Mundo ¿Solo por esa conquista? No. El asunto es que recibió 6 tarjetas amarillas y eso condenó al conjunto africano. ¿Por qué? Es que quedó igualado en puntos con Japón que perdió con Polonia 1-0 y lo que definió el pasaje a la instancia siguiente fue el Fair Play: el seleccionado nipón apenas recibió 4 amonestaciones.
El peculiar festejo de los colombianos junto con los hinchas Fuente: Reuters
Disfruta Colombia de su salto a los octavos de final, sabe que tiene mucho por revisar de este último juego si quiere avanzar en el Mundial Rusia 2018. Sufre Senegal que pasó de ser segundo en el Grupo H, con su empate y el de Japón y Polonia, a quedarse afuera de la Copa. Cosas del universo de la pelota.
|
es
|
En el tercer partido de este , le ganó a por la mínima diferencia. El gol lo marcó . Los cafeteros siguen en competencia, no así los senegaleses que cosecharon más tarjetas amarillas que los japoneses y quedaron eliminados por "fair play"
El primer tiempo empezó con jugadas para ambos equipos sin que ninguno de los dos domine el partido, se produjeron llegadas con centros al área y tiros de esquina. Y en el minuto 15 el VAR anuló un penal ya cobrado por el árbitro para Colombia. El primer tiempo continuo sin que ninguno de los dos equipos tuviera una oportunidad clara de abrir el marcador, finalizó sin goles.
Con la misma dinámica se desarrolló el segundo tiempo hasta el gol de Colombia en el minuto 74 que Mina logró meter la pelota adentro del arco a la salida de un tiro de esquina abriendo el marcador. Los senegalés agotaron todas sus energías buscando empatar para evitar ser eliminados en esta primer ronda, más sabiendo que Japón ganaba y que el fair play no los favorecía, pero sobre el final producto del agotamiento físico el equipo africano perdió la pelota y los colombianos pudieron haber aumentado la diferencia.
Este resultado clasificó a los colombianos y las 6 tarjetas amarillas contra las 4 de los japoneses hicieron que al estar en puntos y en goles igualadados, la variable del fair play eliminará a los senegaleses de este mundial.
;Formaciones:
|
en
|
Louisa Hearn
August 2, 2006
Contrary to popular opinion, instant messaging may not be harming the literacy of today's internet savvy teenagers, says a new report.
The dramatic rise in the popularity of the medium has given rise to widespread concerns over declining standards of grammar owing to the heavy reliance on abbreviations and internet slang in messages relayed back and forth by the teens.
Half of all Australian teens aged 12 to 14 use instant messaging and for older teens the number is closer to three quarters, according to Nielsen/NetRatings.
However a study conducted by linguists at the University of Toronto in Canada on 70 teenagers aged 15 to 20 revealed that instead of dumbing down their communication, the subjects were actually using a "fusion of different levels of diction" when chatting on instant messaging platforms.
While their research centred on characteristic use of computer language, including acronyms like LOL (laugh out loud), it also studied other aspects of grammar such as intensifiers (that's so cool), the future system (the show tonight is going to be fun), quotatives (he was like "oh hi"), and deontic modality (I have to go to work).
Although messages typically mimicked speech patterns, the linguists found that the teens were using both informal terms that would be considered unacceptable in class, as well as the more formal writing phrasing used in education that may be deemed "uncool" in normal speech.
A typical mix of mix of formal and informal writing revealed the usage of words like "shall" alongside words such as "gonna".
It also found that the common abbreviations used by teens such as BRB (be right back) and TTYL (talk to you later) made up only a very small proportion of their written communication overall.
"Everybody thinks kids are ruining their language by using instant messaging, but these teens' messaging shows them expressing themselves flexibly through all registers," Sali Tagliamonte, associate professor in linguistics at the University of Toronto.
"They actually show an extremely lucid command of the language. We shouldn't worry."
The scientific name for instant messages, SMS, and email is called computer-mediated communication, or CMC. However recent research from the Pew Internet & American Life Project found that email is increasingly losing favour to instant and text messaging and social networking sites such as MySpace with most young people preferring more immediate forms of communication.
|
en
|
A study by researchers at the University of Toronto found that teenagers demonstrate a strong command of in their .
The study found that while informal forms such as acronyms like "" (laughing out loud) are used in text messaging, more formal language constructs that are not usually used in spoken language were also used in messaging. For instance, the word "said" was used in messaging instead of "was like", a common informal spoken phrase.
The study found that instant messaging language does mirror patterns in speech, but also uses constructs from a wide range of diction.
Prof. Sali Tagliamonte, a professor of at the University of Toronto, said parents and teachers shouldn't be concerned that this new medium is corrupting young people's grammar. "I don't think parents have to worry, because they're really showing that they are creative and that they have a mastery of the language. They are not using ruinous language," he said. "What these kids are doing is showing us that they have a really good command of the English language, so much so that I was really blown away by how fluidly they operate," he added.
The research was presented today at the annual meeting of the Linguistics Association of Canada and the United States.
|
de
|
"Bond"-Regisseur Tamahori wegen Prostitution verurteilt
Los Angeles (dpa) - "Bond"-Regisseur Lee Tamahori (55) ist in einer Anklage wegen eines Prostitutionsvergehens mit einer Bewährungsstrafe davon...
Zehntausende bei Karnevalsumzügen - "Der helle Wahnsinn"
Wasungen/Landau (dpa) - Tuntenlauf, Tonnenrennen, Trommelwirbel: Trotz frostiger Temperaturen sind die Narren und Jecken auch am Samstag zu Karnevals...
Glocke des legendären Kreuzers "Dresden" geborgen
Santiago de Chile (dpa) - Vor der chilenischen Pazifik-Insel Juan Fernandez haben chilenische und deutsche Taucher die Glocke des im Ersten Weltkrieg...
Festnahmen und Verletzte vor Stones-Konzert in Argentinien
Buenos Aires (dpa) - Bei einer Straßenschlacht zwischen Jugendlichen und der Polizei vor einem Konzert der britischen Rock- Band Rolling Stones sind...
Museum Frieder Burda zeigt erstmals Werke der neuen Malerei
Baden-Baden (dpa) - Malerei der neuen Künstlergeneration präsentiert das Museum Frieder Burda in Baden-Baden in den kommenden Monaten. In der...
Verhaltener Auftakt bei Kurt-Weill-Fest in Dessau
Dessau (dpa) - Mit äußerst verhaltenem Beifall haben die Premierenbesucher den Auftakt des 14. Kurt-Weill-Festes in Dessau (Sachsen-Anhalt)...
Johannes B. Kerner bekommt Bundesverdienstkreuz
Hamburg (dpa) - Für sein soziales Engagement und die Unterstützung der Deutschen Sporthilfe wird der Fernsehmoderator Johannes B. Kerner (41) mit dem...
Die Sex Pistols verweigern sich der "Hall of Fame"
New York (dpa) - Die britische Punk und Rock'n'Roll Band Sex Pistols hat die Einladung in die Hall of Fame der Rock-Stars weit von sich gewiesen. "Wir...
Sheryl Crow nach Brustkrebsoperation optimistisch
New York (dpa) - Die amerikanische Popsängerin Sheryl Crow hat eine Brustkrebsoperation überstanden und will sich jetzt einer Chemotherapie...
Kidman und Crowe drehen zusammen australisches Liebesepos
Los Angeles (dpa) - Die Oscar-Preisträger und Landsleute Nicole Kidman und Russell Crowe werden erstmals gemeinsam vor der Kamera stehen. Regisseur...
Kate Moss ist zurück in der Modewelt
Mailand (dpa) - Der Kokainskandal? "Schnee" von gestern: Längst hat die Modewelt Kate Moss wieder in ihr Herz geschlossen, die 32- Jährige kann sich ...
|
de
|
Herbert Dreilich 2001
Herbert Dreilich, Frontmann der seit 1974 bestehenden Band Karat ist am Sonntag einem Krebsleiden erlegen. Dreilich war einer der bedeutendsten Rockmusiker Ostdeutschlands. Sein Lied „Über sieben Brücken musst du gehen“ wurde durch die Coverversion von Peter Maffay zum Hit.
|
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.