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en	PYONGYANG, North Korea (CNN) -- North Korea on Friday destroyed a water cooling tower at a facility where officials acknowledge they extracted plutonium to build nuclear weapons, CNN's Chief International Correspondent Christiane Amanpour reported from the scene. The cooling tower is demolished at the Yongbyon nuclear complex near Pyongyang, North Korea. The massive implosion, which came at about 5pm local time Friday at the Yongbyon facility, was intended to be a powerful public symbol of a move to end nuclear activities by the Communist nation once branded a member of an "axis of evil" by U.S. President George W. Bush. The destruction of the highly visible symbol of North Korea's long-secret nuclear program came just a day after the country released details of its program. "They fired a warning flare and then in three minutes the whole thing came tumbling down in a massive cloud of smoke," Amanpour said. Watch Amanpour's report from the scene. » "There was a moment of stunned silence as the magnitude of what had happened sunk in," Amanpour said. U.S. State Department officials and observers from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) watched from a reviewing stand on a ridge about 1,000 yards away, she said. "This is a very significant disablement step," the U.S. envoy to North Korea, Sung Kim, said. Nuclear experts say that the plant's destroyed central water-cooling tower would take a year or longer to rebuild if North Korea were to try using the plant again. "This is a critical piece of equipment for the nuclear reactor," said analyst John Wolfsthal, of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, who has been following North Korea since the 1980s. "Without this facility, the reactor can't operate and can't produce more plutonium for weapons." Watch the tower being demolished » North Korea has been dismantling other parts of the facility under the watchful eyes of representatives of the five other nations, including the U.S., that have been involved in six-party talks aimed at ending Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program. On Thursday, North Korean officials turned over to China a 60-page declaration, written in English, that details several rounds of plutonium production at the Yongbyon plant dating back to 1986. Watch President Bush claim progress over the N. Korea nuclear issue » In it, North Korea acknowledges producing roughly 40 kilograms of enriched plutonium -- enough for about seven nuclear bombs, according to the U.S. State Department. In response, Bush said he would lift some U.S. sanctions against North Korea and remove the country from the State Department's list of state sponsors of terrorism. But he made clear that other sanctions remained in place on North Korea -- which has been on the terrorism list since its alleged involvement in the 1987 bombing of a South Korean airliner which killed 115 people. "The United States has no illusions about the regime in Pyongyang," Bush said. "We remain deeply concerned about North Korea's human rights abuses, uranium enrichment activities, nuclear testing and proliferation, ballistic missile programs and the threat it continues to pose to South Korea and its neighbors." U.S. analysts will pore over the document to resolve Washington's outstanding concerns, which include questions about the extent of North Korea's proliferation of nuclear technology and the status of any uranium enrichment program. Watch what's still unknown after Pyongyang's declaration » Friday's event at the nuclear plant marked at least an effort by North Korea -- dubbed "The Hermit Kingdom" in the international community for its isolationist tendencies -- to show the world a good-faith effort to end its nuclear weapons program. Media outlets from the five other nations involved in the talks were invited to view the tower's implosion, a rare move in North Korea. CNN was among the media outlets present. But there appeared to be no mention of the declaration or planned implosion at Yongbyon on the Web site of North Korea's state-run news agency on Thursday. And an article Wednesday noted the 58th anniversary of the Korean war, calling it "a war of aggression started by the U.S. imperialists in an attempt to occupy the whole of Korea." CNN's Chief International Correspondent Christiane Amanpour contributed to this story from Pyongyang. All About North Korea • Nuclear Proliferation	en	A producer reported that the North Korean authorities did indeed destroy the cooling tower of the and admitted on global television that they did extract in the said facility to build nuclear weapons. Five television networks from countries party to the six-nation talks that constructively engaged North Korea to disengage in its nuclear weapons program were invited into the country to cover and televise the destruction of the cooling towers. Specialists in nuclear science confirmed that the implosion of the cooling tower will prevent North Korean from processing plutonium for about a year. It will take at least twelve months to rebuild the cooling tower if the North Koreans intend to pursue its nuclear weapons building program. The destruction of the cooling tower is seen as a gesture of the leadership to finally comply to pressures coming from the West, particularly the United States for the communist run government to end pursuing its nuclear weapons program. The facilities at Yongbyong was shuttered July of last year as part of talks with dialog partners; China, Japan, South Korea, , and the United States. The cooling tower is approximately 20 meters in height and has been in operation since March 2003 until July of last year. The destruction of the tower is viewed as a symbolic gesture since the entire facility has been scheduled for scrapping. On Thursday, North Korea turned over to China a 60-page document confirming the country's capability to control the power of plutonium since the program was started in 1986. In the said document, Pyongyang confirmed that their research resulted in the extraction of 40 of enriched plutonium, enough to produce at least seven nuclear warheads. An actual accounting of North Korea's possession of live nuke weapons was not included in the report presented to China and remains as a speculation. Also missing were reports and confirmation of North Korea's assistance to in the later's own nuclear weapons program as well as reports of Pyongyang's uranium enrichment program.
en	Tibetans, others protest Google censorship The public outcry continues over Google's launch of a search site in China that censors results authorities there object to. Tibetans and supporters protested at the Googleplex on Wednesday night after the news came out. And on Friday Students for a Free Tibet launched an online petition featuring a doctored Google logo. They are angry at Google's policy, which will mean that people inside China, including Tibet, will not be able to get information using search terms like "Free Tibet," "Tibetan independence" and other terms related to the controversy over China taking control over the formerly independent small central Asian country. Several dozen people showed up at the Mountain View, Calif., headquarters of Google for the protest, waving placards with sayings like "Google Don't Be Evil" in reference to Google's much cited mantra, said Tenzin Wangchuk, president of the Regional San Francisco Tibetan Youth Congress. That group helped organize the protest along with Students for a Free Tibet. A Google spokeswoman confirmed the protest, but said there were more like 10 protesters. She declined to comment directly on their complaints, saying the group did not ask to speak to anyone at Google. For comment on the general criticism, she pointed to a posting on Friday by a Google attorney on the Google Blog. Tibetans aren't the only ones angry about Google's policy. Danny Sullivan, editor of Search Engine Watch, suggests in a posting on his blog that Google's move is motivated more by economics (access to the large, untapped Chinese market) than by technological goodwill. "Google being in China helps itself more than China and simply does not fit into the 'Don't Be Evil' mantra we've been spoon fed for several years now," he writes. "As a reminder, here's what Google told investors about that in its IPO filing: "'Don't be evil. We believe strongly that in the long term, we will be better served--as shareholders and in all other ways--by a company that does good things for the world even if we forgo some short term gains. This is an important aspect of our culture and is broadly shared within the company.'"	fr	Des exilés tibétains se sont réunis mardi à Dharamsala pour protester contre la décision de Google de lancer une version censurée pour les recherches en Chine. Les manifestants protestent contre la censure de Google sur ses résultats qui empêche toute recherche liée aux droits de l'homme, au Tibet, à l'indépendance de Taiwan et au massacre de Tiananmen en 1989. Dans cette version de Google censurée, les utilisateurs seront renvoyés vers des pages d'erreur ou des pages officielles du gouvernement. Google a donné son accord pour avoir un compromis avec la censure de Pékin et limiter les recherches spécifiques au lieu de laisser libre accès à l'internaute. L'organisation s'est faite dans le calme avec les étudiants pour un Tibet Libre, les manifestants ont envoyés plus de 30 000 courriels à travers le monde, en demandant aux personnes de boycotter Google le jour de la Saint-Valentin. Des Tibétains ont aussi manifesté devant siège social de Google, après l'annonce de la firme qu'elle briderait certaines recherches faites à partir du territoire chinois.
en	Bomb Rocks Northwestern Pakistan Pakistani volunteers carry suicide car bomb victim to hospital in Peshawar, 10 Nov 2009 A suicide car bomb attack in northwestern Pakistan has killed at least 30 people, including some children. Investigators say the bomb exploded Tuesday on a busy street near a market in the city of Charsadda, some 40 kilometers north of Peshawar. The blast wounded dozens of people and destroyed several buildings. It was the third bombing in the area in three days. On Monday, a suicide bomber in a rickshaw blew himself up at a checkpoint in Peshawar, killing three people. A suicide bomber killed 13 people in a crowded market outside the city on Sunday. Also Monday, officials said a roadside bomb killed two paramilitary troops in the Bajaur tribal region, while fighter jets attacked suspected militant hideouts in three villages in the Kurram agency, killing eight suspected militants. Separately, a Taliban spokesman says the militants are waging a guerrilla war from the South Waziristan region where the Pakistani army has launched an anti-Taliban offensive. The army claims it has killed more than 480 militants since launching the offensive in mid-October. Meanwhile, the Pakistani military said Tuesday that troops killed nine militants and uncovered a private Taliban jail in South Waziristan. A statement released by the military also says troops destroyed a number of caves, bunkers, towers and observation posts used by the militants. Pakistani officials say the operations took place in areas that are strongholds of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, a network of at least 13 groups responsible for many attacks in Pakistan. Some information for this report was provided by AP and Reuters. A suicide car bomb attack in northwestern Pakistan has killed at least 30 people, including some children.Investigators say the bomb exploded Tuesday on a busy street near a market in the city of Charsadda, some 40 kilometers north of Peshawar.The blast wounded dozens of people and destroyed several buildings.It was the third bombing in the area in three days.On Monday, a suicide bomber in a rickshaw blew himself up at a checkpoint in Peshawar, killing three people. A suicide bomber killed 13 people in a crowded market outside the city on Sunday.Also Monday, officials said a roadside bomb killed two paramilitary troops in the Bajaur tribal region, while fighter jets attacked suspected militant hideouts in three villages in the Kurram agency, killing eight suspected militants.Separately, a Taliban spokesman says the militants are waging a guerrilla war from the South Waziristan region where the Pakistani army has launched an anti-Taliban offensive.The army claims it has killed more than 480 militants since launching the offensive in mid-October.Meanwhile, the Pakistani military said Tuesday that troops killed nine militants and uncovered a private Taliban jail in South Waziristan.A statement released by the military also says troops destroyed a number of caves, bunkers, towers and observation posts used by the militants.Pakistani officials say the operations took place in areas that are strongholds of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, a network of at least 13 groups responsible for many attacks in Pakistan. E-mail Print Digg Yahoo Buzz Facebook del.icio.us StumbleUpon	en	A suicide car bomb attack in northwestern Pakistan has killed at least 30 people, including some children. Investigators say the bomb exploded Tuesday on a busy street near a market in the city of Charsadda, 40 kilometers north of Peshawar. The blast wounded dozens of people and destroyed several buildings. "The death toll has gone up to 32 and more than 100 people have been wounded in this suicide attack," said Bashir Bilour, the Senior Minister of North West Frontier Province. Hazrat Ali, a shopkeeper, was a witness to the event. He recounted his experiences to the Agence France-Presse news agency. "I was buying something before closing my shop. A car was parked on the other side of the road and all of a sudden there was a huge blast. There was smoke and darkness everywhere. I passed out." Ali sustained shrapnel injuries to his forehead and torso. This was the third bombing in the area in three days. On Monday, a suicide bomber in a rickshaw blew himself up at a checkpoint in Peshawar, killing three people. A suicide bomber killed thirteen people in a crowded market outside the city on Sunday.
en	A contrarian in life, the writer Christopher Hitchens united the world in death, with friends, colleagues and even debating opponents joining to celebrate his fearless intellect, ready wit and diamantine prose after he died from cancer at the age of 62. Salman Rushdie took to Twitter to mourn the passing of a "beloved friend", writing "A great voice falls silent. A great heart stops." Richard Dawkins said he was "one of the greatest orators of all time", and called him "a polymath, a wit ... and a valiant fighter against all tyrants including imaginary supernatural ones." The former prime minister Tony Blair, who Hitchens bested in a debate over religion at the end of last year, said he was "fearless in the pursuit of truth" and praised his "passion, commitment and brilliance". Writing in for the Mail online his brother Peter, acknowledged a "complex relationship" which included a public falling out in 2001, but went on to praise his "courage". "My brother possessed this virtue to the very end, and if I often disagreed with the purposes for which he used it, I never doubted the quality or ceased to admire it," he said. The reactions to Hitchens's diagnosis of oesophageal cancer in June 2010 from his intellectual opponents – which ranged from undisguised glee to offers of prayers – testified to his stature as one of the leading voices of secularism since the publication in 2007 of his anti-religious polemic God is Not Great. The reaction from the author himself, who after a lifetime of "burning the candle of both ends" described his illness as "something so predictable and banal that it bores even me", testified to the sharpness of his wit and the clarity of his thinking under fire, as he dissected the discourse of "struggle" that surrounds cancer, paid tribute to the medical staff who looked after him and resolved to "resist bodily as best I can, even if only passively, and to seek the most advanced advice". Born in 1949, Hitchens was sent to boarding school at the age of eight, his mother deciding: "If there is going to be an upper class in this country, then Christopher is going to be in it." This resolution pursued him to his time at Oxford, where he confessed to leading a "double life" as both an "ally of the working class" and as a guest at cocktail parties where he could meet "near-legendary members of the establishment's firmament on nearly equal terms". After he graduated in 1970 with a third-class degree, the doors of Fleet Street opened wide for Hitchens, who followed his friend James Fenton into a job at the New Statesman. He began a lifelong friendship with Martin Amis and quickly gained a reputation as a pugnacious leftwing commentator, excoriating targets such as the Roman Catholic church, the Vietnam war and Henry Kissinger in dazzling essays, news reports and book reviews. A resolution to spend time at least once a year in "a country less fortunate than [his] own" spurred him to witness the stirrings of revolution in Portugal and Poland, as well as counter-revolution in Argentina. His mother's death in Athens, killing herself in a suicide pact with her lover, saw him reporting on the overthrow of the Greek junta in 1973. Expeditions followed to Romania, Nicaragua, Malaysia and beyond. Hitchens travelled to post-war Iraq in 2006, Uganda in 2007 and Venezuela in 2008. A report for the New Statesman from Beirut brought rare praise from his father, a former navy officer who telephoned to say the piece was "very good", and that he "thought it rather brave … to go there". This validation was all the sweeter for a son who believed he'd always disappointed his father "by not being good at cricket or rugger". New York offered an escape from the contradictions of the British class system that Hitchens grabbed with both hands, when the offer of a job on the left-leaning weekly magazine the Nation came in 1981. Columns for Slate.com and Vanity Fair followed, with Hitchens consummating his love affair with American life when he took US citizenship in 2007. Meanwhile he maintained an intense rivalry with his younger brother Peter, who followed him into journalism but found his place on the opposite side of the political spectrum, working first for the Daily Express and then the Mail on Sunday. Both downplayed talk of a rift, but Peter confessed in 2009 that they were "not close". "If we weren't brothers we wouldn't know each other," he said. One of the many issues that divided the brothers was the 2003 Iraq war, with Peter arguing that the war was "against Britain's interests", while Christopher supported a war that he suggested would stop Saddam Hussein using the country as "his own personal torture chamber". His advocacy for the Iraq war was only the latest of Hitchens's positions that many on the left found uncomfortable, and led to a chill in his relations with Gore Vidal, who had once nominated him a "successor, an inheritor, a dauphin or delphino". But Hitchens's opposition to what he called "fascism with an Islamic face" began long before 9/11, with the fatwa on his friend Salman Rushdie, imposed by the Ayatollah Khomeini, whom Hitchens accused of "using religion to mount a contract killing", after the publication of The Satanic Verses. Religion, or at least a fierce aversion to it, fuelled Hitchens's ascent towards celebrity, particularly in his adopted homeland, after the publication of God is Not Great in 2007. In it he argued that religion is "violent, irrational, intolerant, allied to racism and tribalism and bigotry, invested in ignorance and hostile to free inquiry", notching up sales of more than 500,000 copies. Hitchens gave short shrift to the "insulting" suggestion that cancer might persuade him to change his position where reason had not, arguing that to ditch principles "held for a lifetime, in the hope of gaining favour at the last minute" would be a "hucksterish choice", and urging those who had taken it upon themselves to pray for him not to "trouble deaf heaven with your bootless cries". Writing in his 2010 memoir, Hitch-22, Hitchens said that he hoped and believed his "advancing age has not quite shamed my youth", disavowing the "'simple' ordinary propositions" of his younger days in favour of the maxim that "it is an absolute certainty that there are no certainties". "One reason, then, that I would not relive my life," he continued, "is that one cannot be born knowing such things, but must find them out, even when they then seem bloody obvious, for oneself."	en	Christopher Hitchens speaking in 2007 at The Amazing Meeting 5 (TAM5) conference in Las Vegas. British-born author, journalist and political commentator Christopher Hitchens has died yesterday aged 62 at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, following a diagnosis of esophageal cancer in June 2010. Hitchens was born in 1949 in . After graduating from Oxford with a third-class degree in politics, philosophy and economics in 1970, Hitchens wrote for the briefly, before moving on to the where he met the novelist . After moving to the United States in 1981, he started writing for U.S.-based publications like , and . In more recent years, Hitchens sided with George W. Bush in supporting the war in Iraq, and also went on to write a polemical book on religion, '''', following a theme apparent in his earlier debunking efforts towards —"a fanatic, a fundamentalist, and a fraud" according to Hitchens. The death of raised Hitchens' ire, stating that it is "a shame that there is no hell for Falwell to go to" and calling him a "faith-based fraud". In his memoirs, ''Hitch-22'', he wrote of a sexual encounter with two (unnamed) male members of cabinet. Hitchens was well-known for his drinking and smoking habits, consuming 50,000 cigarettes a year according to one report, and drinking enough every day "to stun the average mule" (according to Hitchens himself). The discovery of cancer last year was, according to Hitchens, "something so predictable and banal that it bores even me". , whom Hitchens had supported against Ayatollah Khomeini's fatwa, wrote on Twitter following Hitchens' death: "Goodbye, my beloved friend. A great voice falls silent. A great heart stops". Hitchens was not close to his brother , a conservative columnist. He is survived by wife Carol Blue, daughter Antonia, and two children Alexander and Sophia from an earlier marriage.
en	Christopher Hitchens in November 2010. Photo: Reuters Christopher Hitchens has died of cancer at the age of 62, Vanity Fair reports. The magazine said he died today after being diagnosed with oesophageal cancer last year while on a book tour for his memoir Hitch-22. Advertisement: Story continues below Christopher Hitchens in Sydney for the Festival of Dangerous Ideas in 2009. Photo: Steven Siewert Vanity Fair's website reported that he died at the MD Anderson Cancer Centre in Houston, Texas, surrounded by friends, whom he described this year as "my chief consolation in this year of living dyingly". He wrote last year that "cancer victimhood contains a permanent temptation to be self-centered and even solipsistic". Hitchens was known for his heroic intake of alcohol and cigarettes. He wrote in 2003 that his daily intake of alcohol was enough to "stun the average mule". He said he had given up smoking in 2008, but journalist and author Peter FitzSimons, who interviewed him for his appearance at the 2010 Sydney Writers' Festival, said Hitchens had still been smoking as of last year. Hitchens was a columnist for Vanity Fair and online magazine Slate and the author of The New York Times bestselling book God is Not Great. His most recent book was Arguably, a collection of his essays. He was a famous iconoclast and wrote critically of Mother Teresa, Bill Clinton and Winston Churchill. Hitchens took a third-class degree in philosophy, politics and economics from Oxford, where he was a contemporary of Mr Clinton. He later wrote about his gay experiences at Oxford in Hitch-22, including a dalliance with two unnamed future members of Margaret Thatcher's cabinet. He left university and joined the Times Higher Education Supplement but was fired within six months, and went on to write for New Statesman magazine, working alongside novelists Julian Barnes, Martin Amis and Ian McEwan. In a departure from the Left, he famously argued in favour of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, having initially being opposed to the 1990 invasion. He wrote in a 2004 opinion piece for The Nation magazine that he was "slightly" for the re-election of President George W. Bush. This year, Mick Brown wrote in The Telegraph in London: "Until the publication three years ago of his book God Is Not Great, Hitchens had been, in the words of his late friend the author Susan Sontag, 'a sovereign figure in the small world of those who tilled the field of ideas' - but largely unknown outside it. "He reviewed books for Atlantic magazine, wrote regular columns for Vanity Fair and Slate, and regularly appeared on cable news programs in the US. To those who follow not only politics but also the fortunes of those who commentate on politics, he was well-known for his perceived move from left to right over the war in Iraq." His brother Peter is a conservative columnist for the the Daily Mail in London. - with James Robertson	en	Christopher Hitchens speaking in 2007 at The Amazing Meeting 5 (TAM5) conference in Las Vegas. British-born author, journalist and political commentator Christopher Hitchens has died yesterday aged 62 at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, following a diagnosis of esophageal cancer in June 2010. Hitchens was born in 1949 in . After graduating from Oxford with a third-class degree in politics, philosophy and economics in 1970, Hitchens wrote for the briefly, before moving on to the where he met the novelist . After moving to the United States in 1981, he started writing for U.S.-based publications like , and . In more recent years, Hitchens sided with George W. Bush in supporting the war in Iraq, and also went on to write a polemical book on religion, '''', following a theme apparent in his earlier debunking efforts towards —"a fanatic, a fundamentalist, and a fraud" according to Hitchens. The death of raised Hitchens' ire, stating that it is "a shame that there is no hell for Falwell to go to" and calling him a "faith-based fraud". In his memoirs, ''Hitch-22'', he wrote of a sexual encounter with two (unnamed) male members of cabinet. Hitchens was well-known for his drinking and smoking habits, consuming 50,000 cigarettes a year according to one report, and drinking enough every day "to stun the average mule" (according to Hitchens himself). The discovery of cancer last year was, according to Hitchens, "something so predictable and banal that it bores even me". , whom Hitchens had supported against Ayatollah Khomeini's fatwa, wrote on Twitter following Hitchens' death: "Goodbye, my beloved friend. A great voice falls silent. A great heart stops". Hitchens was not close to his brother , a conservative columnist. He is survived by wife Carol Blue, daughter Antonia, and two children Alexander and Sophia from an earlier marriage.
en	Christopher Hitchens dies after battle with cancer Vanity Fair's editor said those who read him felt they knew him British author, literary critic and journalist Christopher Hitchens has died, aged 62, according to Vanity Fair magazine. He died from pneumonia, a complication of the oesophageal cancer he was suffering from, at a Texas hospital. Vanity Fair said there would "never be another like Christopher". He is survived by his wife, Carol Blue, and their daughter, Antonia, and his children from a previous marriage, Alexander and Sophia. Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter described the writer as someone "of ferocious intellect, who was as vibrant on the page as he was at the bar". "Those who read him felt they knew him, and those who knew him were profoundly fortunate souls." Mr Hitchens was born in Portsmouth in 1949 and graduated from Oxford in 1970. He began his career as a journalist in Britain in the 1970s and later moved to New York, becoming contributing editor to Vanity Fair in November 1992. He was diagnosed with cancer in June 2010, and had documented his declining health in his Vanity Fair column. In an August 2010 essay for the magazine he wrote: "I love the imagery of struggle. "I sometimes wish I were suffering in a good cause, or risking my life for the good of others, instead of just being a gravely endangered patient." Prolific writer He wrote for numerous publications including The Times Literary Supplement, the Daily Express, the London Evening Standard, Newsday and The Atlantic. He was the author of 17 books, including The Trial of Henry Kissinger, God is not Great, How Religion Poisons Everything, and a memoir, Hitch-22. Arguably, a collection of his essays, was released this year. Radicalised by the 1960s, Hitchens was often arrested at political rallies and was kicked out of the Labour Party over his opposition to the Vietnam War. He became a correspondent for International Socialism magazine. In later life he moved away from the left. Following the September 11 attacks he argued with Noam Chomsky and others who suggested that US foreign policy had helped cause the tragedy. He supported the Iraq War and backed George W Bush for re-election in 2004.	en	Christopher Hitchens speaking in 2007 at The Amazing Meeting 5 (TAM5) conference in Las Vegas. British-born author, journalist and political commentator Christopher Hitchens has died yesterday aged 62 at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, following a diagnosis of esophageal cancer in June 2010. Hitchens was born in 1949 in . After graduating from Oxford with a third-class degree in politics, philosophy and economics in 1970, Hitchens wrote for the briefly, before moving on to the where he met the novelist . After moving to the United States in 1981, he started writing for U.S.-based publications like , and . In more recent years, Hitchens sided with George W. Bush in supporting the war in Iraq, and also went on to write a polemical book on religion, '''', following a theme apparent in his earlier debunking efforts towards —"a fanatic, a fundamentalist, and a fraud" according to Hitchens. The death of raised Hitchens' ire, stating that it is "a shame that there is no hell for Falwell to go to" and calling him a "faith-based fraud". In his memoirs, ''Hitch-22'', he wrote of a sexual encounter with two (unnamed) male members of cabinet. Hitchens was well-known for his drinking and smoking habits, consuming 50,000 cigarettes a year according to one report, and drinking enough every day "to stun the average mule" (according to Hitchens himself). The discovery of cancer last year was, according to Hitchens, "something so predictable and banal that it bores even me". , whom Hitchens had supported against Ayatollah Khomeini's fatwa, wrote on Twitter following Hitchens' death: "Goodbye, my beloved friend. A great voice falls silent. A great heart stops". Hitchens was not close to his brother , a conservative columnist. He is survived by wife Carol Blue, daughter Antonia, and two children Alexander and Sophia from an earlier marriage.
en	He was, in the parlance of his old party, our maximum journalist. As his profession goes through Lord Leveson’s wringer, the death of Christopher Hitchens at the age of 62, is a reminder that journalism can be a noble calling and that, in answering its call, it is not necessary for its finest practitioners to hack into your telephone. Hitchens taught that it was a far, far more rewarding exercise to tune into the old verities of his 19th-century mentors: to read the right books, know the right people, ask the right questions. His improbable podium was Vanity Fair, but I wonder if he would not have been at his happiest in the coffeehouse culture of his beloved William Cobbett. What Hitchens had most in common with Shumble, Whelper and Pigge, the journos in his favourite Evelyn Waugh novel Scoop, was their lifestyle. He smoked 50,000 cigarettes a year and drank like a whale (his first complete sentence, according to family legend, was “Let’s all go and have a drink at the club.”) That he might have been peremptory in going to meet his maker should hardly surprise anyone. Not that he believed in a maker. To the independent-thinking “Hitch” (as his friend Martin Amis called him), the Almighty presented just another target for one of his scornful broadsides, along with Mrs Thatcher (whom he rather fancied), Mother Teresa (whom he did not), and Islamic Fascism in all its aspects but most especially in its claims for the afterlife. What counted for Hitchens was the here and now, injected with a deep historical understanding plus lashings of contrariness. “One must always seek for new means of keeping familiar subjects fresh and raw,” and so he did. The only deity that he might have tolerated was George Orwell. We met a handful of times in London and New York. I watched how he lit up a room, even as he was torching it. If his disdain could be incinerating, it still flashed with humour. Salman Rushdie believed that he was one of the two funniest men he had met (the other being Bruce Chatwin). He was so funny, Rushdie said, that you would be doubled up on the floor, asking him to stop. Of all the beliefs from which he never deviated was the conviction that “the people who must never have power are the humourless”. About his politics he was not always so comical. Hard as he exerted himself, he never quite avoided creating the impression that his early Trotskyism was on a par with his mother’s abrupt defection to that “palpable fraud” the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. His political conviction was its own contradictory thing – like his journalism, and also like his relationship with his journalist brother Peter (with whom he parted on good terms). He could enjoy his fundamentalism in the knowledge that he had intimate access, as it were, to its opposite. At Oxford, he developed an a la carte alliance with the working classes, which did not prevent him from accepting invitations to private Right-wing dining clubs at which, fresh from spraying pro-Vietcong slogans on car-plant walls, he was once served, and apparently gobbled up, a pudding called “Bombe Hanoi”. From then on, his Marxism performed a soft-shoe shuffle from Karl to Harpo, all along doggedly insisting it was the world that had changed, not the Hitch. When the armed struggle arrived, Hitchens was swift to join it, but on the side of George W Bush and Richard Perle. It is fitting that the flag should come down on his life in the same moment as the last American troops lower the stars and stripes in Iraq. An apologist for the war, he never apologised when it all went wrong, but he has to bear a share of the blame, because he was there, knowing. And just like that venture, it may be a while before we know the true contours of his legacy.	en	Christopher Hitchens speaking in 2007 at The Amazing Meeting 5 (TAM5) conference in Las Vegas. British-born author, journalist and political commentator Christopher Hitchens has died yesterday aged 62 at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, following a diagnosis of esophageal cancer in June 2010. Hitchens was born in 1949 in . After graduating from Oxford with a third-class degree in politics, philosophy and economics in 1970, Hitchens wrote for the briefly, before moving on to the where he met the novelist . After moving to the United States in 1981, he started writing for U.S.-based publications like , and . In more recent years, Hitchens sided with George W. Bush in supporting the war in Iraq, and also went on to write a polemical book on religion, '''', following a theme apparent in his earlier debunking efforts towards —"a fanatic, a fundamentalist, and a fraud" according to Hitchens. The death of raised Hitchens' ire, stating that it is "a shame that there is no hell for Falwell to go to" and calling him a "faith-based fraud". In his memoirs, ''Hitch-22'', he wrote of a sexual encounter with two (unnamed) male members of cabinet. Hitchens was well-known for his drinking and smoking habits, consuming 50,000 cigarettes a year according to one report, and drinking enough every day "to stun the average mule" (according to Hitchens himself). The discovery of cancer last year was, according to Hitchens, "something so predictable and banal that it bores even me". , whom Hitchens had supported against Ayatollah Khomeini's fatwa, wrote on Twitter following Hitchens' death: "Goodbye, my beloved friend. A great voice falls silent. A great heart stops". Hitchens was not close to his brother , a conservative columnist. He is survived by wife Carol Blue, daughter Antonia, and two children Alexander and Sophia from an earlier marriage.
en	Writer Christopher Hitchens dead at 62 WASHINGTON — Renowned and provocative writer and polemicist Christopher Hitchens, whose targets ranged from God and Mother Teresa to Henry Kissinger, has died after an 18-month battle against cancer. He was 62. Hitchens started his career in London but moved to the United States in 1981, enjoying great success on account of his elegant prose and outspoken views, accompanied by a swaggering demeanor. Vanity Fair, for whom Hitchens worked for the past 19 years, said the writer died on Thursday from pneumonia, a complication of his cancer of the esophagus, at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, where friends were at his side. The magazine described him as an "incomparable critic, masterful rhetorician, fiery wit, and fearless bon vivant." "At the end, Hitchens was more engaged, relentless, hilarious, observant, and intelligent than just about everyone else, just as he had been for the last four decades," it said. He learned of his illness soon after publishing "Hitch-22," a memoir which documented a prolific career in which he became notorious for heavy smoking and drinking while at the same time producing countless articles and books. Cancer robbed Hitchens of his voice and hair but he continued to document his declining health in his Vanity Fair column. "My chief consolation in this year of living dyingly has been the presence of friends," he wrote in the June 2011 issue. Salman Rushdie, whom Hitchens supported when Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Khomeini pronounced a death sentence on Rushdie for allegedly insulting Islam with his novel "The Satanic Verses," paid tribute on Twitter. "Goodbye, my beloved friend. A great voice falls silent. A great heart stops," he wrote. Graydon Carter, who signed Hitchens up after taking over as editor of Vanity Fair in 1992, said Hitchens was "a man of insatiable appetites -- for cigarettes, for Scotch, for great writing, and above all, for conversation." "You'd be hard-pressed to find a writer who could match the volume of exquisitely crafted columns, essays, articles, and books he produced over the past four decades," Carter wrote in an online tribute. Britain's deputy prime minister Nick Clegg, who once worked for Hitchens as an intern, said the writer was "everything a great essayist should be: infuriating, brilliant, highly provocative and yet intensely serious." "He will be massively missed by everyone who values strong opinions and great writing," Clegg added. But in a reminder that Hitchens, an avowed atheist, offended possibly as many people as he impressed, India's Missionaries of Charity order said it would pray for his soul despite his aggressive stance against its Nobel prize-winning founder, Mother Teresa. In a 1995 book "The Missionary Position," Hitchens accused Mother Teresa of being a political opportunist who struck friendships with dictators and corrupt financiers in exchange for donations. He also said the nun had contributed to the misery of the poor with her strident opposition to contraception and abortion. Social media lit up Friday with comments about Hitchens. Author and evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins hailed Hitchens as a "great voice against cant, against hypocrisy, against obscurantism and pretension, against all tyrants including God." "Farewell, great warrior," Dawkins wrote. "You were in a foxhole, Hitch, and you did not flinch." In the past 12 months, Hitchens, who studied at Oxford, had written about troubled US-Pakistani relations and the future of democracy in Egypt following the Arab Spring uprisings. In the course of a career in which he wrote 25 books, he clashed frequently with those he attacked. In "The Trial of Henry Kissinger," he branded president Richard Nixon's foreign policy chief a war criminal for what he said were murderous policies in Vietnam, Chile and Bangladesh. Hitchens also lambasted president Bill Clinton in a book entitled "No one Left To Lie To: The Values of The Worst Family," and pursued his case against religion in "God Is Not Great," in 2007. Although he ended his life on the political right, he started out on the left, working for the International Socialist magazine and later the New Statesman, where he fiercely opposed the Vietnam War. But after the September 11 attacks in the United States a decade ago, he embraced an interventionist foreign policy and supported the Iraq War, having denounced what he called "fascism with an Islamic face." He leaves a wife, the American writer Carol Blue, and three children. Copyright © 2012 AFP. All rights reserved. More »	en	Christopher Hitchens speaking in 2007 at The Amazing Meeting 5 (TAM5) conference in Las Vegas. British-born author, journalist and political commentator Christopher Hitchens has died yesterday aged 62 at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, following a diagnosis of esophageal cancer in June 2010. Hitchens was born in 1949 in . After graduating from Oxford with a third-class degree in politics, philosophy and economics in 1970, Hitchens wrote for the briefly, before moving on to the where he met the novelist . After moving to the United States in 1981, he started writing for U.S.-based publications like , and . In more recent years, Hitchens sided with George W. Bush in supporting the war in Iraq, and also went on to write a polemical book on religion, '''', following a theme apparent in his earlier debunking efforts towards —"a fanatic, a fundamentalist, and a fraud" according to Hitchens. The death of raised Hitchens' ire, stating that it is "a shame that there is no hell for Falwell to go to" and calling him a "faith-based fraud". In his memoirs, ''Hitch-22'', he wrote of a sexual encounter with two (unnamed) male members of cabinet. Hitchens was well-known for his drinking and smoking habits, consuming 50,000 cigarettes a year according to one report, and drinking enough every day "to stun the average mule" (according to Hitchens himself). The discovery of cancer last year was, according to Hitchens, "something so predictable and banal that it bores even me". , whom Hitchens had supported against Ayatollah Khomeini's fatwa, wrote on Twitter following Hitchens' death: "Goodbye, my beloved friend. A great voice falls silent. A great heart stops". Hitchens was not close to his brother , a conservative columnist. He is survived by wife Carol Blue, daughter Antonia, and two children Alexander and Sophia from an earlier marriage.
en	Christopher Hitchens—the incomparable critic, masterful rhetorician, fiery wit, and fearless bon vivant—died today at the age of 62. Hitchens was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in the spring of 2010, just after the publication of his memoir, Hitch-22, and began chemotherapy soon after. His matchless prose has appeared in Vanity Fair since 1992, when he was named contributing editor. “Cancer victimhood contains a permanent temptation to be self-centered and even solipsistic,” Hitchens wrote nearly a year ago in Vanity Fair, but his own final labors were anything but: in the last 12 months, he produced for this magazine a piece on U.S.-Pakistani relations in the wake of Osama bin Laden’s death, a portrait of Joan Didion, an essay on the Private Eye retrospective at the Victoria and Albert Museum, a prediction about the future of democracy in Egypt, a meditation on the legacy of progressivism in Wisconsin, and a series of frank, graceful, and exquisitely written essays in which he chronicled the physical and spiritual effects of his disease. At the end, Hitchens was more engaged, relentless, hilarious, observant, and intelligent than just about everyone else—just as he had been for the last four decades. “My chief consolation in this year of living dyingly has been the presence of friends,” he wrote in the June 2011 issue. He died in their presence, too, at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. May his 62 years of living, well, so livingly console the many of us who will miss him dearly.	en	Christopher Hitchens speaking in 2007 at The Amazing Meeting 5 (TAM5) conference in Las Vegas. British-born author, journalist and political commentator Christopher Hitchens has died yesterday aged 62 at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, following a diagnosis of esophageal cancer in June 2010. Hitchens was born in 1949 in . After graduating from Oxford with a third-class degree in politics, philosophy and economics in 1970, Hitchens wrote for the briefly, before moving on to the where he met the novelist . After moving to the United States in 1981, he started writing for U.S.-based publications like , and . In more recent years, Hitchens sided with George W. Bush in supporting the war in Iraq, and also went on to write a polemical book on religion, '''', following a theme apparent in his earlier debunking efforts towards —"a fanatic, a fundamentalist, and a fraud" according to Hitchens. The death of raised Hitchens' ire, stating that it is "a shame that there is no hell for Falwell to go to" and calling him a "faith-based fraud". In his memoirs, ''Hitch-22'', he wrote of a sexual encounter with two (unnamed) male members of cabinet. Hitchens was well-known for his drinking and smoking habits, consuming 50,000 cigarettes a year according to one report, and drinking enough every day "to stun the average mule" (according to Hitchens himself). The discovery of cancer last year was, according to Hitchens, "something so predictable and banal that it bores even me". , whom Hitchens had supported against Ayatollah Khomeini's fatwa, wrote on Twitter following Hitchens' death: "Goodbye, my beloved friend. A great voice falls silent. A great heart stops". Hitchens was not close to his brother , a conservative columnist. He is survived by wife Carol Blue, daughter Antonia, and two children Alexander and Sophia from an earlier marriage.
en	Christopher Hitchens was a wit, a charmer, and a troublemaker, and to those who knew him well, he was a gift from, dare I say it, God. He died today at the MD Anderson Cancer Center, in Houston, after a punishing battle with esophageal cancer, the same disease that killed his father. He was a man of insatiable appetites—for cigarettes, for scotch, for company, for great writing, and, above all, for conversation. That he had an output to equal what he took in was the miracle in the man. You’d be hard-pressed to find a writer who could match the volume of exquisitely crafted columns, essays, articles, and books he produced over the past four decades. He wrote often—constantly, in fact, and right up to the end—and he wrote fast; frequently without the benefit of a second draft or even corrections. I can recall a lunch in 1991, when I was editing The New York Observer, and he and Aimée Bell, his longtime editor, and I got together for a quick bite at a restaurant on Madison, no longer there. Christopher’s copy was due early that afternoon. Pre-lunch canisters of scotch were followed by a couple of glasses of wine during the meal and a similar quantity of post-meal cognac. That was just his intake. After stumbling back to the office, we set him up at a rickety table and with an old Olivetti, and in a symphony of clacking he produced a 1,000-word column of near perfection in under half an hour. Christopher was one of the first writers I called when I came to Vanity Fair in 1992. Six years before, I had called on him to write for Spy. That offer was ever so politely rejected. The Vanity Fair approach had a fee attached, though, and to my everlasting credit, he accepted and has been writing for the magazine ever since. With the exception of Dominick Dunne (who died in 2009), no writer has been more associated with Vanity Fair. There was no subject too big or too small for Christopher. Over the past two decades he traveled to just about every hot spot you can think of. He’d also subject himself to any manner of humiliation or discomfort in the name of his column. I once sent him out on a mission to break the most niggling laws still on the books in New York City. One such decree forbade riding a bicycle with your feet off the pedals. The photograph that ran with the column, of Christopher sailing a small bike through Central Park with his legs in the air, looked like something out of the Moscow Circus. When he embarked on a cause of self-improvement for a three-part series, he subjected himself to myriad treatments to improve his dental area and other dark regions. At one point I suggested he go to a well-regarded waxing parlor in town for what they indelicately call the “sack, back, and crack.” He struggled to absorb the full meaning of this, but after a few seconds he smiled a nervous smile and said, “In for a penny . . . ” Christopher was the beau ideal of the public intellectual. You felt as though he was writing to you and to you alone. And as a result many readers felt they knew him. Walking with him down the street in New York or through an airplane terminal was like escorting a movie star through the throngs. Christopher was brave not just in facing the illness that took him, but brave in words and thought. He did not mind landing outside the cozy cocoon of conventional liberal wisdom, his curious, pro-war stance before the invasion of Iraq being but one example. Friends distanced themselves from him during those unlit days. But he stuck to his guns. After his rather famous 1995 attack on Mother Teresa in these pages, one of our contributing editors, a devout Catholic, came into the office filled with umbrage and announced that he was canceling his subscription. “You can’t cancel it,” I said. “You get the magazine for free!” Years ago, in the midst of the Clinton impeachment uproar, Christopher had a very public dustup with his good friend Sidney Blumenthal, a Clinton White House functionary—the dispute was over which part of a conversation between them was or was not on the record. Christopher wound up on television a lot defending himself. He looked like hell, and I suggested we bring him to New York for a bit of a makeover and some R&R away from the cameras. The magazine was pretty flush back then, and we set him up with a new suit, shirts, ties, and such. When someone from the fashion department asked him what size his shoes were, he said he didn’t know—the pair he had on was borrowed. I could not begin to list the pantheon of public intellectuals and close friends who will mourn his passing, but it would most certainly include Martin Amis, Salman Rushdie, Ian McEwan, Richard Dawkins, James Fenton, Christopher Buckley, and Hitchens’s agent, Steve Wasserman. Christopher had his share of lady admirers too, including—but certainly not limited to—Anna Wintour, back when he was young and still relatively fragrant. His wife, Carol, a writer, filmmaker, and legendary hostess, set a high bar in how to handle a flower like Christopher, both when he was healthy and during his last days. An invitation to their vast apartment in the Wyoming on Columbia Road, in Washington, D.C., was a prized reward for being a part of their circle or even on the fringes of it. We used to hold an anti–White House Correspondents party there in the 90s and 2000s; the Salon des Refuses, he called it. You could meet anyone there. From Supreme Court justices to right-wing windbags to, well, Barbra Streisand and other assorted totems of the left. He was a good friend who wished his friends well. And as a result he had a lot of them. Christopher had an enviable career arc that began with his own brand of fiery journalism at Britain’s New Statesman and then wended its way to America, where he wrote for everyone from The Atlantic and Harper’s to Slate and The New York Times Book Review. And we all called him our own. He was a legend on the speakers’ circuit, and could debate just about anyone on anything. He won umpteen awards—although that was not the sort of thing that fueled his work—and in the last decade he wrote best-sellers, including a memoir, Hitch-22, that finally put some money into his family’s pocket. In the last weeks of his life, he was told that an asteroid had been named after him. He was pleased by the thought, and inasmuch as the word is derived from the Greek, meaning “star-like,” and asteroids are known to be volatile, it is a fitting honor. To his friends, Christopher will be remembered for his elevated but inclusive humor and for a staggering, almost punishing memory that held up under the most liquid of late-night conditions. And to all of us, his readers, Christopher Hitchens will be remembered for the millions of words he left behind. They are his legacy. And, God love him, it was his will.	en	Christopher Hitchens speaking in 2007 at The Amazing Meeting 5 (TAM5) conference in Las Vegas. British-born author, journalist and political commentator Christopher Hitchens has died yesterday aged 62 at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, following a diagnosis of esophageal cancer in June 2010. Hitchens was born in 1949 in . After graduating from Oxford with a third-class degree in politics, philosophy and economics in 1970, Hitchens wrote for the briefly, before moving on to the where he met the novelist . After moving to the United States in 1981, he started writing for U.S.-based publications like , and . In more recent years, Hitchens sided with George W. Bush in supporting the war in Iraq, and also went on to write a polemical book on religion, '''', following a theme apparent in his earlier debunking efforts towards —"a fanatic, a fundamentalist, and a fraud" according to Hitchens. The death of raised Hitchens' ire, stating that it is "a shame that there is no hell for Falwell to go to" and calling him a "faith-based fraud". In his memoirs, ''Hitch-22'', he wrote of a sexual encounter with two (unnamed) male members of cabinet. Hitchens was well-known for his drinking and smoking habits, consuming 50,000 cigarettes a year according to one report, and drinking enough every day "to stun the average mule" (according to Hitchens himself). The discovery of cancer last year was, according to Hitchens, "something so predictable and banal that it bores even me". , whom Hitchens had supported against Ayatollah Khomeini's fatwa, wrote on Twitter following Hitchens' death: "Goodbye, my beloved friend. A great voice falls silent. A great heart stops". Hitchens was not close to his brother , a conservative columnist. He is survived by wife Carol Blue, daughter Antonia, and two children Alexander and Sophia from an earlier marriage.
en	The evil that he did will live after him. This is not just because of the wickedness that he actually preached, but because of the hole that he made in the "wall of separation" that ought to divide religion from politics. In his dingy racist past, Falwell attacked those churchmen who mixed the two worlds of faith and politics and called for civil rights. Then he realized that two could play at this game and learned to play it himself. Then he won the Republican Party over to the idea of religious voters and faith-based fund raising. And now, by example at least, he has inspired emulation in many Democrats and liberals who would like to borrow the formula. His place on the cable shows will be amply filled by Al Sharpton: another person who can get away with anything under the rubric of Reverend. It's a shame that there is no hell for Falwell to go to, and it's extraordinary that not even such a scandalous career is enough to shake our dumb addiction to the "faith-based."	en	Christopher Hitchens speaking in 2007 at The Amazing Meeting 5 (TAM5) conference in Las Vegas. British-born author, journalist and political commentator Christopher Hitchens has died yesterday aged 62 at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, following a diagnosis of esophageal cancer in June 2010. Hitchens was born in 1949 in . After graduating from Oxford with a third-class degree in politics, philosophy and economics in 1970, Hitchens wrote for the briefly, before moving on to the where he met the novelist . After moving to the United States in 1981, he started writing for U.S.-based publications like , and . In more recent years, Hitchens sided with George W. Bush in supporting the war in Iraq, and also went on to write a polemical book on religion, '''', following a theme apparent in his earlier debunking efforts towards —"a fanatic, a fundamentalist, and a fraud" according to Hitchens. The death of raised Hitchens' ire, stating that it is "a shame that there is no hell for Falwell to go to" and calling him a "faith-based fraud". In his memoirs, ''Hitch-22'', he wrote of a sexual encounter with two (unnamed) male members of cabinet. Hitchens was well-known for his drinking and smoking habits, consuming 50,000 cigarettes a year according to one report, and drinking enough every day "to stun the average mule" (according to Hitchens himself). The discovery of cancer last year was, according to Hitchens, "something so predictable and banal that it bores even me". , whom Hitchens had supported against Ayatollah Khomeini's fatwa, wrote on Twitter following Hitchens' death: "Goodbye, my beloved friend. A great voice falls silent. A great heart stops". Hitchens was not close to his brother , a conservative columnist. He is survived by wife Carol Blue, daughter Antonia, and two children Alexander and Sophia from an earlier marriage.
en	This returns us to the medieval corruption of the church, which sold indulgences to the rich while preaching hellfire and continence to the poor. MT was not a friend of the poor. She was a friend of poverty. She said that suffering was a gift from God. She spent her life opposing the only known cure for poverty, which is the empowerment of women and the emancipation of them from a livestock version of compulsory reproduction. And she was a friend to the worst of the rich, taking misappropriated money from the atrocious Duvalier family in Haiti (whose rule she praised in return) and from Charles Keating of the Lincoln Savings and Loan. Where did that money, and all the other donations, go? The primitive hospice in Calcutta was as run down when she died as it always had been—she preferred California clinics when she got sick herself—and her order always refused to publish any audit. But we have her own claim that she opened 500 convents in more than a hundred countries, all bearing the name of her own order. Excuse me, but this is modesty and humility?	en	Christopher Hitchens speaking in 2007 at The Amazing Meeting 5 (TAM5) conference in Las Vegas. British-born author, journalist and political commentator Christopher Hitchens has died yesterday aged 62 at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, following a diagnosis of esophageal cancer in June 2010. Hitchens was born in 1949 in . After graduating from Oxford with a third-class degree in politics, philosophy and economics in 1970, Hitchens wrote for the briefly, before moving on to the where he met the novelist . After moving to the United States in 1981, he started writing for U.S.-based publications like , and . In more recent years, Hitchens sided with George W. Bush in supporting the war in Iraq, and also went on to write a polemical book on religion, '''', following a theme apparent in his earlier debunking efforts towards —"a fanatic, a fundamentalist, and a fraud" according to Hitchens. The death of raised Hitchens' ire, stating that it is "a shame that there is no hell for Falwell to go to" and calling him a "faith-based fraud". In his memoirs, ''Hitch-22'', he wrote of a sexual encounter with two (unnamed) male members of cabinet. Hitchens was well-known for his drinking and smoking habits, consuming 50,000 cigarettes a year according to one report, and drinking enough every day "to stun the average mule" (according to Hitchens himself). The discovery of cancer last year was, according to Hitchens, "something so predictable and banal that it bores even me". , whom Hitchens had supported against Ayatollah Khomeini's fatwa, wrote on Twitter following Hitchens' death: "Goodbye, my beloved friend. A great voice falls silent. A great heart stops". Hitchens was not close to his brother , a conservative columnist. He is survived by wife Carol Blue, daughter Antonia, and two children Alexander and Sophia from an earlier marriage.
en	Obama calls for disgraced governor to step down AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) CHICAGO (AP) - President-elect Barack Obama said Thursday he didn't discuss his vacant Senate seat with disgraced Gov. Rod Blagojevich and said he's confident nobody on his staff did either. Calling bluntly for the Illinois Democrat to resign, Obama told a news conference: "I was as appalled and disappointed as anyone." Full Story CHICAGO (AP) - President-elect Barack Obama said Thursday he didn't discuss his vacant Senate seat with disgraced Gov. Rod Blagojevich and said he's confident nobody on his staff did either.Calling bluntly for the Illinois Democrat to resign, Obama told a news conference: "I was as appalled and disappointed as anyone." MORE THE LATEST HEADLINES Fiscal health of hospitals may decline	en	The Tibetan Mastiff, one of the new breeds showcased this year. This year, four breeds of dogs are competing for the first time in the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, at Madison Square Garden in New York City, United States. The new breeds making their Westminister debuts this year, are the Plott, a hunting hound originally bred by two German immigrant brothers in North Carolina; the Tibetan Mastiff, once described by Marco Polo as "tall as a donkey with a voice as powerful as that of a lion."; the Beauceron, a herding dog originally bred to herd flocks of sheep in France, later used to sniff out landmines and send messages during the World Wars; and the Swedish Vallhund, a breed dating back to the time of the Vikings, used on farms to catch vermin, herd cattle, and as a guard dog, noted for its double coat and harness markings. This brings the number of unique breeds competing in the famous dog show to 169. The Plott, the Beauceron, and the Vallhund were shown on Monday. The Tibetan Mastiff will be shown tonight as part of the Working Group.
en	4 new breeds take the Westminster stage The rings at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show are just a little more crowded this year. At the 132nd iteration of the world-famous dog show, which decamps Monday and Tuesday at Madison Square Garden , four newly American Kennel Club-recognized dog breeds will debut on the green carpet: the Swedish vallhund, Beauceron, Tibetan mastiff and Plott hound. "These four breeds have been around a long time, but it just took them a little time to get recognized," said David Frei, the show's commentator. "One reason people watch the show is for diversity - this year, there are 169 breeds and varieties, which is more than you see on your daily walk to the park." For a real Whitman's sampler of canines, you need to go abroad, where the Fédération Cynologique Internationale recognizes 335 breeds. But Frei points out that last year, Westminster was the only show in the country in which every single AKC breed and variety was entered. Here are the newcomers: Plott (Hound Group - Monday). Developed in the mountains of North Carolina by two German brothers who lent the breed their name, this big-game hunter was bred for baying boar and treeing bear. A true hunting hound, the Plott has a striking brindle coat, and is known for being intelligent, tenacious - and vocal. Swedish vallhund (Herding Group - Monday). This sturdily built farm dog and cattle herder has been around since the time of the Vikings. Described as a "big dog in a small body," its characteristic features are its double coat and "harness markings." Beauceron (Herding Group - Monday). A not-so-distant relative to the longhair Briard, this French dog was bred to herd and guard large flocks of sheep, and was used during both world wars as a messenger and mine detector. Having double rear dewclaws is a requirement of the breed's AKC standard. Tibetan mastiff (Working Group - Tuesday). Powerful and noble in appearance, this guardian of family and property is considered by many to be the original stock from which most large, modern working breeds descend. Medieval traveler Marco Polo described these dogs as "tall as a donkey with a voice as powerful as that of a lion." The Westminster Group and Best in Show competitions will be televised live tomorrow on USA Network from 8 to 9 p.m., CNBC from 9 to 11 p.m.; and on USA from 8 to 11 p.m. Tuesday. More articles Get breaking news alerts! Copyright © 2008, Newsday Inc.	en	The Tibetan Mastiff, one of the new breeds showcased this year. This year, four breeds of dogs are competing for the first time in the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, at Madison Square Garden in New York City, United States. The new breeds making their Westminister debuts this year, are the Plott, a hunting hound originally bred by two German immigrant brothers in North Carolina; the Tibetan Mastiff, once described by Marco Polo as "tall as a donkey with a voice as powerful as that of a lion."; the Beauceron, a herding dog originally bred to herd flocks of sheep in France, later used to sniff out landmines and send messages during the World Wars; and the Swedish Vallhund, a breed dating back to the time of the Vikings, used on farms to catch vermin, herd cattle, and as a guard dog, noted for its double coat and harness markings. This brings the number of unique breeds competing in the famous dog show to 169. The Plott, the Beauceron, and the Vallhund were shown on Monday. The Tibetan Mastiff will be shown tonight as part of the Working Group.
en	Saturday was a day of surprises in Melbourne - no Ferrari on the front row, BMW Sauber looking a genuine threat to polesitters McLaren, and Honda eclipsing Renault and almost making Q3 - despite all the gloomy pre-race predictions that have surrounded the Japanese team. But whose pace was for real and who was running light? And who are the genuine contenders for victory on Sunday afternoon? We take a look at how all 11 teams fared in qualifying at Albert Park McLaren Lewis Hamilton, 1m 26.714s, P1 Heikki Kovalainen, 1m 27.079, P3 Qualifying could scarcely have gone better for McLaren, with Lewis Hamilton running smoothly to the seventh pole position of his career and new boy Heikki Kovalainen taking third place on the grid. Both of them drove neatly, and experienced no problems. Apart from BMW Sauber, that is BMW Sauber Robert Kubica, 1m 26.869s, P2 Nick Heidfeld, 1m 27.236s, P5 It will be interesting to see just what fuel load Robert Kubica is running, because if he reckoned he lost two or three-tenths of a second sliding off the road in Turn 12, he would have been on pole by two-tenths from Hamilton without the error. Nick Heidfeld was quite happy with his afternoon, apart from missing P4 by four-hundredths of a second. The F1.08 pursues aggressive design philosophies compared to the F1.07, so on Sunday it will be fascinating to see how close it really is to McLaren and Ferrari pace in race trim. Ferrari Felipe Massa, 1m 27.178s, P4 Kimi Raikkonen, 26.140s, P16 The moment that Kimi Raikkonens F2008 slowed at the end of Q1 with an electronic fuel pump problem, Ferrari were on their back foot. The Finn trickled as far as the pit lane, but Article 33.2 of the Sporting Regulations precludes a driver from participating further in qualifying if his car comes to halt on the circuit. That left him 16th, effectively put out of the running for victory, barring a miraculous deliverance. Felipe Massa, meanwhile, met traffic on his final out lap in Q3, and never got the tyre temperature he needed to improve his first-run time. That left him fourth. Toyota Jarno Trulli, 1m 28.527s, P6 Timo Glock, 1m 29.593s, P9 (minus ten grid places) Is Toyotas speed for real, or did Jarno Trulli and Timo Glock make the top nine by running really light on fuel? We will find out in the race. The Italian said he was unhappy with his TF108s set-up and had not been able to get the best out of it on his quickest lap. The German, meanwhile, will lose five grid places as his car required a gearbox replacement on Saturday morning. But for that, he was quite happy - until he lost another five places for impeding Webber. From ninth to 19th. It was a tough break. Williams Nico Rosberg, 1m 28.687s, P7 Kazuki Nakajima, 1m 26.413s, P14 Williams recovered extremely well after their gearbox problems on Friday morning. Nico Rosberg felt he almost got all there was to get out of his FW30 on his way to seventh fastest time, but though he made it through to Q2 this time, Kazuki Nakajima felt he lost out because of the Webber red flag incident. Red Bull David Coulthard, 1m 29.041s, P8 Mark Webber, no time, P15 Red Bull had one happy driver, and one angry driver. No prizes for guessing which was which. Coulthard reported that his RB4 was unstable over the bumps when he was really pushing hard, and that there was a big difference between the soft and medium tyres. Webber, meanwhile, suffered a front right brake disc failure approaching Turn Six, and was not amused to be deposited in the gravel. He had been confident of a strong top 10 grid placing, but instead faced a start from 15th position. Like Raikkonen, he should be worth watching in the race. Toro Rosso Sebastian Vettel, no time, P10 Sebastien Bourdais, 1m 27.446s, P18 Vettel was quite sure he could have done better than his 10th place on the grid (ninth with Glocks gearbox penalty applied) but for an undisclosed technical problem that stymied him the moment Q3 began. He did his out lap, but came in immediately and did not go out again. Bourdais, meanwhile, struggled for qualifying pace as he had expected to. He was happy with his pace on the medium tyre, and then his soft rubber run was going well until he made a mistake on the second to last corner. A subsequent effort was frustrated by yellow flags. Honda Rubens Barrichello, 1m 26.173s, P11 Jenson Button, 1m 26.259s, P13 Given the stories of what a disaster the new RA108 was in its initial testing, the team came close to making Q3 and showed Renaults a clean pair of heels. Barrichello said that he was very happy, and was happier still when he learned of Glocks penalty. Button was quite cheerful too but admitted that he lost a couple of tenths in Turn Nine and the last corner through understeer. Renault Fernando Alonso, 1m 26.188s, P12 Nelson Piquet Jr, 1m 28.330s, P21 Alonso was happy with the way his Renault was going on Saturday morning, until a differential failure upset the balance and rendered the R28 almost impossible to drive. It was another brutally disappointing day for rookie Nelson Piquet, who qualified 21st. Ironically, his father had qualified in exactly the same position on his debut with Ensign in Germany in 1978. Force India Giancarlo Fisichella, 1m 27.707s, P17 Adrian Sutil, 1m 27.859s, P19 Fisichella was philosophical about missing the cut for Q2 by one place, but reported that a yellow flag had hampered him, along with some serious graining on the softer Bridgestone tyres. Sutil battled understeer for the same reason, and that later caught him and sent him into the spin which ended his participation in Q1. Super Aguri Takuma Sato, 1m 28.208s, P20 Anthony Davidson, 1m 29.059s, P22 Sato was happy with his efforts to reduce understeer on his SA08A, and to out-qualify the hapless Piquet, but Davidson did not get his car as well suited to the track and took the final place on the grid. David Tremayne	en	Lewis Hamilton (Stars and Cars 2007) Vodafone McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton starting from pole wins the FIA Formula-1 2008 ING Australian Grand Prix on the Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne. Nick Heidfeld took second for BMW Sauber. Nico Rosberg scoring his first Formula One podium in third and a long-awaited for Williams team. A thrilling race ended with only seven drivers met the chequered flag. It all started when Giancarlo Fisichella, a Force India experienced driver, was out upon the start. His younger teammate Adrian Sutil pitted a couple of laps later and left his car. Albert Park Fernando Alonso, who is back in Renault, drove stably although his car could not compete fully with McLaren's. Heikki Kovalainen overtook him on the last lap, but the Spaniard easily made a detour around McLaren and finished 4th. Rubens Barrichello made a great deal for Honda with a 6th result. The last year decline appear to be nothing to worry about now for the team. Still Barrichello was disqualified a time after the race for leaving the pit-lane under red lights. Kazuki Nakajima scored two additional points for Williams (three after disqualification of Barrichello). The last point was grabbed by Sébastien Bourdais (two after disqualification of Barrichello) whose Toro Rosso-Ferrari engine burnt near the end of the race. Neither Kimi Räikkönen, last year's champion and previous Australian race winner, nor his teammate Felipe Massa finished for Ferrari. Still, Kimi managed to get one point after the disqualification of Barrichello.
en	By Andrew Benson Hamilton was serene while all around was chaos in Melbourne The Englishman dominated from the start in his McLaren to beat Nick Heidfeld's BMW Sauber and Nico Rosberg's Williams. World champion Kimi Raikkonen threw away a chance to challenge Hamilton with a mistake while trying to pass the second McLaren of Heikki Kovalainen. Kovalainen would have been second but for bad luck with the safety car. 606: DEBATE It came out for the third time in a dramatic afternoon at exactly the wrong time for the Finn following a high-speed crash involving Timo Glock's Toyota on lap 44. Kovalainen had to pit for fuel and tyres while the safety car was out, and dropped to the back of the pack. He recovered to finish fifth, losing out in an exciting battle with Fernando Alonso's Renault in the last two laps. Kovalainen passed the double world champion spectacularly towards the end of the penultimate lap, only to lose the place as they crossed the line for the start of the last lap when the McLaren stuttered on the pit straight. Raikkonen had a wild ride in a disappointing race for Ferrari Kovalainen revealed later that he had accidentally hit the pit lane speed limiter button while removing an oil-smeared tear-off from his visor. Heidfeld and Rosberg both drove unobtrusively excellent races to take the final two podium positions. Heidfeld held a watching brief in the early laps and stayed out of trouble to benefit from Kovalainen's late problem. Rosberg's third place was the best result of his career in his third full season. Rubens Barrichello finished sixth for a more-competitive-than-expected Honda, but was excluded for leaving the pits when the lights were red following a dramatic final pit stop in which he was waved away with the fuel hose still attached. Kazuki Nakajima's Williams was the final finisher in seventh. The Japanese was handed a 10-place grid penalty for next weekend's Malaysian race for his role in tangles with Red Bull's Mark Webber at the start and BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica nine laps from the end. Toro Rosso's Sebastien Bourdais was classified seventh on an impressive debut following Barrichello's exclusion, despite retiring with engine failure while running fourth ahead of Alonso and Kovalainen with three laps to go. And Raikkonen took the final point in eighth place despite retiring with engine failure five laps from the end. Coulthard's collision with Massa brought out the second safety car The race was littered with incident, but Hamilton steered clear of it all on the way to a largely untroubled fifth victory of his career. The 23-year-old made a perfect start, stayed calm during the first deployment of the safety car following a series of incidents on the first lap, and built an advantage over Robert Kubica's second-placed BMW Sauber in the early laps. He appeared to be cruising to a comfortable win until the second safety car came out to raise concern over Raikkonen's progress. From 16th on the grid, the Finn leaped up to eighth on the first lap, but was then held up behind Rubens Barrichello's Honda for 19 laps. Once he had passed the Brazilian, Raikkonen became a major factor for a while in what appeared to be the fastest car in the race. His Ferrari had been fuelled heavily at the start, so he moved up the field as those in front of him made their first pit stops. Raikkonen was up to third, behind the two McLarens, when the safety car was deployed following a collision between the Ferrari of Felipe Massa and David Coulthard's Red Bull on lap 26. This incident involving Fisichella was one of many in Melbourne The safety car put him right behind the McLarens on the track, and a serious contender for victory. It stayed out for four laps while Coulthard's damaged car was moved from a dangerous position. Raikkonen, light on fuel, was much faster than Kovalainen as the race resumed, but he braked too late as he tried to pass the McLaren into turn three and speared off into the gravel. He rejoined the track, and made his single stop for fuel at the end of the lap, putting him to the back of the field. That was the end of any potential threat to Hamilton. And it turned out to be a disastrous event for world champions Ferrari. Raikkonen just managed to finish in the points, but Massa retired shortly after his collision with Coulthard thanks to an engine failure. Provisional results from Australian Grand Prix: 1. Lewis Hamilton (GB) McLaren-Mercedes 58 laps one hour 34 minutes 50.616 seconds 2. Nick Heidfeld (Ger) BMW Sauber +5.478 secs 3. Nico Rosberg (Ger) Williams-Toyota +8.163 4. Fernando Alonso (Spa) Renault +17.181 5. Heikki Kovalainen (Fin) McLaren-Mercedes +18.014 DQ Rubens Barrichello (Brz) Honda +52.453 6. Kazuki Nakajima* (Jpn) Williams-Toyota 1 lap behind 7R Sebastien Bourdais (Fra) Toro Rosso-Ferrari 55 laps completed 8R Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari 53 laps R Robert Kubica (Pol) BMW Sauber 47 laps R Timo Glock (Ger) Toyota 43 laps R Takuma Sato (Jpn) Super Aguri-Honda 32 laps R Nelson Piquet Jr (Brz) Renault 30 laps R Felipe Massa (Brz) Ferrari 29 laps R David Coulthard (GB) Red Bull-Renault 25 laps R Jarno Trulli (Ita) Toyota 19 laps R Adrian Sutil (Ger) Force India-Ferrari 8 laps R Mark Webber (Aus) Red Bull-Renault 0 laps R Jenson Button (GB) Honda 0 lap R Anthony Davidson (GB) Super Aguri-Honda 0 lap R Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Toro Rosso-Ferrari 0 laps R Giancarlo Fisichella (Ita) Force India-Ferrari 0 laps * Nakajima handed 10-place grid penalty for next weekend's Malaysian Grand Prix Key: R = retired; DQ = disqualified. Fastest lap: Kovalainen one minute 27.418 seconds, lap 43.	en	Lewis Hamilton (Stars and Cars 2007) Vodafone McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton starting from pole wins the FIA Formula-1 2008 ING Australian Grand Prix on the Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne. Nick Heidfeld took second for BMW Sauber. Nico Rosberg scoring his first Formula One podium in third and a long-awaited for Williams team. A thrilling race ended with only seven drivers met the chequered flag. It all started when Giancarlo Fisichella, a Force India experienced driver, was out upon the start. His younger teammate Adrian Sutil pitted a couple of laps later and left his car. Albert Park Fernando Alonso, who is back in Renault, drove stably although his car could not compete fully with McLaren's. Heikki Kovalainen overtook him on the last lap, but the Spaniard easily made a detour around McLaren and finished 4th. Rubens Barrichello made a great deal for Honda with a 6th result. The last year decline appear to be nothing to worry about now for the team. Still Barrichello was disqualified a time after the race for leaving the pit-lane under red lights. Kazuki Nakajima scored two additional points for Williams (three after disqualification of Barrichello). The last point was grabbed by Sébastien Bourdais (two after disqualification of Barrichello) whose Toro Rosso-Ferrari engine burnt near the end of the race. Neither Kimi Räikkönen, last year's champion and previous Australian race winner, nor his teammate Felipe Massa finished for Ferrari. Still, Kimi managed to get one point after the disqualification of Barrichello.
en	At long last, cheerful news on Wall Street Wall Street shares have soared after the US government announced another bailout plan for troubled banks. All key stock indices gained around 7%, with the Dow Jones index jumping nearly 500 points to close at 7,775 - its highest level in more than a month. The wider S&P 500 index was the biggest gainer, up 7.1% to close at 822.92. Bank stocks were the biggest winners, with Bank of America up 26%, JP Morgan Chase jumping 25% and Citigroup ending the day with a 19.5% gain. Probably the days' biggest winner was Nasdaq-listed Frontier Financial Corporation, a regional bank serving the Northwest of the United States, which posted a gain of 52% - albeit from a very low level. Investors took cheer not only from the US Treasury's plan to kick-start the financial sector by buying up to $1 trillion (£688bn) worth of difficult-to-value toxic assets. A surprise jump in the number of homes sold also raised hopes that the country's battered housing market could be starting to recover. Several leading pension fund managers said they were keen to participate in the Treasury's plan, which hopes to combine government money with private investments to get troubled mortgages and securities off the banks' balance sheets. On the downside for consumers, the market rally also helped to support a 3% rise in oil prices, with a barrel of US light crude oil trading at $53.8 - up $1.73. Earlier in the day, European stock markets had also posted gains, with leading stock indexes in London, Frankfurt and Paris gaining around 2.8%.	en	A logarithmic graph of the Dow Jones Industrial Average from January 2000 to December 2008.United States stock markets surged on Monday, following an announcement by the government to give another bailout to the banks. All three major stock indexes posted gains of about seven percent at the closing bell. Part of the rally was attributed to the US Treasury's announcement that it will buy up to US$1 trillion in toxic assets. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 497.48 points, or 6.84%, to a level of 7,775.86, while the Nasdaq Composite soared 98.50 points, or 6.76%, to 1,555.77 points. The Standard & Poor's 500 index jumped by 7.07% or 54.37 points, reaching a level of 822.91. Among the winners in today's rally were bank stocks. Shares for the Frontier Financial Corporation, a regional bank serving the northwestern US, surged by 52%. Other banks also saw their shares increase: Bank of America stocks increased by 26%, JP Morgan Chase by 25%, and Citigroup by 19.5%. Crude oil prices were up $1.73 or three percent to $53.8 a barrel. Overseas stock exchanges also rallied: indexes in France, the United Kingdom, and Germany all rose by approximately 2.8%.
en	NEW YORK, March 23 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks surged on Monday, with the Dow and the S&P 500 posting their best one-day advance in nearly five months, after the Obama administration unveiled a long-awaited plan to purge toxic assets from bank balance sheets. * A report showing a rebound in existing-home sales in February added to the positive tone. * The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI gained 497.48 points, or 6.84 percent, to 7,775.86. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX rallied 54.37 points, or 7.07 percent, to 822.91. The Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC surged 98.50 points, or 6.76 percent, to 1,555.77. (Reporting by Rodrigo Campos; Editing by Leslie Adler)	en	A logarithmic graph of the Dow Jones Industrial Average from January 2000 to December 2008.United States stock markets surged on Monday, following an announcement by the government to give another bailout to the banks. All three major stock indexes posted gains of about seven percent at the closing bell. Part of the rally was attributed to the US Treasury's announcement that it will buy up to US$1 trillion in toxic assets. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 497.48 points, or 6.84%, to a level of 7,775.86, while the Nasdaq Composite soared 98.50 points, or 6.76%, to 1,555.77 points. The Standard & Poor's 500 index jumped by 7.07% or 54.37 points, reaching a level of 822.91. Among the winners in today's rally were bank stocks. Shares for the Frontier Financial Corporation, a regional bank serving the northwestern US, surged by 52%. Other banks also saw their shares increase: Bank of America stocks increased by 26%, JP Morgan Chase by 25%, and Citigroup by 19.5%. Crude oil prices were up $1.73 or three percent to $53.8 a barrel. Overseas stock exchanges also rallied: indexes in France, the United Kingdom, and Germany all rose by approximately 2.8%.
fr	Jimmy Casper est entré dans l’histoire en remportant la première étape de la première édition du Tour of Oman. Dans une ambiance festive et devant des milliers de spectateurs venus apprécier le spectacle nocturne sur la corniche de Muscat, le Français s’est montré le plus rapide au sprint. Casper devance Boasson Hagen et De Haes pour s’emparer du premier maillot rouge de leader au général. 126 coureurs au départ ; 16 équipes Parfaite condition nocturne Des milliers de spectateurs s’étaient réunis tout autour de la splendide corniche de Muscat pour accueillir les 126 coureurs de la toute première édition du Tour of Oman. Après une magnifique cérémonie d’ouverture, le peloton s’est élancé pour les 16 tours de 4 kilomètres à effectuer sur la corniche. Après un premier tour neutralisé, trois coureurs s’extraient du peloton : Cretskens (OLO), Novoa Menedez (CTT) et Coutouly (SAU). Trois tours plus tard, les premiers attaquants sont rejoints pas Reimer (CTT), Wrolich (MRM) et Ballan (BMC). Le premier sprint intermédiaire au 6ème passage sur la ligne (km 23) est remporté par Ballan devant Wrolich et Reimer alors que le peloton accuse un retard de 40’’. Les six de tête sont finalement repris lors du 9ème tour. Quelques kilomètres plus tard, quatre coureurs tentent leur chance : Pinotti (THR), Hunter (GRM), Eskov (KAT) et Westra (VAC). Ils atteignent le deuxième sprint intermédiaire (11ème passage, km 42), remporté par Pinotti devant Westra et Eskov, avec un avantage de 20’’ sur le peloton. Les hommes de tête sont repris à un peu plus de 2 tours du terme. Le peloton sous le contrôle des équipes de sprinteurs, va ensuite rester groupé jusqu’à la ligne. Bien calé sur la partie gauche de la route, Jimmy Casper franchit victorieusement la ligne, remportant la première étape de l’épreuve. Le Français de l’équipe Saur-Sojasun devance Boasson Hagen (SKY) et De Haes (OLO). Casper s’empare ainsi du premier maillot rouge de leader au général. Le maillot vert par points revient également au Picard alors que le maillot blanc de meilleur jeune sera porté demain par Boasson Hagen. Enfin le plus combatif de l’épreuve est l’ancien champion du monde Alessandro Ballan (BMC).	fr	Fichier:Jimmy Casper 4JDD 2009.jpg\|thumb\|left\|Jimmy Casper, vainqueur de l'étape et leader du classement général, lors des Quatre jours de Dunkerque 2009 La 1 étape du Tour d'Oman 2010, qui se déroulait dans les rues de Mascate sur 61 kilomètres, a vu la victoire du Français Jimmy Casper devant le Norvégien Edvald Boasson Hagen et le Belge Kenny Dehaes au sprint. Casper endosse donc le maillot rouge de leader du classement général.
en	MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (AP) -- The remains of the last person missing after a bridge collapsed into the Mississippi River nearly three weeks ago have been found, authorities said Monday, bringing the official death toll to 13 and relief to the only family still awaiting word on a missing loved one. Workers remove a school bus from the Interstate 35W bridge collapse site last week. more photos » Gregory Jolstad, nicknamed "Jolly," was on the construction crew that was resurfacing the bridge when it fell August 1 during the evening rush hour. Jolstad, 45, was driving a skid loader, commonly known by the brand name Bobcat. Divers had gone back in the water early Monday, and Jolstad's wife, Lisa Jolstad, had said officials vowed to continue until they found her husband. The recovery, announced by the Hennepin County medical examiner, ends the search for bodies and allows construction crews to proceed with removing the collapsed pieces of the bridge. See the bridge before and after the collapse » "There aren't a lot of smiles here tonight," said Sheriff Rich Stanek, who was overseeing the search. "We all have very heavy hearts. It weighed on a lot of people, both personally and professionally." Stanek said that he spoke with Lisa Jolstad about the recovery and that "she appreciated very much both the dignity and respect we afforded those families." Gregory Jolstad was one of 18 construction workers on the bridge working for Progressive Contractors Inc. The other 17 survived the collapse. Seven suffered injuries, but none critical. Also Monday, Gov. Tim Pawlenty asked President Bush to declare the collapse a major disaster, which would make the state eligible for more federal money. The governor said the emergency response costs alone would be more than $8 million. Bush was scheduled to be in Minneapolis on Tuesday to get a briefing on the bridge. Jolstad had worked for PCI for 10 years, often commuting 90 miles one way to jobs in the Twin Cities from his home in the central Minnesota town of Mora. Lisa and Greg Jolstad were married in 1995 and lived with Lisa's three teenage children from a previous marriage in a 97-year-old farmhouse north of town where Greg Jolstad grew up. See photos of Gregory Jolstad and other victims who died in the collapse » "Greg never wanted to venture far from home," Lisa Jolstad said. Her worst fear since the collapse was that her husband would still be missing after all the other victims of the disaster had been found -- and that's exactly what happened. A tax assessor currently between jobs, Lisa Jolstad is living for now on her husband's paycheck, which PCI continued to issue, as well as paying for grief counselors for family members. "Everyone at the company is just heartsick for Greg's family," said David Lillehaug, PCI's attorney. Lisa Jolstad said earlier that she was trying to keep occupied by getting the farmhouse ready for winter. "I sit home every night, and I just can't believe he's not coming home," she said. "I look out the back door window and it's weird not to see his truck out there. I look out the bathroom window at the sky and know he's up there, and I say, you know, why did you have to leave, Greg?" E-mail to a friend Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. All About Minnesota	en	Aerial photo of the collapsed I-35W into the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The remains of the last missing person following the bridge collapse in Minneapolis were recovered on Monday. The official death toll now stands at 13, following the collapse nearly three weeks ago. All recovery efforts have now been stopped. The remains of Gregory Jolstad were found yesterday. Jolstad, nicknamed "Jolly," was a member of the construction crew that was resurfacing the bridge. Jolstad was driving a skid loader. He was 45. Jolstad's wife, Lisa Jolstad, was worried that the search for her husband's remains would drag on, leaving her without any closure. Sheriff Rich Stanek said, "There aren't a lot of smiles here tonight...We all have very heavy hearts. It weighed on a lot of people, both personally and professionally." Governor Tim Pawlenty asked President Bush on Monday to declare the collapse a major disaster, allowing the state to be eligible for more federal money. President Bush is scheduled to be in Minneapolis today to get a briefing on the bridge.
en	MINNEAPOLIS With the search for bodies over at the site of the interstate bridge collapse, authorities will focus on removing tons of wreckage from the Mississippi River. Divers on Monday evening discovered the body of Gregory Jolstad, a 45-year-old construction worker who was part of the crew resurfacing the Interstate 35W bridge when it fell Aug. 1 during the evening rush hour. The discovery brought the official death toll to 13. "There aren't a lot of smiles here tonight," said Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek, who was overseeing the search. He said recovery workers were relieved that all the people known to be missing had been found, but mindful of the loss to the families. "We all have very heavy hearts," he said. Stanek didn't close the door on the possibility of more remains turning up amid the wreckage. He said teams from the sheriff's office would maintain a presence at the bridge site, but the Navy dive teams brought in to locate the remains would leave town within the next day or so. Jolstad's wife, Lisa Jolstad, had worried earlier Monday that the search for her husband's body would drag on, leaving her without a sense of closure. Stanek said he spoke to her after Greg Jolstad's body was identified, and that she expressed thanks to the search team. Related Stories Body Pulled From Debris at Site of Minneapolis Bridge Collapse Also Monday, Gov. Tim Pawlenty asked President Bush to declare the collapse a major disaster, which would make the state eligible for more federal money. The governor said the emergency response costs alone would be more than $8 million. Bush was scheduled to be in Minneapolis on Tuesday and to get a briefing on the bridge. The search for bodies along the river prevented much other work from beginning. The only removal of bridge debris so far occurred when it was needed to let divers search inaccessible areas, and state transportation officials had vowed that no site work for the planned bridge replacement would start until all the bodies were found. Terry Zoller, the incident commander at the site for the state Department of Transportation, said crews would immediately begin heavy duty debris removal, clearing the tons of concrete and steel that crumpled into the river. "We're looking at hopefully having the south end of the bridge removed by the end of the week," Zoller said, adding that reopening the river channel to boats would also be a priority. The department has set a goal of having a new interstate bridge ready for business by the end of 2008, and an agency official said recently the goal was attainable as long as building began before winter. Stanek said officials would meet Tuesday to discuss when to reopen the 10th Avenue bridge, a smaller span parallel to the Interstate 35W bridge that has been closed since the collapse.	en	Aerial photo of the collapsed I-35W into the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The remains of the last missing person following the bridge collapse in Minneapolis were recovered on Monday. The official death toll now stands at 13, following the collapse nearly three weeks ago. All recovery efforts have now been stopped. The remains of Gregory Jolstad were found yesterday. Jolstad, nicknamed "Jolly," was a member of the construction crew that was resurfacing the bridge. Jolstad was driving a skid loader. He was 45. Jolstad's wife, Lisa Jolstad, was worried that the search for her husband's remains would drag on, leaving her without any closure. Sheriff Rich Stanek said, "There aren't a lot of smiles here tonight...We all have very heavy hearts. It weighed on a lot of people, both personally and professionally." Governor Tim Pawlenty asked President Bush on Monday to declare the collapse a major disaster, allowing the state to be eligible for more federal money. President Bush is scheduled to be in Minneapolis today to get a briefing on the bridge.
fr	Le président Erdogan a annoncé que des morts étaient à déplorer sans donner de chiffre précis. Aucune revendication n’a, pour l’heure, été communiquée. Le Monde \| 10.12.2016 à 21h12 • Mis à jour le 11.12.2016 à 00h06 \| Par Marie Jégo (Istanbul, correspondante) Deux explosions ont retenti, samedi 10 décembre, à 22 h 30 (heure locale, 20 h 30 à Paris) dans le quartier de Besiktas, situé dans la partie européenne d’Istanbul. Selon les premières constatations de la police qui a bouclé les lieux, il s’agit d’un attentat. Des voitures de police et des ambulances, toutes sirènes hurlantes, sont sur les lieux. Le premier bilan donné par les autorités faisait état de vingt blessés. Un peu plus tard, le président turc Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a annoncé dans un communiqué que plusieurs personnes avaient été tuées. « Malheureusement, nous avons des martyrs et des blessés », a-t-il déploré, sans avancer de chiffres, ajoutant : « Nous avons assisté, ce soir à Istanbul, à la manifestation la plus hideuse du terrorisme. » Perçues à plusieurs kilomètres à la ronde, les détonations ont eu lieu aux abords du stade de football Vodafone Arena et du Parc de Macka, sur une artère fréquentée de la ville des bords du Bosphore. Des témoins ont affirmé avoir entendu des salves d’armes à feu juste après les explosions. Dans un premier temps, une voiture piégée a explosé à proximité de véhicules de la police déployés non loin du stade. La charge était si forte qu’une lueur rouge a embrasé le ciel. L’autre détonation aurait eu lieu dans le parc et pourrait être l’œuvre d’un kamikaze. L’attaque survenue non loin de l’enceinte sportive a eu lieu plus d’une heure après la fin du match entre les clubs de Besiktas et de Bursaspor. Les fans étaient partis et les policiers en faction s’apprêtaient à faire de même lorsque l’explosion s’est produite. De nombreux attentats meurtriers Ces attaques s’inscrivent dans une suite d’attentats meurtriers subis par la Turquie ces seize derniers mois. L’attentat le plus sanglant a été perpétré le 20 août à Gaziantep, au sud du pays, par un kamikaze qui a activé sa ceinture d’explosifs au milieu d’une fête de mariage. Cinquante et une personnes ont été tuées. Attribuée à l’organisation Etat islamique (EI), elle n’a jamais été revendiquée. Lire aussi : Après l’attentat d’Istanbul, critiques contre les ambiguïtés du président Erdogan Le 28 juin, un triple attentat avait fait 45 morts à l’aéroport international Atatürk à Istanbul. Il n’a pas été revendiqué non plus, mais d’après l’enquête de police il a été perpétré par des militants de l’EI originaires de républiques ex-soviétiques. Lire aussi : La guerre secrète de l’EI en Turquie Pas de revendication non plus pour l’attentat perpétré par un kamikaze le 12 janvier dans le quartier touristique de Sultanahmet et au cours duquel onze touristes, en majorité des Allemands, ont été tués. L’EI, qui jouit de relais dans de nombreuses villes du pays, rechigne à signer ses méfaits, de crainte de perdre ses sympathisants sur place. Lire aussi : La Turquie face à l’infiltration djihadiste La menace du PKK Entré en guerre ouverte contre l’Etat turc depuis l’été 2015, le Parti des travailleurs du Kurdistan (PKK) a perpétré de nombreux attentats contre les forces d’Ankara déployées dans les régions majoritairement peuplées de Kurdes dans le Sud est du pays. Le 17 février, une attaque à la voiture piégée avait causé la mort de 29 personnes sur la place Kizilay au centre de la capitale turque. Le 13 mars, un nouvel attentat suicide avait eu lieu au même endroit, tuant 37 personnes. Les deux opérations avaient été revendiquées par les Faucons de la liberté du Kurdistan (TAK), un groupuscule qui est un faux nez du PKK.	fr	À 19 h 30 UTC samedi, deux explosions ainsi que des coups de feu ont retenti à dans le quartier de . Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.Un bilan provisoire fait état de 29 morts dont 27 policiers, et de 166 blessés. La première explosion serait dû à une voiture piégée qui aurait explosé à proximité de véhicules de la police postés près du stade de football . La seconde s'est produite dans le parc de Macka par un kamikaze. 10 personnes ont été arrêtées en lien avec cette affaire et ont été placées en garde à vue. Aucun groupe n'a revendiqué l'attaque pour l'instant.
fr	Parmi les blessés transportés à l'hôpital, 17 subissent présentement une opération chirurgicale et 6 sont aux soins intensifs. Le ministre de l'Intérieur, Suleyman Soylu, a indiqué qu'un kamikaze s'est d'abord fait exploser au parc Macka à proximité du stade de soccer du club de Besiktas. Une seconde explosion a ensuite eu lieu 45 secondes plus tard devant le stade, a ajouté le ministre qui a dénoncé un « complot cruel ». Les policiers arrivent sur le site de l'explosion à Istanbul, le 10 décembre 2016. Photo : Reuters / Murad Sezer Les explosions avaient pour but de causer un grand nombre de victimes, a dit le président turc Recep Tayyip Erdogan avant d'ajouter : « Malheureusement, il y a des martyrs et des blessés ». Personne ne doit douter qu'avec la volonté de Dieu, nous surmonterons la terreur, les organisations terroristes [...] et les forces derrière elles en tant que pays et nation. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, président turc Les attentats, dont la responsabilité n'a pas été revendiquée dans l'immédiat, sont survenus deux heures après la fin d'un match entre Besiktas et l'équipe de Bursaspor, dans le stade Vodafone Arena. Des pompiers turcs contraints de passer par le toit du stade pour transporter le corps d'une des victimes des deux explosions qui ont secoué le centre d'Istanbul, samedi. Photo : La Presse canadienne / AP Photo Selon le télédiffuseur NTV, l'une des explosions a touché un bus de police qui partait du stade, alors que les supporteurs avaient déjà quitté les lieux après la fin du match. L'équipe de Bursaspor, qui jouait contre Besiktas, a annoncé qu'aucun de ses supporteurs ne semblait avoir été blessé. Les deux équipes ont condamné l'attaque. L'attaque, qui a fait au moins 15 morts et plus d'une soixantaine de blessés, n'a pas encore été revendiquée. Photo : Reuters / Murad Sezer La police a bouclé le quartier, situé dans le centre de la ville en bordure du Bosphore. On pouvait voir sur place la carcasse calcinée d'une voiture et deux incendies dans une rue longeant le stade. Omer Yilmiz, un témoin de la scène, dit avoir vu des flammes monter haut dans le ciel. « Les gens ont plongé sous les tables, des femmes se sont mises à pleurer, des supporteurs de soccer se sont mis à l'abri. C'était horrible », a-t-il raconté. Les deux explosions sont survenues à proximité d'un stade de soccer du centre d'Istanbul, à la sortie d'un match opposant les équipes de Besiktas et de Bursaspor. Photo : Reuters / Murad Sezer La Turquie a été frappée par de nombreux attentats ces dernières années, certains très meurtriers, comme celui commis par deux kamikazes qui a fait 45 morts, le 28 juin dernier, à l'aéroport international d'Istanbul. Certaines attaques ont été revendiquées par l'organisation État islamique, d'autres par des séparatistes kurdes ou des organisations militantes d'extrême gauche..	fr	À 19 h 30 UTC samedi, deux explosions ainsi que des coups de feu ont retenti à dans le quartier de . Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.Un bilan provisoire fait état de 29 morts dont 27 policiers, et de 166 blessés. La première explosion serait dû à une voiture piégée qui aurait explosé à proximité de véhicules de la police postés près du stade de football . La seconde s'est produite dans le parc de Macka par un kamikaze. 10 personnes ont été arrêtées en lien avec cette affaire et ont été placées en garde à vue. Aucun groupe n'a revendiqué l'attaque pour l'instant.
es	A las 12:36 horas del mediodía de este domingo, una bandera roja paralizó la actividad en el circuito de Montmeló. Cuarenta minutos más tarde, el helicóptero médico despegaba de la zona habilitada en la clínica del trazado en dirección al Hospital General de Cataluña con Fernando Alonso en su interior. El McLaren del piloto español salió de la tercera curva de la pista, a la derecha, y se fue directamente contra el muro interior, a unos 150 kilómetros por hora, arrastrando el lateral del MP4-30 hasta detenerse por completo. ampliar foto Fernando Alonso, trasladado al hospital en camilla El golpe fue considerable porque arrancó de cuajo la rueda trasera derecha del coche. Alonso permaneció metido en el habitáculo unos 10 minutos, medio grogui y sin poder responder a los mensajes que desde el taller le mandaban por la radio. Acto seguido llegaron a la zona los comisarios y la ambulancia que se lo llevó hasta el centro médico, donde fue examinado y donde los doctores decidieron evacuarle. “Fernando está consciente y habla. Si ha sido trasladado en helicóptero ha sido porque así lo especifica el protocolo en estos casos”, se limitó a decir Matteo Bonciani, director de comunicación de la Federación Internacional del Automóvil (FIA), siempre acompañado por Silvia Hoffer, responsable de prensa de la escudería de Woking (Gran Bretaña). Lo que se deduce de estas palabras es que en algún momento de la secuencia Alonso perdió el conocimiento, y que eso puso en marcha el dispositivo. Ya por la tarde fue el agente del corredor quien confirmó que este pasaría la noche en observación tras una TAC. “Todos los exámenes han salido bien. No tiene ninguna lesión. Desmiento que se encontrara mal justo antes del choque. La causa ha sido el aire, que era muy fuerte. La telemetría lo deja bien claro”, dijo Luis García Abad desde la puerta del hospital de Sant Cugat del Vallès (Barcelona). Las causas concretas del siniestro todavía se desconocen, por más que el ovetense se hubiera estado quejando durante toda la mañana del balance de su prototipo en un sector muy expuesto a las fuertes rachas de viento. “Yo iba detrás de él y se fue hacia el muro de repente. Iba lento. Todo ha sido un poco extraño”, declaró Sebastian Vettel. En el momento del accidente, Alonso acumulaba 19 vueltas en su casillero, realizadas en tandas de entre tres y seis cada una. Inicialmente, su tropa hizo lo posible para reconstruir el monoplaza con el objetivo de que Jenson Button pudiera rodar por la tarde, algo que finalmente no sucedió. A las estructuras se les acaba el tiempo y a McLaren, con el retraso que lleva, todavía más. La segunda tanda de entrenamientos de pretemporada terminó con Romain Grosjean (Lotus) al frente de la tabla de tiempos, con dos décimas de ventaja sobre Nico Rosberg (Mercedes). La semana que viene, otra vez en Montmeló y de nuevo de jueves a domingo, se llevarán a cabo las últimas pruebas al margen del calendario oficial. A partir de entonces, la próxima vez que los aparatos pisen la pista será ya por las calles de Melbourne, donde el Mundial arranca el 15 de marzo. Dos semanas, ese es el margen que tiene McLaren para tratar de solucionar alguno de los problemas que se le acumulan en la puerta del garaje. Mientras la mayoría de sus rivales no para de dar vueltas, los coches plateados siguen estancados, básicamente por la multitud de fallos que provoca el nuevo motor Honda. Lo más preocupante es la imposibilidad de realizar tandas de más de 10 giros consecutivos por culpa de la falta de fiabilidad. El componente que más dolores de cabeza está creando fue identificado por el propio equipo como un retén del propulsor eléctrico (MGU-K), que a día de hoy todavía no está claro que esté del todo reparado. Al margen de estas incidencias que pueden catalogarse de lógicas dada a la juventud del proyecto, el mayor lastre son las dos velocidades a las que viaja el constructor londinense debido a los dos universos que coinciden allí. Por un lado están los miembros de Honda, casi todos japoneses y fieles a un modus operandi que no se caracteriza precisamente por su velocidad de reacción. Estos están obligados a ponerse de acuerdo con el operativo de Woking, en su mayoría técnicos ingleses, que se desesperan ante la parsimonia del protocolo nipón. Hay que tener en cuenta que aquella alianza que tan bien funcionó a finales de la década de los ochenta (cuatro títulos entre 1988 y 1991) no tiene nada que ver con la que acaba de ponerse en marcha, y que el peso de la marca del ala dorada en todo el tinglado le otorga un margen suficiente como para ser ella quien imponga los tempos.	pt	O piloto de Fórmula 1 espanhol Fernando Alonso é "consciente e conversando", depois de sofrer um acidente com seu carro McLaren-Honda ao meio-dia, durante a quarta sessão no circuito de Montmeló, em Catalunya. Aparentemente, o espanhol perdeu o controle de seu carro na curva três, colidindo com o muro de segurança. Por agora, o motivo do acidente é desconhecida e entre as possíveis causas, o vento, uma falha no carro ou tonturas piloto manipulados, embora tenha havido nenhuma confirmação oficial. Imediatamente após o acidente, uma bandeira vermelha foi sinalizado no circuito, eo piloto passou a ser tomadas para o circuito centro médico de ambulância, para posterior transferência de helicóptero para o Hospital Geral de Catalunya. No momento em que ela é "consciente e conversando", de acordo com a equipe, em um comunicado em si.
es	0 33 0 El piloto español Fernando Alonso, que este mediodía ha sufrido un accidente en el Circuito de Cataluña, permanecerá en observación entre 24 y 48 horas, ha informado su representante, Luis Garcia Abad, en el Hospital General de Barcelona. «Fernando se ha sometido a varios chequeos por precaución y está bien. Pero estará entre 24 y 48 horas en observación», dijo García Abad. «Ha venido por precaución. Se le han hecho todas las pruebas pertinentes, que han salido bien. El choque con la valla ha provocado todo lo demás. Ahora está en la camilla, cómodo y tranquilito. Todo ha ocurrido en situaciones normales», dijo García Abad. Además, García Abad aclaró que el accidente no se debió a un fallo del coche o a una indisposición del piloto. «Desmentimos que se encontrara mal antes del accidente. El coche ha cogido grip, había un viento tremendo y se ha ido contra la valla», dijo. Alonso rodaba a una velocidad relativamente baja cuando sufrió el según aseguró el piloto alemán Sebastian Vettel. «La velocidad era más bien lenta, quizás a 150 kilómetros por hora. Después chocó contra el muro. Pareció raro», dijo el cuatro veces campeón del mundo a la revista alemana Auto, motor und Sport. And as you can see here the car is pretty much ok too pic.twitter.com/2joH3hhU5O ? McLaren Soul (@McLaren_Soul) febrero 22, 2015 García Abad: «Fernando está bien y consciente» Aún se desconoce si el accidente fue provocado por un error de conducción o por una avería en el McLaren Honda, cuyo desarrollo lento ha sido objeto de las primeras críticas y suspicacias. Alonso perdió el control del McLaren y chocó con la parte derecha del bólido contra un muro en uno de los circuitos más sencillos. Los pilotos conocen el trazado catalán prácticamente de memoria por los numerosos ensayos que realizan en él. García Abad confirmaba en Twitter que Alonso se encontraba bien. Fernando está bien y consciente. Muchas gracias por vuestro interés. Fernando is OK and conscious. Thank you ! ? Luis Garcia Abad (@lsgrcbd) febrero 22, 2015 El jefe de McLaren, Eric Boullier, reiteró las palabras del representante de Fernando Alonso: «Le han hecho un scanner y todo está bien, pero se quedará esta noche en el hospital por mera precaución».	pt	O piloto de Fórmula 1 espanhol Fernando Alonso é "consciente e conversando", depois de sofrer um acidente com seu carro McLaren-Honda ao meio-dia, durante a quarta sessão no circuito de Montmeló, em Catalunya. Aparentemente, o espanhol perdeu o controle de seu carro na curva três, colidindo com o muro de segurança. Por agora, o motivo do acidente é desconhecida e entre as possíveis causas, o vento, uma falha no carro ou tonturas piloto manipulados, embora tenha havido nenhuma confirmação oficial. Imediatamente após o acidente, uma bandeira vermelha foi sinalizado no circuito, eo piloto passou a ser tomadas para o circuito centro médico de ambulância, para posterior transferência de helicóptero para o Hospital Geral de Catalunya. No momento em que ela é "consciente e conversando", de acordo com a equipe, em um comunicado em si.
en	Explosion and gunfight kill seven soliders in Yala Authority said the insurgents shot at close range at the head of the seven injured soldiers following the bomb attack. The eighth soldier, who suffered injuries form the explosive, managed to fled the scene. Insurgents also took all seven M16 belonging to the dead soldiers as they retreat to the wooded area. Roads leading to the scene were blocked off with spikes laid out by insurgents to stall reinforcement or hot pursuit. A Blackhawk helicopter had to be dispatch to airlift the seven victims. The Friday ambush was similar to the slaying of 12 soldiers on May 31, which was the single deadliest attack on security officials. Friday's attack followed a night of deadly unrest around the region, with three local Muslim leaders killed and the fourth injured in a shooting attack on their car in Pattani's Mai Kaen district. The week also saw dozens of public schools coming under arson attacks and three Muslim religious leaders killed in separate attacks. Local villagers organised mass protest and blamed the deaths on the army and demanded authorities bring the culprits to justice. The Nation	en	A roadside bombing and ambush attack today in southern Thailand killed seven Royal Thai Army soldiers and left one injured. Blamed on Muslim insurgents, the attack in Bannang Sata district, Yala, was similar to one on May 31, in which 12 soldiers were killed in one of the deadliest days of the south Thailand insurgency. Today's attackers took M16 rifles belonging to the dead soldiers. As they retreated, they laid spikes on the roads to stall any pursuers. A helicopter was dispatched to airlift the victims. The soldiers were part of a unit assigned to protect public school teachers, who are frequent targets of attack. Earlier in the week, four teachers were killed by gunmen and 13 schools burned in arson attacks. Human Rights Watch issued a report today, saying it believed those responsible for the attacks are separatists. "Insurgents are terrorizing teachers and schools, which they consider symbols of the Thai state," Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch, said in a statement, quoted in the ''Bangkok Post''. "These attacks are grave crimes and cannot be justified by any cause." In another attack overnight, three local Muslim leaders were killed and a fourth man in an ambush and shooting attack on their car in Mai Kaen district, Pattani.
en	BANGKOK, Aug 17 (TNA) -- The government has made combating transnational crime in Thailand a high priority for the countrys police and security forces. The prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, has ordered his cabinet to pay greater attention to international criminals and their activities in Thailand. The deputy prime minister, Gen. Chavalit Yongchaiyudh, has been put in charge of coordinating the overall suppression activities on drugs trafficking from foreign countries, the production of fake passports and identification documents, extortion and other crimes. The Thai police and the anti-narcotics agency will head the campaign against foreign drugs traffickers. While the Royal Thai Armed Forces and the Interior Ministry will be responsible for preventing the hill tribes along the border from getting involved in smuggling drugs into Thailand. The government has also launched a campaign to boost the standard of living of the poor villagers living along the border. The authorities hope this will help prevent them from being lured into trafficking. Other government agencies will examine the problem of rural debts. The National Security Council (NSC) and the parliamentary subcommittee on dark influences will be responsible for human and illegal labour trafficking. This new assignment of responsibilities for countering transnational crimes will boost the governments efficiency in fighting international criminal activities in the country, said Gen. Chavalit. (TNA)E112	en	A roadside bombing and ambush attack today in southern Thailand killed seven Royal Thai Army soldiers and left one injured. Blamed on Muslim insurgents, the attack in Bannang Sata district, Yala, was similar to one on May 31, in which 12 soldiers were killed in one of the deadliest days of the south Thailand insurgency. Today's attackers took M16 rifles belonging to the dead soldiers. As they retreated, they laid spikes on the roads to stall any pursuers. A helicopter was dispatched to airlift the victims. The soldiers were part of a unit assigned to protect public school teachers, who are frequent targets of attack. Earlier in the week, four teachers were killed by gunmen and 13 schools burned in arson attacks. Human Rights Watch issued a report today, saying it believed those responsible for the attacks are separatists. "Insurgents are terrorizing teachers and schools, which they consider symbols of the Thai state," Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch, said in a statement, quoted in the ''Bangkok Post''. "These attacks are grave crimes and cannot be justified by any cause." In another attack overnight, three local Muslim leaders were killed and a fourth man in an ambush and shooting attack on their car in Mai Kaen district, Pattani.
fr	© KEYSTONE \| A Berne, l’heure est grave quand (de g. à dr.) Eugen Haltiner, le président de la Commission fédérale des banques, Jean-Pierre Roth, le président de la Banque nationale, Pascal Couchepin, président de la Confédération, Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, conseillère fédérale, annoncent le plan de sauvetage d’UBS. ROMAIN CLIVAZ - XAVIER ALONSO / BERNE \| 17.10.2008 \| 00:02 La Suisse n’est plus une île. Alors que nos voisins européens, et nos cousins américains, se pressaient au chevet de leurs banques, la Confédération restait impassible. Du moins, elle voulait le faire croire. Pour preuve… «Le gouvernement ne communiquera que lorsqu’il y aura quelque chose à communiquer», déclarait, mercredi encore, le porte-parole du gouvernement, Oswald Sigg. Moins de 24 heures plus tard, le discours est radicalement différent. Hier, c’est un plan d’urgence qu’Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf et Pascal Couchepin sortaient de leur manche. Devant une salle de presse aussi comble que médusée, la ministre des Finances ad interim et le président de la Confédération détaillaient les mesures prises «pour renforcer le système financier suisse». Jean-Pierre Roth, le président de la Banque nationale suisse (BNS), complétait cette démonstration d’union nationale. Tout semble s’être accéléré ces derniers jours… Dimanche, UBS s’est tournée en désespoir de cause vers la Confédération, faute de trouver sur le marché les six milliards de francs nécessaires à une troisième recapitalisation. A Berne, rien ne laissait présager un tel changement de cap. Car, avant cette journée historique, le gouvernement s’était montré avare en déclarations. Le monde politique et l’opinion publique s’impatientaient. En coulisse, le gouvernement avec le Département des finances (DFF), la Banque nationale et la Commission fédérale des banques (CFB) préparait des scénarios depuis sa réunion extraordinaire du 2 octobre. Les acteurs de ce plan de sauvetage se sont réparti les rôles. Le principal effort sera fourni par la BNS. Elle injectera 54 milliards de dollars US (61 milliards de francs) dans une société de portage nouvellement créée. Objectif: racheter les actifs et titres pourris de la plus grande banque du pays. De l’argent perdu d’avance? «Non, réfute le président de la BNS, Jean-Pierre Roth. Le portefeuille est très diversifié. Nous avons analysé les plus et les moins et nous avons de bons espoirs que cette opération soit positive pour nous aussi. On ne fait pas de cadeaux à UBS, c’est une transaction de marché.» Politiquement, c’est l’apport public de 6 milliards de francs aux fonds propres d’UBS qui provoque le plus de réactions. Pour l’instant, le Conseil fédéral a obtenu le soutien unanime des six membres la Délégation des finances des Chambres fédérales, compétente pour accorder des crédits urgents. Pour les convaincre, il a invoqué pas moins que la «sauvegarde des intérêts du pays». Le même argument que lors de l’affaire Swissair, dont le souvenir hante tous les esprits. Pascal Couchepin a pourtant jugé la comparaison «inadéquate. La compagnie aérienne souffrait d’un surendettement, contrairement à UBS qu’il s’agit de consolider.» Pas sûr que le parlement suive sans rien dire. Le Parti socialiste, très actif sur ce dossier ces dernières semaines, est passé à l’offensive. Pas d’argent public sans contrepartie, sous forme de siège au conseil d’administration ou de règles strictes sur les salaires excessifs, a-t-il vitupéré. Le PS qui demande, avec les Verts, la tenue d’une session parlementaire spéciale consacrée à la crise financière dès la semaine prochaine. La majorité bourgeoise au Parlement soutient, elle, le gouvernement, au risque de faire une entorse à ses principes libéraux. L’UDC juge les mesures incontournables. Pour le PDC, elles permettront de rétablir la confiance dans le système financier suisse. Contre toute attente, le PRD exige de l’ancienne direction d’UBS la restitution des bonus touchés ces dernières années. «Consterné par les erreurs de gestion d’UBS», il espère que les contribuables ne seront pas les dindons de la farce. Et M. Tout-le-monde? Un credo qu’entonne aussi Pascal Couchepin: «Ce plan est une excellente solution, car les Suisses sont assurés de pouvoir continuer à épargner et d’avoir un bon rendement. Ils peuvent demander des prêts et ont des chances de les obtenir. Et le contribuable ne fait pas une mauvaise affaire puisque le prêt à UBS est à 12,5% d’intérêts.» Quant aux cantons, qui touchent deux tiers des bénéfices de la BNS, ils ne devraient pas perdre des plumes, selon Eveline Widmer Schlumpf. Cette bouée de sauvetage lancée par l’Etat au secteur financier constitue-t-elle une revanche du politique sur l’économique? «Non. Animés de sentiments chrétiens, nous pardonnons les offenses et nous souhaitons le bien du coupable», ironisait Pascal Couchepin à l’heure de commenter la «générosité fédérale». La garantie de l’épargne sera relevée, plus tard UBS passe-t-elle avant les titulaires de comptes bancaires? Pour Pascal Couchepin, il n’y a pas deux poids deux mesures. «La sécurité du système bancaire ne s’oppose pas à celle des épargnants.» Reste que si le gouvernement est intervenu immédiatement pour aider la place financière, la garantie de l’épargne attendra, elle, la session d’hiver et un vote du parlement. Néanmoins, le Conseil fédéral admet vouloir relever cette protection, qui n’est actuellement que de 30 000 francs. Aucun montant précis n’a pour l’heure été articulé. Les décisions prises la semaine dernière par l’Union européenne serviront de «valeurs indicatives»: soit 100 000 euros. L’Allemagne et le Danemark, eux, ont promis une garantie sans limite. Dans un deuxième temps, le Conseil fédéral veut réformer le système. Le Département fédéral des finances a jusqu’à fin mars 2009 pour présenter son projet. La couverture actuelle de 30 000 francs par individu ne dépend pas de l’Etat mais des banques suisses, qui garantissent la mise à disposition d’un montant maximum de 4 milliards. Statuts et informations sur le site: www.einlagensicherung.ch. Gauche et PDC avaient déjà fait campagne cet automne pour un relèvement à 100 000 francs de la garantie de l’épargne. X.A. L’heure des mesures de contrainte L'édito de Thierry Meyer, rédacteur en chef Malgré tous les discours, puis le silence officiel, le Conseil fédéral et son bras argenté, la Banque nationale suisse, ont dû y aller à leur tour de leur grand plan de sauvetage pour éviter que la première banque du pays ne sombre dans le maelström de la crise financière. C’est donc contraintes et forcées que les autorités politiques et monétaires du pays se sont rangées au principe de réalité, et que la Suisse, derechef, a abandonné son statut autoproclamé d’île tranquille au milieu de la tempête. En définitive, tous les gouvernements des pays industrialisés ont présenté leur plan. Les formes varient, la manière de communiquer aussi. Le Conseil fédéral a-t-il fait le bon choix? Rassurer d’abord, agir ensuite: faut-il aujourd’hui souffler, ou s’inquiéter? L’exode massif de la clientèle d’UBS – en quinze jours, la seule Banque Cantonale Vaudoise a engrangé 300 millions de francs et près de 2500 nouveaux clients! – va-t-il s’interrompre, ou reprendre de plus belle? Le mélange de prise de participation de l’Etat, d’emprunt obligataire et de «société poubelle» est-il le meilleur remède? Bien malin qui peut répondre avec certitude à ces questions. Les experts qui, dans les coulisses du gouvernement, ont concocté ce plan, savent ce qu’ils font. Mais pour que la confiance revienne enfin, l’heure est aussi à la contrainte pour les récipiendaires de ce sauvetage. Sans sombrer dans l’excès de régulation, les exigences de contrôle sur les processus de gestion des risques, de provisions et de fonds propres, sur la politique de rémunération des dirigeants, et leur responsabilité juridique, doivent être à la hauteur de l’engagement consenti hier. Un geste exceptionnel, qui ne saurait tenir lieu de règle politique.	fr	Après plusieurs semaines de mutisme devant la crise économique, le gouvernement suisse a informé la presse jeudi de l'adoption d'un train de mesures visant en particulier à assurer la de la principale banque du pays, l'UBS. Jusqu'à mercredi inclus, la position du gouvernement était restée identique, comme résumée par Oswald Sigg porte-parole du gouvernement : « Le gouvernement ne communiquera que lorsqu’il y aura quelque chose à communiquer ». Jeudi matin, c'est chose faite : devant une salle de presse comble, le président de la Confédération Pascal Couchepin, la ministre des Finances par intérim Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf (qui remplace son collègue Hans-Rudolf Merz hospitalisé), le patron d'UBS Peter Kurer ont dévoilé un plan d'urgence décrit précédemment dans un communiqué du Département fédéral des finances ainsi : . Concrètement, le plan décrit la création d'une société, entièrement contrôlée par la Banque nationale suisse, dans laquelle les actifs illiquides de l'UBS pourront être transférés pour un montant maximal de 60 milliards de dollars ; cette société est financée par UBS pour 6 milliards de dollars et par un prêt octroyé par la BNS de 54 milliards de dollars au maximum, selon le communiqué publié par la banque centrale. Ce transfert va permettre de sortir les du bilan de la banque et de les conserver dans une structure séparée en attendant de pouvoir les réaliser lorsque la crise sera passée. En plus de ce transfert d'actif, la Confédération souscrit à un emprunt à conversion obligatoire d'un montant de 6 milliards de francs afin d'augmenter les fonds propres de la banque. En plus de ces mesures immédiates, une augmentation de la garantie des dépôts, qui n'est actuellement que de francs, devrait être prise selon le gouvernement au cours de l'hiver. Cette augmentation devrait être suivie par une du système de garantie d'ici mars 2009. De son côté, le Credit Suisse, seconde banque du pays, moins touchée par la crise que son concurrent, va augmenter sa base de fonds propres d'environ 10 milliards de francs sur la demande de la Commission fédérale des banques selon un communiqué de presse publié par l'établissement. Alors que le plan doit encore être approuvé à la fois par le Parlement et par les actionnaires de l'UBS, le président de la banque, Peter Kurer, a d'ores et déjà remercié tout en précisant : .
fr	Une forte délégation fédérale est venue présenter le plan helvétique. [Reuters] Crise: la Suisse adopte un train de mesures Les autorités suisses, après avoir longtemps tergiversé, ont lancé jeudi un plan de "stabilisation financière" dont UBS, première banque du pays, est la principale bénéficiaire avec une aide de plus de 60 milliards de dollars. La Suisse ne fait donc plus exception face à la crise financière mondiale. Après avoir répété à l'envi que leurs principales banques étaient suffisamment recapitalisées et maintenu un silence radio sur leurs intentions, les autorités ont réagi. Emboitant le pas au plan européen de sauvetage, elles ont volé à la rescousse de leur système bancaire. La Bourse suisse n'a toutefois pas réagi favorablement. "Le Conseil Fédéral, la Banque nationale suisse (BNS) et la Commission fédérale des Banques (CFB) ont décidé de mettre en oeuvre un ensemble de mesures en vue de stabiliser encore davantage le système financier suisse", a annoncé le Département fédéral des finances. A la rescousse de l'UBS Les mesures principales concernent UBS, une des banques les plus touchée au monde par son exposition aux crédits hypothécaires à risque américains, qui l'ont déjà obligé à procéder à plus de 42 milliards de dollars de dépréciations d'actifs. Le gouvernement s'est engagé à financer une augmentation de capital de 6 milliards de francs. De son côté, la BNS va ouvrir un fonds où seront transférés des "actifs illiquides" (devenus difficilement vendables donc réalisables en monnaie réelle) de la banque pour un montant pouvant aller jusqu'à 60 milliards de dollars. L'idée est de mettre les "titres pourris" au frais en attendant que la tourmente financière mondiale se calme, a expliqué un analyste de la banque Pictet, Bernard Lambert. Pas gratuit Le paquet de 60 mrds d'actifs illiquides repris par la BNS dans le cadre du soutien à l'UBS "n'est pas qu'une somme de risques", selon Jean-Pierre Roth. "A la différence de l'UBS, la BNS a du temps" pour remplacer ces titres à de bonnes conditions, a expliqué le président de l'institution. Si des bénéfices en étaient tirés, "le premier milliard reviendra de droit à la BNS". Au-delà, la banque centrale et l'UBS se répartiront les gains à parts égales (50-50). Credit Suisse a de son côté refusé la proposition d'aide de la BNS et a préféré jeudi recourir à 10 milliards de francs suisses d'argent frais auprès d'un fond qatari. Epargnants pas oubliés Le plan de la Confédération prévoit également une augmentation de la garantie des dépôts (aujourd'hui de 30'000 francs) au cours de l'hiver puis une "révision en profondeur" de ce système de garantie pour lequel un projet devra être proposé d'ici mars 2009. Le Conseil fédéral se veut rassurant quant aux conséquences du plan pour le peuple. Il ne "devrait pas y avoir de répercussions négatives pour les contribuables", note Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, en réponse aux inquiétudes formulées. Et d'insister sur le fait que ce dispositif profitera à tout le monde, y compris aux particuliers et aux PME. "Nous voulons éviter une récession économique", a ajouté la conseillère fédérale. Pascal Couchepin a rappelé que le message était constant: observer, réfléchir puis intervenir lorsque c'est souhaitable pour consolider le système financier suisse. Le gouvernement suit avec intensité l'évolution du marché depuis deux semaines. Sur le plateau du 19:30 de la TSR, le ministre valaisan s'est dit "fier de l'action menée par le Conseil fédéral avec ses partenaires". Conseil fédéral et Banque nationale affichent leur convergence. [Keystone] La situation en Suisse reste plus stable qu'ailleurs Les autorités suisses, qui ont répété à l'envi que leurs banques étaient suffisamment bien capitalisées, se sont retrouvées au pied du mur avec l'aggravation de la débâcle financière mondiale, alors que la Bourse suisse a perdu près de 32% depuis le début de l'année. Leur intervention suit finalement de quelques jours un gigantesque plan européen de sauvetage du secteur financier. "Elle s'inscrit dans le même mouvement et il est regrettable que les autorités suisses n'aient pas suivi le mouvement le week-end dernier", a jugé Bernard Lambert. Mais la situation en Suisse diffère des autres places mondiales, avec un marché interbancaire qui n'a jamais été paralysé. "N'exagérons pas cette intervention, souligne pour sa part Janwillem Ackett de chez Julius Baer, la situation en Suisse et beaucoup plus stable qu'ailleurs". Même, selon lui, le secteur bancaire pourrait en ressortir grandi. agences/jeh/ant/boi ARCHIVES Plan concerté pour stabiliser le système financier suisse - 16 octobre, Journal du matin [01:42 min.] Plan fédéral pour le système financier, itw du socialiste Alain Berset - 16 octobre, Journal du matin [03:40 min.] Boom des infos économiques sur Internet - 15 octobre 2008, Journal de 12:30 [01:24 min.] Crise financière : la Suisse profiteuse ? - 14 octobre 2008, Forum [07:11 min.] Crise financière: quelles pourraient être les conséquences en Suisse? - 15 octobre 2008, 19:30 Le Journal [01:52 min.] Suisse: les Partis politiques donnent leur avis sur la crise financière mondiale - 12 octobre 2008, 19:30 Le Journal [02:05 min.]	fr	Après plusieurs semaines de mutisme devant la crise économique, le gouvernement suisse a informé la presse jeudi de l'adoption d'un train de mesures visant en particulier à assurer la de la principale banque du pays, l'UBS. Jusqu'à mercredi inclus, la position du gouvernement était restée identique, comme résumée par Oswald Sigg porte-parole du gouvernement : « Le gouvernement ne communiquera que lorsqu’il y aura quelque chose à communiquer ». Jeudi matin, c'est chose faite : devant une salle de presse comble, le président de la Confédération Pascal Couchepin, la ministre des Finances par intérim Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf (qui remplace son collègue Hans-Rudolf Merz hospitalisé), le patron d'UBS Peter Kurer ont dévoilé un plan d'urgence décrit précédemment dans un communiqué du Département fédéral des finances ainsi : . Concrètement, le plan décrit la création d'une société, entièrement contrôlée par la Banque nationale suisse, dans laquelle les actifs illiquides de l'UBS pourront être transférés pour un montant maximal de 60 milliards de dollars ; cette société est financée par UBS pour 6 milliards de dollars et par un prêt octroyé par la BNS de 54 milliards de dollars au maximum, selon le communiqué publié par la banque centrale. Ce transfert va permettre de sortir les du bilan de la banque et de les conserver dans une structure séparée en attendant de pouvoir les réaliser lorsque la crise sera passée. En plus de ce transfert d'actif, la Confédération souscrit à un emprunt à conversion obligatoire d'un montant de 6 milliards de francs afin d'augmenter les fonds propres de la banque. En plus de ces mesures immédiates, une augmentation de la garantie des dépôts, qui n'est actuellement que de francs, devrait être prise selon le gouvernement au cours de l'hiver. Cette augmentation devrait être suivie par une du système de garantie d'ici mars 2009. De son côté, le Credit Suisse, seconde banque du pays, moins touchée par la crise que son concurrent, va augmenter sa base de fonds propres d'environ 10 milliards de francs sur la demande de la Commission fédérale des banques selon un communiqué de presse publié par l'établissement. Alors que le plan doit encore être approuvé à la fois par le Parlement et par les actionnaires de l'UBS, le président de la banque, Peter Kurer, a d'ores et déjà remercié tout en précisant : .
es	México.- La Dirección de Protección Civil de Sinaloa reportó la caída de un meteorito en la zona serrana del Estado. Ismael Checa Landeros, titular de la dependencia, dijo que el reporte se tiene aproximadamente a las 19:20 horas de ayer. La NASA, aseveró, confirmó la caída y cientos de sinaloenses fueron testigos del suceso. El funcionario estatal reveló que cayó en los límites de la presa Eustaquio Buelna, ubicada en Guamúchil. Hasta el momento se desconocen sus dimensiones. La autoridad reportó que no existen daños por la caída del meteorito. Si fuiste testigo de un acontecimiento y quieres denunciar algo o compartir tu punto de vista sobre un tema, entonces envía tu aportación a TÚ REPORTERO y lo publicamos. Sigue a Terra Noticias en tu móvil m.terra.com.mx	es	Un meteorito de considerable tamaño ha caído este jueves cerca de la comunidad de El Palmar de los Leal en Sinaloa, México. La información fue confirmada por la NASA y la Dirección de Protección Civil de Sinaloa, quienes ahora buscan restos del meteorito. La caída se reportó a las 19 horas 20 minutos de hoy; centenares de ciudadanos confirmaron haber visto una ráfaga de fuego cruzando el cielo de Sinaloa. Fue cuestión de minutos para que la NASA confirmara la información. La NASA también alegó que el meteorito se fragmentó en tres partes antes de caer, por lo tanto se descartaron daños mayores. En un principio las autoridades locales pensaron que se trataba de una aeronave accidentada, posteriormente confirmaron que se trataba de un meteorito.
es	Meteorito “aterriza” en Sinaloa 5 de enero, 2012 [15:00] Agencias / Culiacán, Sinaloa Notas Relacionadas: Culiacán, Sinaloa.- Elementos de Protección Civil y de rescate buscan en tres municipios del estado, un meteorito que cayó la tarde de ayer en tierra sinaloense, el cual se fragmentó poco antes de tocar la tierra, informaron fuentes oficiales. Ismael Checa Landeros, director de Protección Civil de Sinaloa, informó que enlaces con la NASA confirmaron que ayer a las 18:50 horas observaron que un cuerpo celeste entró a la atmósfera. Preciso que la Administración Nacional de Aeronáutica y del Espacio (NASA, por sus siglas en inglés) indicó que el cuerpo celeste pudo caer en la parte de la sierra de Sinaloa de Leyva. Anoche, residentes de los municipios de Salvador Alvarado y Mocorito que se percataron de una enorme luz que descendía del cielo y se dividía en tres partes, hasta desaparecer al tocar tierra, llamaron a los cuerpos de policías y noticieros del radio ubicando el hecho en sus zonas.	es	Un meteorito de considerable tamaño ha caído este jueves cerca de la comunidad de El Palmar de los Leal en Sinaloa, México. La información fue confirmada por la NASA y la Dirección de Protección Civil de Sinaloa, quienes ahora buscan restos del meteorito. La caída se reportó a las 19 horas 20 minutos de hoy; centenares de ciudadanos confirmaron haber visto una ráfaga de fuego cruzando el cielo de Sinaloa. Fue cuestión de minutos para que la NASA confirmara la información. La NASA también alegó que el meteorito se fragmentó en tres partes antes de caer, por lo tanto se descartaron daños mayores. En un principio las autoridades locales pensaron que se trataba de una aeronave accidentada, posteriormente confirmaron que se trataba de un meteorito.
en	League Rules In the case of equality at any stage of the Season, positions at that stage of the season shall be determined firstly by the number of wins achieved and then on the basis of match points differential. A Club with a larger number of wins shall be placed higher than a Club with the same number of league points but fewer wins. If Clubs have equal league points and equal number of wins then a Club with a larger difference between match points “for” and match points “against” shall be placed higher in the Premiership League than a Club with a smaller difference between match points “for” and match points “against”. Should two Clubs have the same number of league points and the same match points difference, the Club having scored more match points “for” shall be placed higher in the Premiership League than the Club having the lesser number of match points “for”. If the above does not establish different Premiership League positions then the Club in the higher position shall be the Club that has achieved the higher aggregate match points scored by it in the same season against the other Club. If this still does not establish the position then the Club who has won the most matches, excluding its first Premiership League match of the season, then its second Premiership League match and so on, until it can be established which the higher placed Club is.	fr	Les Northampton Saints se sont imposés à domicile face au Gloucester RFC. Ce match en retard comptait pour la treizième journée du championnat d'Angleterre de rugby à XV. Celle-ci avait été perturbée en début d'année par de fortes chutes de neige. Classement général du Premiership d'Angleterre Class. Club Pts J G N P B pp pc +- 1. 58 18 12 1 5 8 404 244 160 2. 56 17 13 0 4 4 342 236 106 3. 51 17 11 1 5 5 325 251 74 4. 48 17 9 3 5 6 384 250 134 5. 44 18 10 0 8 4 293 301 6. 42 17 8 2 7 6 301 266 35 7. 36 18 7 1 10 6 361 349 12 8. 32 17 6 2 9 4 276 362 9. 32 18 5 4 9 4 245 322 10. 27 17 5 1 11 5 232 361 11. 27 17 5 1 11 5 227 371 12. 25 17 3 4 10 5 244 321 + Source : Wikinews
en	Exoplanet Biosignature Gases A biosignature gas is defined as one that is produced by life and accumulates in an atmosphere to detectable levels. Any kind of ab initio approach to predicting what biosignature gases might be is so challenging that nearly all work done to date basically follows the “We know what Earth life produces, so what might Earth s products look like if transplanted to another, slightly different, Earth-like planet�? (Earth-like refers to a planet with about the same size and mass as Earth, with oceans and continents, a thin N2-CO2-O2 atmosphere, and a radiation environment similar to that of Earth’s. Gases studied in this context include oxygen, the otherwise unexplained simultaneous presence of gases out of thermodynamic equilibrium (specifically methane with oxygen), methyl halides, sulfur compounds, and some other gases. Prof. Seager’s main exoplanet biosignature gas research aims to push the frontiers to consider biosignature gases on planets very different from Earth and also as many molecules as possible so we do not miss our chance to identify gases that might be produced by life. An excellent summary paper still relevant today summarizing Earth’s biosignatures (in which Prof. Seager played only a minor role) The first paper showing biosignature gases, if produced on rocky planets with hydrogen-rich atmospheres, could survive. A theoretical experiment to investigate whether we can liberate predictive atmosphere models from requiring fixed, Earth-like biosignature gas source fluxes. New biosignature gases can be considered with a check that the biomass estimate is physically plausible. We have created a framework for linking biosignature gas detectability to biomass estimates, including atmospheric photochemistry and biological thermodynamics. A novel approach to biosignature gases will start with a long list of potential biosignature gas molecules. To maximize our chances of recognizing biosignature gases, we promote the concept that all stable and potentially volatile molecules should initially be considered as viable biosignature gases. We present a new approach to the subject of biosignature gases by systematically constructing lists of volatile molecules in different categories. An exhaustive list up to six non-H atoms is presented, totaling about 14,000 molecules.	en	In May, a study was published in journal '''', conducted by Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Dr and other researchers, showing - organisms like '''' (''E. coli'') and can thrive in both 100% and atmospheres. ''Wikinews'' discussed the findings with Dr Seager to know more about her research. File photo of Dr Sara Seager. A cluster of E. coli bacteria Life has not been observed in any habitat other than Earth, which has an -rich environment. While Earth's atmosphere is dominated by gas, oxygen is essential for advanced living organisms. Some species of microorganisms do not require oxygen for metabolism, called , such as which rely on carbon-dioxide while releasing . ''E. coli'' optical density measurement in various atmospheres as reported in the study. Researchers used ''Escherichia coli'' strain K-12 and ''Saccharomyces cerevisiæ'' strain S288C for this experiment. The two microorganisms were kept in four different environments: one being 100% air, and the other three being anærobic environments: 100% H2, 100% He, and 80%-20% N2-CO2. The environments were kept in at 28° Celsius. The researchers made sure the anaerobic experiment environments were anoxic, and had installed oxygen sensors to report fluctuation in the oxygen level. They monitored growth of ''E. coli'' using optical density measurement, and they used a for yeast. ''E. coli'' oxygen partial pressure in various environments as reported in the study. The study reported the organisms were reproducing normally in both 100% H2 and 100% He environment. However, the -shaped growth curve was not on par with 100% air. ''E. coli'' and yeast switch from ærobic respiration, which uses oxygen, to anærobic respiration and fermentation. Both processes are less efficient and do not produce as much energy as ærobic respiration. Yeast oxygen partial pressure in various environments. ''E. coli'' in an 80%-20% N2-CO2 environment had slower growth rate as CO2 dissolves and makes the liquid medium acidic. Such reduction in growth rate was not observed for yeast cultures, which can thrive in acidic environments. However, yeast's growth rate in 100% air was far greater than in the other three media. The likely reason for this significant difference was lack of oxygen for non-respiratory purposes, the research reported. Oxygen is essential for synthesis of biochemicals such as heme and sterols, which are important for yeast. In atmospheres lacking oxygen to produce these chemicals, yeast fungi have stunted growth rate. With this discovery, Dr Seager said scientists can now observe even more planets to study for habitable life. "There's a diversity of habitable worlds out there, and we have confirmed that Earth-based life can survive in hydrogen-rich atmospheres. We should definitely add those kinds of planets to the menu of options when thinking of life on other worlds, and actually trying to find it", Professor Seager said. A with expanded hydrogen-rich atmosphere should be easy to detect using the emerging technologies. Hydrogen and helium gas have very low density. Dr Seager said, "It's kind of hard to get your head around, but that light gas just makes the atmosphere more expansive ... And for telescopes, the bigger the atmosphere is compared to the backdrop of a planet's star, the easier it is to detect." The research paper noted rocky planets which have radius below 1.7 times Earth's radius (Earth's radius is roughly 6360 ) can support a hydrogen-rich atmosphere, if water were to react with . The research paper reported ''E. coli'' releases a number of gases when it lives in hydrogen-based atmosphere including , , , , and . These gases can serve as gases which can help astronomers detect and study potential life on exoplanets. Confirming life can thrive in atmospheres that do not have oxygen, Seager said "Astronomers should keep an open mind as to which planets are worth searching for life". With NASA's scheduled to be deployed next year, the paper suggests researchers could observe smaller exoplanets that orbit small red-dwarf stars.
en	Microbes could survive on planets with all-hydrogen atmospheres It may mean more planets could support extraterrestrial life. This is an Inside Science story. Microbes can survive and grow in 100% hydrogen atmospheres, suggesting life could potentially evolve on a much broader range of alien worlds than is often considered, a new study has found. Hydrogen is the most common element in the universe. While astronomers have not yet detected any rocky exoplanets with hydrogen atmospheres, they expect such atmospheres to exist, especially around exoplanets known as super-Earths, which have more mass and therefore stronger gravitational pulls than Earth does. Since hydrogen is the lightest of all gases, hydrogen atmospheres should prove much puffier than Earth's, extending so far from the planet's surface that they should be the easiest rocky exoplanet atmospheres to detect, researchers said. However, astronomers "typically do not think of hydrogen-dominated planet atmospheres as conducive to life," said study lead author Sara Seager, a planetary scientist at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts. There was little previous research on how well life could grow in hydrogen-rich atmospheres, save for microorganisms known to depend on hydrogen gas to survive. Mohamed Ali Elmeshad/Shutterstock In the new study, researchers investigated how well two different kinds of microbes grew in the lab in 100% hydrogen: the bacterium E. coli, which lacks a nucleus, and yeast, which has one. Although neither microorganism normally lives in environments dominated by hydrogen, the scientists found both could reproduce, switching from their preferred oxygen-consuming metabolism to less efficient anaerobic processes. Their growth rates were slower in hydrogen atmospheres, perhaps due to the lack of energy the microbes would normally get from oxygen. E. coli reached numbers roughly half those they would have in regular air, and yeast was hundreds of times less abundant than it would otherwise have been. The researchers noted that although E. coli is a relatively simple microbe, it could generate 45 different gases such as ammonia and nitrous oxide. Such gases might serve as potential signatures of life if detected in exoplanet atmospheres. Next-generation telescopes that are capable of analyzing rocky exoplanet atmospheres are scheduled to come online in the next several years, they added. "Astronomers should keep an open mind as to which planets are worth searching for life," Seager said. The scientists detailed their findings online May 4 in the journal Nature Astronomy. Inside Science is an editorially independent nonprofit print, electronic and video journalism news service owned and operated by the American Institute of Physics.	en	In May, a study was published in journal '''', conducted by Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Dr and other researchers, showing - organisms like '''' (''E. coli'') and can thrive in both 100% and atmospheres. ''Wikinews'' discussed the findings with Dr Seager to know more about her research. File photo of Dr Sara Seager. A cluster of E. coli bacteria Life has not been observed in any habitat other than Earth, which has an -rich environment. While Earth's atmosphere is dominated by gas, oxygen is essential for advanced living organisms. Some species of microorganisms do not require oxygen for metabolism, called , such as which rely on carbon-dioxide while releasing . ''E. coli'' optical density measurement in various atmospheres as reported in the study. Researchers used ''Escherichia coli'' strain K-12 and ''Saccharomyces cerevisiæ'' strain S288C for this experiment. The two microorganisms were kept in four different environments: one being 100% air, and the other three being anærobic environments: 100% H2, 100% He, and 80%-20% N2-CO2. The environments were kept in at 28° Celsius. The researchers made sure the anaerobic experiment environments were anoxic, and had installed oxygen sensors to report fluctuation in the oxygen level. They monitored growth of ''E. coli'' using optical density measurement, and they used a for yeast. ''E. coli'' oxygen partial pressure in various environments as reported in the study. The study reported the organisms were reproducing normally in both 100% H2 and 100% He environment. However, the -shaped growth curve was not on par with 100% air. ''E. coli'' and yeast switch from ærobic respiration, which uses oxygen, to anærobic respiration and fermentation. Both processes are less efficient and do not produce as much energy as ærobic respiration. Yeast oxygen partial pressure in various environments. ''E. coli'' in an 80%-20% N2-CO2 environment had slower growth rate as CO2 dissolves and makes the liquid medium acidic. Such reduction in growth rate was not observed for yeast cultures, which can thrive in acidic environments. However, yeast's growth rate in 100% air was far greater than in the other three media. The likely reason for this significant difference was lack of oxygen for non-respiratory purposes, the research reported. Oxygen is essential for synthesis of biochemicals such as heme and sterols, which are important for yeast. In atmospheres lacking oxygen to produce these chemicals, yeast fungi have stunted growth rate. With this discovery, Dr Seager said scientists can now observe even more planets to study for habitable life. "There's a diversity of habitable worlds out there, and we have confirmed that Earth-based life can survive in hydrogen-rich atmospheres. We should definitely add those kinds of planets to the menu of options when thinking of life on other worlds, and actually trying to find it", Professor Seager said. A with expanded hydrogen-rich atmosphere should be easy to detect using the emerging technologies. Hydrogen and helium gas have very low density. Dr Seager said, "It's kind of hard to get your head around, but that light gas just makes the atmosphere more expansive ... And for telescopes, the bigger the atmosphere is compared to the backdrop of a planet's star, the easier it is to detect." The research paper noted rocky planets which have radius below 1.7 times Earth's radius (Earth's radius is roughly 6360 ) can support a hydrogen-rich atmosphere, if water were to react with . The research paper reported ''E. coli'' releases a number of gases when it lives in hydrogen-based atmosphere including , , , , and . These gases can serve as gases which can help astronomers detect and study potential life on exoplanets. Confirming life can thrive in atmospheres that do not have oxygen, Seager said "Astronomers should keep an open mind as to which planets are worth searching for life". With NASA's scheduled to be deployed next year, the paper suggests researchers could observe smaller exoplanets that orbit small red-dwarf stars.
en	Research Press Release Planetary science: Life under a hydrogen atmosphere Nature Astronomy Microorganisms can survive and grow in a 100% hydrogen atmosphere, according to a paper published in Nature Astronomy this week. The findings suggest life could potentially thrive in a much broader variety of exoplanetary environments than is usually considered. Rocky exoplanets more massive than Earth, can retain a significant amount of hydrogen in their atmosphere. Such hydrogen-rich atmospheres are likely to be more extended than Earth-like ones, making the exoplanet atmospheres easier to detect. High abundances of hydrogen are not usually considered conducive to life, but research on the viability of life in these environments is lacking. Sara Seager and colleagues conducted laboratory-based growth experiments on Escherichia coli and yeast, which are representative of prokaryote and eukaryote microorganisms, respectively. The authors exposed cultures of E. coli and yeast to a 100% hydrogen atmosphere. They found that both organisms could reproduce normally, albeit at lower rates than in air. E. coli reproduced around two times slower, while yeast was around 2.5 times slower, which was due to the lack of oxygen, the authors argue. Microorganisms like E. coli produce a great variety of gases, including potential biosignature gases, which could build up in sizeable abundances and eventually become detectable. doi:10.1038/s41550-020-1069-4 Return to research highlights	en	In May, a study was published in journal '''', conducted by Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Dr and other researchers, showing - organisms like '''' (''E. coli'') and can thrive in both 100% and atmospheres. ''Wikinews'' discussed the findings with Dr Seager to know more about her research. File photo of Dr Sara Seager. A cluster of E. coli bacteria Life has not been observed in any habitat other than Earth, which has an -rich environment. While Earth's atmosphere is dominated by gas, oxygen is essential for advanced living organisms. Some species of microorganisms do not require oxygen for metabolism, called , such as which rely on carbon-dioxide while releasing . ''E. coli'' optical density measurement in various atmospheres as reported in the study. Researchers used ''Escherichia coli'' strain K-12 and ''Saccharomyces cerevisiæ'' strain S288C for this experiment. The two microorganisms were kept in four different environments: one being 100% air, and the other three being anærobic environments: 100% H2, 100% He, and 80%-20% N2-CO2. The environments were kept in at 28° Celsius. The researchers made sure the anaerobic experiment environments were anoxic, and had installed oxygen sensors to report fluctuation in the oxygen level. They monitored growth of ''E. coli'' using optical density measurement, and they used a for yeast. ''E. coli'' oxygen partial pressure in various environments as reported in the study. The study reported the organisms were reproducing normally in both 100% H2 and 100% He environment. However, the -shaped growth curve was not on par with 100% air. ''E. coli'' and yeast switch from ærobic respiration, which uses oxygen, to anærobic respiration and fermentation. Both processes are less efficient and do not produce as much energy as ærobic respiration. Yeast oxygen partial pressure in various environments. ''E. coli'' in an 80%-20% N2-CO2 environment had slower growth rate as CO2 dissolves and makes the liquid medium acidic. Such reduction in growth rate was not observed for yeast cultures, which can thrive in acidic environments. However, yeast's growth rate in 100% air was far greater than in the other three media. The likely reason for this significant difference was lack of oxygen for non-respiratory purposes, the research reported. Oxygen is essential for synthesis of biochemicals such as heme and sterols, which are important for yeast. In atmospheres lacking oxygen to produce these chemicals, yeast fungi have stunted growth rate. With this discovery, Dr Seager said scientists can now observe even more planets to study for habitable life. "There's a diversity of habitable worlds out there, and we have confirmed that Earth-based life can survive in hydrogen-rich atmospheres. We should definitely add those kinds of planets to the menu of options when thinking of life on other worlds, and actually trying to find it", Professor Seager said. A with expanded hydrogen-rich atmosphere should be easy to detect using the emerging technologies. Hydrogen and helium gas have very low density. Dr Seager said, "It's kind of hard to get your head around, but that light gas just makes the atmosphere more expansive ... And for telescopes, the bigger the atmosphere is compared to the backdrop of a planet's star, the easier it is to detect." The research paper noted rocky planets which have radius below 1.7 times Earth's radius (Earth's radius is roughly 6360 ) can support a hydrogen-rich atmosphere, if water were to react with . The research paper reported ''E. coli'' releases a number of gases when it lives in hydrogen-based atmosphere including , , , , and . These gases can serve as gases which can help astronomers detect and study potential life on exoplanets. Confirming life can thrive in atmospheres that do not have oxygen, Seager said "Astronomers should keep an open mind as to which planets are worth searching for life". With NASA's scheduled to be deployed next year, the paper suggests researchers could observe smaller exoplanets that orbit small red-dwarf stars.
en	As new and more powerful telescopes blink on in the next few years, astronomers will be able to aim the megascopes at nearby exoplanets, peering into their atmospheres to decipher their composition and to seek signs of extraterrestrial life. But imagine if, in our search, we did encounter alien organisms but failed to recognize them as actual life. That’s a prospect that astronomers like Sara Seager hope to avoid. Seager, the Class of 1941 Professor of Planetary Science, Physics, and Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT, is looking beyond a “terra-centric” view of life and casting a wider net for what kinds of environments beyond our own might actually be habitable. In a paper published today in the journal Nature Astronomy, she and her colleagues have observed in laboratory studies that microbes can survive and thrive in atmospheres that are dominated by hydrogen — an environment that is vastly different from Earth’s nitrogen- and oxygen-rich atmosphere. Hydrogen is a much lighter gas than either nitrogen or oxygen, and an atmosphere rich with hydrogen would extend much farther out from a rocky planet. It could therefore be more easily spotted and studied by powerful telescopes, compared to planets with more compact, Earth-like atmospheres. Seager’s results show that simple forms of life might inhabit planets with hydrogen-rich atmospheres, suggesting that once next-generation telescopes such as NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope begin operation, astronomers might want to search first for hydrogen-dominated exoplanets for signs of life. “There’s a diversity of habitable worlds out there, and we have confirmed that Earth-based life can survive in hydrogen-rich atmospheres,” Seager says. “We should definitely add those kinds of planets to the menu of options when thinking of life on other worlds, and actually trying to find it.” Seager’s MIT co-authors on the paper are Jingcheng Huang, Janusz Petkowski, and Mihkel Pajusalu. Evolving atmosphere In the early Earth, billions of years ago, the atmosphere looked quite different from the air we breathe today. The infant planet had yet to host oxygen, and was composed of a soup of gases, including carbon dioxide, methane, and a very small fraction of hydrogen. Hydrogen gas lingered in the atmosphere for possibly billions of years, until what’s known as the Great Oxidation Event, and the gradual accumulation of oxygen. The small amount of hydrogen that remains today is consumed by certain ancient lines of microorganisms, including methanogens — organisms that live in extreme climates such as deep below ice, or within desert soil, and gobble up hydrogen, along with carbon dioxide, to produce methane. Scientists routinely study the activity of methanogens grown in lab conditions with 80 percent hydrogen. But there are very few studies that explore other microbes’ tolerance to hydrogen-rich environments. “We wanted to demonstrate that life survives and can grow in an hydrogen atmosphere,” Seager says. A hydrogen headspace The team took to the lab to study the viability of two types of microbes in an environment of 100 percent hydrogen. The organisms they chose were the bacteria Escherichia coli, a simple prokaryote, and yeast, a more complex eukaryote, that had not been studied in hydrogen-dominated environments. Both microbes are standard model organisms that scientists have long studied and characterized, which helped the researchers design their experiment and understand their results. What’s more, E.coli and yeast can survive with and without oxygen — a benefit for the researchers, as they could prepare their experiments with either organism in open air before transferring them to a hydrogen-rich environment. In their experiments, they separately grew cultures of yeast and E. coli, then injected the cultures with the microbes into separate bottles, filled with a “broth,” or nutrient-rich culture that the microbes could feed off. They then flushed out the oxygen-rich air in the bottles and filled the remaining “headspace” with a certain gas of interest, such as a gas of 100 percent hydrogen. They then placed the bottles in an incubator, where they were gently and continuously shaken to promote mixing between the microbes and nutrients. Every hour, a team member collected samples from each bottle and counted the live microbes. They continued to sample for up to 80 hours. Their results represented a classic growth curve: At the beginning of the trial, the microbes grew quickly in number, feeding off the nutrients and populating the culture. Eventually, the number of microbes leveled off. The population, still thriving, was stable, as new microbes continued to grow, replacing those that died off. Seager acknowledges that biologists do not find the results surprising. After all, hydrogen is an inert gas, and as such is not inherently toxic to organisms. “It’s not like we filled the headspace with a poison,” Seager says. “But seeing is believing, right? If no one’s ever studied them, especially eukaryotes, in a hydrogen-dominated environment, you would want to do the experiment to believe it.” She also makes clear that the experiment was not designed to show whether microbes can depend on hydrogen as an energy source. Rather, the point was more to demonstrate that a 100 percent hydrogen atmosphere would not harm or kill certain forms of life. “I don’t think it occurred to astronomers that there could be life in a hydrogen environment,” says Seager, who hopes the study will encourage cross-talk between astronomers and biologists, particularly as the search for habitable planets, and extraterrestrial life, ramps up. A hydrogen world Astronomers are not quite able to study the atmospheres of small, rocky exoplanets with the tools available today. The few, nearby rocky planets they have examined either lack an atmosphere or may simply be too small to detect with currently available telescopes. And while scientists have hypothesized that planets should harbor hydrogen-rich atmospheres, no working telescope has the resolution to spot them. But if next-generation observatories do pick out such hydrogen-dominated terrestrial worlds, Seager’s results show that there is a chance that life could thrive within. As for what a rocky, hydrogen-rich planet would look like, she conjures up a comparison with Earth’s highest peak, Mt. Everest. Hikers attempting to hike to the summit run out of air, due to the fact that the density of all atmospheres drop off exponentially with height, and based on the dropping off distance for our nitrogen- and oxygen-dominated atmosphere. If a hiker were climbing Everest in an atmosphere dominated by hydrogen — a gas 14 times lighter than nitrogen — she would be able to climb 14 times higher before running out of air. “It’s kind of hard to get your head around, but that light gas just makes the atmosphere more expansive,” Seager explains. “And for telescopes, the bigger the atmosphere is compared to the backdrop of a planet’s star, the easier it is to detect.” If scientists ever get the chance to sample such a hydrogen-rich planet, Seager imagines they might discover a surface that is different, but not unrecognizable from our own. “We’re imagining if you drill down into the surface, it probably would have hydrogen-rich minerals rather than what we call oxidized ones, and also oceans, as we think all life needs liquid of some kind, and you could probably still see a blue sky,” Seager says. “We haven’t thought about the entire ecosystem. But it doesn’t necessarily have to be a different world.” Seed funding was provided the Templeton Foundation, and the research was, in part, funded by the MIT Professor Amar G. Bose Research Grant Program.	en	In May, a study was published in journal '''', conducted by Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Dr and other researchers, showing - organisms like '''' (''E. coli'') and can thrive in both 100% and atmospheres. ''Wikinews'' discussed the findings with Dr Seager to know more about her research. File photo of Dr Sara Seager. A cluster of E. coli bacteria Life has not been observed in any habitat other than Earth, which has an -rich environment. While Earth's atmosphere is dominated by gas, oxygen is essential for advanced living organisms. Some species of microorganisms do not require oxygen for metabolism, called , such as which rely on carbon-dioxide while releasing . ''E. coli'' optical density measurement in various atmospheres as reported in the study. Researchers used ''Escherichia coli'' strain K-12 and ''Saccharomyces cerevisiæ'' strain S288C for this experiment. The two microorganisms were kept in four different environments: one being 100% air, and the other three being anærobic environments: 100% H2, 100% He, and 80%-20% N2-CO2. The environments were kept in at 28° Celsius. The researchers made sure the anaerobic experiment environments were anoxic, and had installed oxygen sensors to report fluctuation in the oxygen level. They monitored growth of ''E. coli'' using optical density measurement, and they used a for yeast. ''E. coli'' oxygen partial pressure in various environments as reported in the study. The study reported the organisms were reproducing normally in both 100% H2 and 100% He environment. However, the -shaped growth curve was not on par with 100% air. ''E. coli'' and yeast switch from ærobic respiration, which uses oxygen, to anærobic respiration and fermentation. Both processes are less efficient and do not produce as much energy as ærobic respiration. Yeast oxygen partial pressure in various environments. ''E. coli'' in an 80%-20% N2-CO2 environment had slower growth rate as CO2 dissolves and makes the liquid medium acidic. Such reduction in growth rate was not observed for yeast cultures, which can thrive in acidic environments. However, yeast's growth rate in 100% air was far greater than in the other three media. The likely reason for this significant difference was lack of oxygen for non-respiratory purposes, the research reported. Oxygen is essential for synthesis of biochemicals such as heme and sterols, which are important for yeast. In atmospheres lacking oxygen to produce these chemicals, yeast fungi have stunted growth rate. With this discovery, Dr Seager said scientists can now observe even more planets to study for habitable life. "There's a diversity of habitable worlds out there, and we have confirmed that Earth-based life can survive in hydrogen-rich atmospheres. We should definitely add those kinds of planets to the menu of options when thinking of life on other worlds, and actually trying to find it", Professor Seager said. A with expanded hydrogen-rich atmosphere should be easy to detect using the emerging technologies. Hydrogen and helium gas have very low density. Dr Seager said, "It's kind of hard to get your head around, but that light gas just makes the atmosphere more expansive ... And for telescopes, the bigger the atmosphere is compared to the backdrop of a planet's star, the easier it is to detect." The research paper noted rocky planets which have radius below 1.7 times Earth's radius (Earth's radius is roughly 6360 ) can support a hydrogen-rich atmosphere, if water were to react with . The research paper reported ''E. coli'' releases a number of gases when it lives in hydrogen-based atmosphere including , , , , and . These gases can serve as gases which can help astronomers detect and study potential life on exoplanets. Confirming life can thrive in atmospheres that do not have oxygen, Seager said "Astronomers should keep an open mind as to which planets are worth searching for life". With NASA's scheduled to be deployed next year, the paper suggests researchers could observe smaller exoplanets that orbit small red-dwarf stars.
en	Theory and observation for the search for life on exoplanets via atmospheric ‘biosignature gases’ is accelerating, motivated by the capabilities of the next generation of space- and ground-based telescopes. The most observationally accessible rocky planet atmospheres are those dominated by molecular hydrogen gas, because the low density of H 2 gas leads to an expansive atmosphere. The capability of life to withstand such exotic environments, however, has not been tested in this context. We demonstrate that single-celled microorganisms (Escherichia coli and yeast) that normally do not inhabit H 2 -dominated environments can survive and grow in a 100% H 2 atmosphere. We also describe the astonishing diversity of dozens of different gases produced by E. coli, including many already proposed as potential biosignature gases (for example, nitrous oxide, ammonia, methanethiol, dimethylsulfide, carbonyl sulfide and isoprene). This work demonstrates the utility of laboratory experiments to better identify which kinds of alien environments can host some form of possibly detectable life.	en	In May, a study was published in journal '''', conducted by Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Dr and other researchers, showing - organisms like '''' (''E. coli'') and can thrive in both 100% and atmospheres. ''Wikinews'' discussed the findings with Dr Seager to know more about her research. File photo of Dr Sara Seager. A cluster of E. coli bacteria Life has not been observed in any habitat other than Earth, which has an -rich environment. While Earth's atmosphere is dominated by gas, oxygen is essential for advanced living organisms. Some species of microorganisms do not require oxygen for metabolism, called , such as which rely on carbon-dioxide while releasing . ''E. coli'' optical density measurement in various atmospheres as reported in the study. Researchers used ''Escherichia coli'' strain K-12 and ''Saccharomyces cerevisiæ'' strain S288C for this experiment. The two microorganisms were kept in four different environments: one being 100% air, and the other three being anærobic environments: 100% H2, 100% He, and 80%-20% N2-CO2. The environments were kept in at 28° Celsius. The researchers made sure the anaerobic experiment environments were anoxic, and had installed oxygen sensors to report fluctuation in the oxygen level. They monitored growth of ''E. coli'' using optical density measurement, and they used a for yeast. ''E. coli'' oxygen partial pressure in various environments as reported in the study. The study reported the organisms were reproducing normally in both 100% H2 and 100% He environment. However, the -shaped growth curve was not on par with 100% air. ''E. coli'' and yeast switch from ærobic respiration, which uses oxygen, to anærobic respiration and fermentation. Both processes are less efficient and do not produce as much energy as ærobic respiration. Yeast oxygen partial pressure in various environments. ''E. coli'' in an 80%-20% N2-CO2 environment had slower growth rate as CO2 dissolves and makes the liquid medium acidic. Such reduction in growth rate was not observed for yeast cultures, which can thrive in acidic environments. However, yeast's growth rate in 100% air was far greater than in the other three media. The likely reason for this significant difference was lack of oxygen for non-respiratory purposes, the research reported. Oxygen is essential for synthesis of biochemicals such as heme and sterols, which are important for yeast. In atmospheres lacking oxygen to produce these chemicals, yeast fungi have stunted growth rate. With this discovery, Dr Seager said scientists can now observe even more planets to study for habitable life. "There's a diversity of habitable worlds out there, and we have confirmed that Earth-based life can survive in hydrogen-rich atmospheres. We should definitely add those kinds of planets to the menu of options when thinking of life on other worlds, and actually trying to find it", Professor Seager said. A with expanded hydrogen-rich atmosphere should be easy to detect using the emerging technologies. Hydrogen and helium gas have very low density. Dr Seager said, "It's kind of hard to get your head around, but that light gas just makes the atmosphere more expansive ... And for telescopes, the bigger the atmosphere is compared to the backdrop of a planet's star, the easier it is to detect." The research paper noted rocky planets which have radius below 1.7 times Earth's radius (Earth's radius is roughly 6360 ) can support a hydrogen-rich atmosphere, if water were to react with . The research paper reported ''E. coli'' releases a number of gases when it lives in hydrogen-based atmosphere including , , , , and . These gases can serve as gases which can help astronomers detect and study potential life on exoplanets. Confirming life can thrive in atmospheres that do not have oxygen, Seager said "Astronomers should keep an open mind as to which planets are worth searching for life". With NASA's scheduled to be deployed next year, the paper suggests researchers could observe smaller exoplanets that orbit small red-dwarf stars.
en	Years ago I came across this quote ...nothing would be more tragic in the American exploration of space than to encounter alien life and fail to recognize it...". Now one of my guiding research principles, this quote reminds me to resist “terracentricity”—the notion that habitable exoplanet environments must be closely related to Earth’s. We were motivated to study life in molecular hydrogen-dominated environments simply because H 2 -dominated planet atmospheres are larger in extent and will therefore be easier to observationally study than their heavier atmosphere (i.e. N 2 - or CO 2 -dominated) counterparts. Atmosphere densities fall exponentially with increasing vertical altitude. The e-folding distance is the pressure scale height, which depends on surface gravity, temperature, and atmosphere mean molecular mass. The lightness of H 2 , therefore, increases the atmospheric scale height, i.e., makes atmospheres “puffy”. A caveat is we don’t yet know if rocky planets with hydrogen atmospheres exist, we can only say that theory supports them in some scenarios. We also haven't yet discovered a rocky planet that fits the bill—a planet more massive and receiving less stellar energy than Earth, yet not obviously swamped by an H 2 or H 2 -He gas envelope—partly because observational selection effects disfavor small, cold planets. With two biologists and a chemistry grad student on my team, we borrowed some lab space and set up a custom "bioreactor" to study a simple (prokaryote) microbe E. coli, and a more complex (eukaryote) microbe, yeast, in different atmosphere environments. We used pure hydrogen as a proxy for a hydrogen-dominated atmospheres. We also used pure helium for comparison. Air and a 20% CO 2 and 80% N 2 mixture rounded out the controls. Experimental set up . Bottles are inside the incubator shaker, with our custom oxygen sensors and the monitoring camera shown. We found that the microbes we studied could survive and grow in a pure hydrogen-dominated atmosphere, although at a slower rate than in air. The main take away for our astronomy peers is that lots of hydrogen is not detrimental to the microbes we studied, or to life in general. Biologists are not surprised by our results, as hydrogen is not known to be toxic to life. The type of life we studied could survive with any atmosphere because it is gaining energy from the glucose broth and not from the hydrogen atmosphere itself. We aimed to provide clear and concise experimental validation of inferred knowledge (of survival strategies of microbes) presented to the astronomy community in an accessible way. Rocky exoplanet atmospheres with hydrogen will be relatively easy (though still challenging) to study, hence we want astronomers to accept them in the menu of options when it comes to the search for signs of life. What is surprising from an astronomer's point of view is that E. coli can produce many different types of gases—meaning that E. coli has a diverse metabolic machinery, surprising for such a simple life form. This gives us scientific hope that a range of interesting gases might also be produced by simple hypothetical microbial-type life on exoplanets. Some gases produced by E. coli shown with the wavelength of their normalized spectral features. Note that CH 4 and PH 3 are only suspected and not confirmed to be produced by E. coli. When near future, next-generation ground- and space-based telescopes are online, we want to be ready to recognize signs of life on any of the few precious planets we will have available for observation.	en	In May, a study was published in journal '''', conducted by Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Dr and other researchers, showing - organisms like '''' (''E. coli'') and can thrive in both 100% and atmospheres. ''Wikinews'' discussed the findings with Dr Seager to know more about her research. File photo of Dr Sara Seager. A cluster of E. coli bacteria Life has not been observed in any habitat other than Earth, which has an -rich environment. While Earth's atmosphere is dominated by gas, oxygen is essential for advanced living organisms. Some species of microorganisms do not require oxygen for metabolism, called , such as which rely on carbon-dioxide while releasing . ''E. coli'' optical density measurement in various atmospheres as reported in the study. Researchers used ''Escherichia coli'' strain K-12 and ''Saccharomyces cerevisiæ'' strain S288C for this experiment. The two microorganisms were kept in four different environments: one being 100% air, and the other three being anærobic environments: 100% H2, 100% He, and 80%-20% N2-CO2. The environments were kept in at 28° Celsius. The researchers made sure the anaerobic experiment environments were anoxic, and had installed oxygen sensors to report fluctuation in the oxygen level. They monitored growth of ''E. coli'' using optical density measurement, and they used a for yeast. ''E. coli'' oxygen partial pressure in various environments as reported in the study. The study reported the organisms were reproducing normally in both 100% H2 and 100% He environment. However, the -shaped growth curve was not on par with 100% air. ''E. coli'' and yeast switch from ærobic respiration, which uses oxygen, to anærobic respiration and fermentation. Both processes are less efficient and do not produce as much energy as ærobic respiration. Yeast oxygen partial pressure in various environments. ''E. coli'' in an 80%-20% N2-CO2 environment had slower growth rate as CO2 dissolves and makes the liquid medium acidic. Such reduction in growth rate was not observed for yeast cultures, which can thrive in acidic environments. However, yeast's growth rate in 100% air was far greater than in the other three media. The likely reason for this significant difference was lack of oxygen for non-respiratory purposes, the research reported. Oxygen is essential for synthesis of biochemicals such as heme and sterols, which are important for yeast. In atmospheres lacking oxygen to produce these chemicals, yeast fungi have stunted growth rate. With this discovery, Dr Seager said scientists can now observe even more planets to study for habitable life. "There's a diversity of habitable worlds out there, and we have confirmed that Earth-based life can survive in hydrogen-rich atmospheres. We should definitely add those kinds of planets to the menu of options when thinking of life on other worlds, and actually trying to find it", Professor Seager said. A with expanded hydrogen-rich atmosphere should be easy to detect using the emerging technologies. Hydrogen and helium gas have very low density. Dr Seager said, "It's kind of hard to get your head around, but that light gas just makes the atmosphere more expansive ... And for telescopes, the bigger the atmosphere is compared to the backdrop of a planet's star, the easier it is to detect." The research paper noted rocky planets which have radius below 1.7 times Earth's radius (Earth's radius is roughly 6360 ) can support a hydrogen-rich atmosphere, if water were to react with . The research paper reported ''E. coli'' releases a number of gases when it lives in hydrogen-based atmosphere including , , , , and . These gases can serve as gases which can help astronomers detect and study potential life on exoplanets. Confirming life can thrive in atmospheres that do not have oxygen, Seager said "Astronomers should keep an open mind as to which planets are worth searching for life". With NASA's scheduled to be deployed next year, the paper suggests researchers could observe smaller exoplanets that orbit small red-dwarf stars.
en	Secunia Advisory: SA14820 Release Date: 2005-04-04 Last Update: 2005-04-13 Critical: Moderately critical Impact: Exposure of system information Exposure of sensitive information Where: From remote Solution Status: Unpatched Software: Mozilla Firefox 0.x Mozilla Firefox 1.x Select a product and view a complete list of all Patched/Unpatched Secunia advisories affecting it. CVE reference: CAN-2005-0989 Description: A vulnerability has been discovered in Mozilla Firefox, which can be exploited by malicious people to gain knowledge of potentially sensitive information. The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the JavaScript engine, as a "lambda" replace exposes arbitrary amounts of heap memory after the end of a JavaScript string. Successful exploitation may disclose sensitive information in memory. Secunia has constructed a test, which can be used to check if your browser is affected by this issue: http://secunia.com/mozilla_products_arbitrary_memory_exposure_test/ The vulnerability has been confirmed in versions 1.0.1 and 1.0.2. Other versions may also be affected. Solution: Disable JavaScript support. Provided and/or discovered by: Azafran Changelog: 2005-04-13: Added CVE reference. Original Advisory: Mozilla bug report: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=288688 Azafran: http://cubic.xfo.org.ru/index.cgi?read=53004 Please note: The information, which this Secunia Advisory is based upon, comes from third party unless stated otherwise. Secunia collects, validates, and verifies all vulnerability reports issued by security research groups, vendors, and others.	pl	Fundacja Mozilla kończy przygotowywanie trzeciej poprawki bezpieczeństwa dla popularniej przeglądarki Firefox. Aktualizacja bezpieczeństwa naprawi odkryty 4 kwietnia 2005 roku przez serwis Secunia błąd w silniku JavaScript przeglądarki, który umożliwia uzyskanie zdalnego dostępu do pamięci komputera użytkownika, a co za tym idzie uzyskania jego prywatnych danych, m.in: informacji o odwiedzonych stronach internetowych, adresach stron zgromadzonych w zakładkach oraz o adresach e-mailowych. Tymczasowym rozwiązaniem tego błędu jest wyłączenie obsługi JavaScript. Błąd dotyczy przeglądarek Mozilla Firefox (< 1.0.2), Mozilla Suite (< 1.7.x) oraz Netscape (< 7.x). Wersja 1.0.3 naprawi również pozostałe błędy wykryte w poprzedniej wersji (1.0.2) wydanej 23 marca bieżącego roku. Tak jak poprzednio, użytkownicy będą musieli pobrać paczkę mającą ponad 4 MB. Zdaniem niektórych, ''taki spory rozmiar patcha jest zupełnie niepotrzebny''. Programiści Fundacji Mozilla już opracowywują nowy system aktualizacji, który w przyszłości pozwoli na ściągnięcie mniejszych łat.
en	Send Feedback to Secunia: If you have new information regarding this Secunia advisory or a product in our database, please send it to us using either our web form or email us at [email protected]. Ideas, suggestions, and other feedback is most welcome.	pl	Fundacja Mozilla kończy przygotowywanie trzeciej poprawki bezpieczeństwa dla popularniej przeglądarki Firefox. Aktualizacja bezpieczeństwa naprawi odkryty 4 kwietnia 2005 roku przez serwis Secunia błąd w silniku JavaScript przeglądarki, który umożliwia uzyskanie zdalnego dostępu do pamięci komputera użytkownika, a co za tym idzie uzyskania jego prywatnych danych, m.in: informacji o odwiedzonych stronach internetowych, adresach stron zgromadzonych w zakładkach oraz o adresach e-mailowych. Tymczasowym rozwiązaniem tego błędu jest wyłączenie obsługi JavaScript. Błąd dotyczy przeglądarek Mozilla Firefox (< 1.0.2), Mozilla Suite (< 1.7.x) oraz Netscape (< 7.x). Wersja 1.0.3 naprawi również pozostałe błędy wykryte w poprzedniej wersji (1.0.2) wydanej 23 marca bieżącego roku. Tak jak poprzednio, użytkownicy będą musieli pobrać paczkę mającą ponad 4 MB. Zdaniem niektórych, ''taki spory rozmiar patcha jest zupełnie niepotrzebny''. Programiści Fundacji Mozilla już opracowywują nowy system aktualizacji, który w przyszłości pozwoli na ściągnięcie mniejszych łat.
en	Secunia Advisory: SA14804 Release Date: 2005-04-05 Critical: Moderately critical Impact: Exposure of system information Exposure of sensitive information Where: From remote Solution Status: Unpatched Software: Netscape 6.x Netscape 7.x Select a product and view a complete list of all Patched/Unpatched Secunia advisories affecting it. Description: A vulnerability has been discovered in Netscape, which can be exploited by malicious people to gain knowledge of potentially sensitive information. For more information: SA14820 The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 7.2. Other versions may also be affected. Solution: Disable JavaScript support. Other References: SA14820: http://secunia.com/advisories/14820/ Please note: The information, which this Secunia Advisory is based upon, comes from third party unless stated otherwise. Secunia collects, validates, and verifies all vulnerability reports issued by security research groups, vendors, and others.	pl	Fundacja Mozilla kończy przygotowywanie trzeciej poprawki bezpieczeństwa dla popularniej przeglądarki Firefox. Aktualizacja bezpieczeństwa naprawi odkryty 4 kwietnia 2005 roku przez serwis Secunia błąd w silniku JavaScript przeglądarki, który umożliwia uzyskanie zdalnego dostępu do pamięci komputera użytkownika, a co za tym idzie uzyskania jego prywatnych danych, m.in: informacji o odwiedzonych stronach internetowych, adresach stron zgromadzonych w zakładkach oraz o adresach e-mailowych. Tymczasowym rozwiązaniem tego błędu jest wyłączenie obsługi JavaScript. Błąd dotyczy przeglądarek Mozilla Firefox (< 1.0.2), Mozilla Suite (< 1.7.x) oraz Netscape (< 7.x). Wersja 1.0.3 naprawi również pozostałe błędy wykryte w poprzedniej wersji (1.0.2) wydanej 23 marca bieżącego roku. Tak jak poprzednio, użytkownicy będą musieli pobrać paczkę mającą ponad 4 MB. Zdaniem niektórych, ''taki spory rozmiar patcha jest zupełnie niepotrzebny''. Programiści Fundacji Mozilla już opracowywują nowy system aktualizacji, który w przyszłości pozwoli na ściągnięcie mniejszych łat.
en	If you’re the proud owner of a cast-iron pan , then you already know what a good investment it is. Once well-seasoned, it can cook just about anything from pancakes to fried chicken, it can go from stovetop to oven with ease, it’s nearly indestructible, it’s inexpensive and it holds its heat like a dream. But if you’re just using your pan to cook the occasional burger, then you’re missing out; you really can cook pretty much anything in it.	en	The Pirate Bay logo A raid involving 50 members of the Swedish National Criminal Police has taken the servers of The Pirate Bay and Piratbyrån (the Pirate Bureau) — a Swedish lobby organisation that originally developed The Pirate Bay — into custody. The search warrant was given on grounds of alleged copyright violation and assisting copyright violation. This move comes as a bit of a surprise, as the legality of the site has been under public debate for over three years, with the operators frequently issuing public press releases. ''WiredFire'', in an interview with Rickard Falkvinge, head of the Swedish Pirate Party, is reporting that police arrested three staff members, ultimately taking only two into custody. The ''Associated Press'', however, is reporting that Ulf Goranzon, a police spokesman, is claiming that none were arrested, they were just under suspicion of violating copyright law. The site operators speculate that the police wish to test the legality of the operation. Purportedly, this move comes due to political pressure exerted by United States media corporations. Swedish public broadcaster Sveriges Television has backed this claim. Rickard Falkvinge has stated that the Svenska antipiratbyrån (Swedish Anti-Piracy Bureau) has admitted to being behind the police action, and he suspects the IFPI is also involved. Tobias Andersson, of Piratbyrån agrees, claiming that The Antipiratbyrån "has clearly misled the police" and "has fooled the police into shutting down its antagonists, the Piratbyrån. The Antipiratbyrån previously gained notoriety by paying an infiltrator to plant copyrighted material on the Swedish ISP Bahnhof's servers. Dan Glickman, CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), has applauded the move, citing it as a reminder that "there are no safe harbors for copyright thieves". Kori Bernards, an MPAA representative, claimed The Pirate Bay to be "one of our No. 1 targets." The MPAA allege that The Pirate Bay made available over 150 thousand files, including summer blockbusters such as "Mission: Impossible III" and "X-Men 3". However, The Pirate Bay claimed that as they only host .torrent files and not copyrighted material, they are not in contravention of copyright laws. The Pirate Bay also served as a distribution point for freely licensed material such as some Linux distributions and independent music and film. The Pirate Bay claims to be the world's largest BitTorrent tracker. In the raid, the police also took several private servers unconnected to The Pirate Bay. Some have claimed that there is no legal basis for these seizures. Initially, there were also rumors that this could be another stunt by The Pirate Bay to promote awareness. This possibility, however, has been already dismissed and only had some credibility given the fact that approximately one year ago today they claimed something similar like this, but instead were simply updating their servers. At current there are already some publications made available by officials confirming the authenticity of the raid. On June the 1st The Pirate Bay site changed its "Site down" note to "Site down - will be up and fully functional within a day or two". Gottfrid Svartholm, owner of webhotel PRQ said "I was arrested for interrogation, and they begun to ask question about Pirate Bay, what I knew and what connections I had to it. I got no public defender, and my regular legal representative was also under arrest, so I said nothing at all". According to Mr. Svartholm, the police told him that they were not obligated to provide a public defender, as the crime he was accused of doesn't lead to jail sentence if he is found guilty. The day after the raid, Mr. Svartholm is trying to limit the damage for PRQ's other customers that also had their servers confiscated, even if they didn't have any connections to The Pirate Bay.
en	June 4, 2006 - 1:35PM Hundreds of people waving signs and skull-and-crossbones pirate flags demonstrated in Stockholm on Saturday against a police crackdown on a popular file-sharing Web site with millions of users worldwide. Dozens of police officers conducted raids in 10 locations Wednesday, seizing servers and other computer equipment in their crackdown on The Pirate Bay site. But the site was back up Saturday, and spokesman Tobias Andersson said it would be "bigger and better than ever." "We want an apology from the police and from the Justice Ministry, and we want our servers back," Andersson said. He said the site is now mirrored on other sites around the world. "It will be much stronger now. If police shut down a site, these other sites will be there to keep Pirate Bay working." The Pirate Bay, started in early 2004, has 10 million to 15 million users each day, Andersson said. He said the people running The Pirate Bay were not responsible for a hacker attack that shut down the Web site of Sweden's national police on Thursday, but added there many Swedish file sharers probably were angry about the crackdown. Police spokesman Lars Lindahl said Friday it was not clear who attacked the police site, which was running again Saturday. The music, movie and software industries say pirated works cost them hundreds of millions of US dollars in lost sales each year.	en	The Pirate Bay logo A raid involving 50 members of the Swedish National Criminal Police has taken the servers of The Pirate Bay and Piratbyrån (the Pirate Bureau) — a Swedish lobby organisation that originally developed The Pirate Bay — into custody. The search warrant was given on grounds of alleged copyright violation and assisting copyright violation. This move comes as a bit of a surprise, as the legality of the site has been under public debate for over three years, with the operators frequently issuing public press releases. ''WiredFire'', in an interview with Rickard Falkvinge, head of the Swedish Pirate Party, is reporting that police arrested three staff members, ultimately taking only two into custody. The ''Associated Press'', however, is reporting that Ulf Goranzon, a police spokesman, is claiming that none were arrested, they were just under suspicion of violating copyright law. The site operators speculate that the police wish to test the legality of the operation. Purportedly, this move comes due to political pressure exerted by United States media corporations. Swedish public broadcaster Sveriges Television has backed this claim. Rickard Falkvinge has stated that the Svenska antipiratbyrån (Swedish Anti-Piracy Bureau) has admitted to being behind the police action, and he suspects the IFPI is also involved. Tobias Andersson, of Piratbyrån agrees, claiming that The Antipiratbyrån "has clearly misled the police" and "has fooled the police into shutting down its antagonists, the Piratbyrån. The Antipiratbyrån previously gained notoriety by paying an infiltrator to plant copyrighted material on the Swedish ISP Bahnhof's servers. Dan Glickman, CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), has applauded the move, citing it as a reminder that "there are no safe harbors for copyright thieves". Kori Bernards, an MPAA representative, claimed The Pirate Bay to be "one of our No. 1 targets." The MPAA allege that The Pirate Bay made available over 150 thousand files, including summer blockbusters such as "Mission: Impossible III" and "X-Men 3". However, The Pirate Bay claimed that as they only host .torrent files and not copyrighted material, they are not in contravention of copyright laws. The Pirate Bay also served as a distribution point for freely licensed material such as some Linux distributions and independent music and film. The Pirate Bay claims to be the world's largest BitTorrent tracker. In the raid, the police also took several private servers unconnected to The Pirate Bay. Some have claimed that there is no legal basis for these seizures. Initially, there were also rumors that this could be another stunt by The Pirate Bay to promote awareness. This possibility, however, has been already dismissed and only had some credibility given the fact that approximately one year ago today they claimed something similar like this, but instead were simply updating their servers. At current there are already some publications made available by officials confirming the authenticity of the raid. On June the 1st The Pirate Bay site changed its "Site down" note to "Site down - will be up and fully functional within a day or two". Gottfrid Svartholm, owner of webhotel PRQ said "I was arrested for interrogation, and they begun to ask question about Pirate Bay, what I knew and what connections I had to it. I got no public defender, and my regular legal representative was also under arrest, so I said nothing at all". According to Mr. Svartholm, the police told him that they were not obligated to provide a public defender, as the crime he was accused of doesn't lead to jail sentence if he is found guilty. The day after the raid, Mr. Svartholm is trying to limit the damage for PRQ's other customers that also had their servers confiscated, even if they didn't have any connections to The Pirate Bay.
en	It will come as little surprise to many that The Pirate Bay has been hit hard by the Swedish authorities, ending a long period of apparent immunity from IFPI attention. This defiant immunity from legal action has long baffled observers, but the site has become the flagship of intense debate both inside and outside of their native Sweden. It has even spawned a credible pro piracy movement, the Piratbyrån, and a political party, Piratpartiet (The Pirate Bureau). Founded in 2003, The Pirate Bay evolved from its’ original Swedish language site into the world’s premier indexing site, largely as a result of the demise of torrent indexing legends such as Suprnova and LokiTorrents between 2004-5. Boasting over a million unique page hits per day and between 1,000 – 2,000 HTTP requests per second, The Pirate Bay This is exactly the kind of raids the Pirate Party wants to put an end to, when society sends its police at the young generation for their listening to music and watching movies, it's not the young that are in error. It's society that needs to get a grip. Rickard Falkvinge - Head of the Swedish Pirate Party has attracted the constant wrath of the recording industries for openly flouting their relative immunity from prosecution.Given that the site had widely reported that it had been the focus of legal attention only a year previously in what turned out to be little more than a publicity stunt, we have refrained from reporting this as factual news until we were able to speak to authoritative sources. And none better than the leader of Piratpartiet itself, Rickard Falkvinge.According to first hand reports, the servers have been confiscated by Swedish police, who are looking to see if the site operators have broken any criminal laws. The raids are reported to have included removing Piratbyrån's servers, as well as The Pirate Bay’s. According to initial reports, around 50 police were involved in the raids, and three staff arrested, with two being taken into custody. In an exclusive and understandably brief initial exchange with WiredFire, Falkvinge said “(we have) “no idea what's happening in the near future, other than us fighting this”. Falkvinge went on to describe the unfolding events as like being trapped in “a circus”, adding that it was impossible to do anything with all the media attention.In an extended exclusive interview, Falkvinge said “Oh, I know who are behind it. It's IFPI and the Swedish Antipiratbyrån (Anti-piracy bureau) both… because they (the Antipiratbyrån) told me when I asked”. During the course of the interview, Falkvinge translated the text of their press release, and said that the police were seeking a test case, “The thing about seeking a test case is just an excuse for raiding and shutting down the world's largest torrent server. The Swedish APB have been under considerable international pressure from their international counterparts to make this move”.Having timed this to coincide with an election campaign Antipiratbyrån will have seriously aggravated a high percentage of Sweden's population in their use of police tactics to deal with what is essentially a civil dispute, and almost guaranteed PiratPartiet's entry into government this fall. The police action involved the entire ISP (PRQ), resulting in widespread disruption to a number of small businesses in addition to those servers targeted. Whilst it does not necessarily follow that there will be any criminal convictions arising from all this, the PiratPartiet see this more as a means of harassing The Pirate Bay and Piratbyrån, as well as attempting to put political pressure on them. However, they are confident that these current problems will be favourably resolved, although this will obviously result in a protracted downtime. Article Update In the meantime, every cloud has a silver lining and Swedes are flocking to join the PiratPartiet as a result of this unprecedented action.Full text of press release (personally translated by Rick Falkvinge, leader of PiratPartiet) follows:Swedish Police today staged a raid and seized computers and equipment belonging to the Pirate Bay, one of the world's largest search engines and file-sharing communities.Despite repeated case law showing that the operations conducted by the Pirate Bay are not in violation of Swedish law, the Police chose to give in to media interests who were feeling threatened, and set due process aside.They say, according to an operator on the site, that the police desire to test the legality of the operations."Which corporation would stand for this?", asks Rickard Falkvinge, head of the Swedish Pirate Party. "Which corporation would stand for having the police raid their facitilies and shut down operations, before they were proven guilty of a crime? In this case, the Pirate Bay has commited no crime. They are disliked by large media interests, that's correct. But it's not illegal to be disliked..., and definitely not cause for the Police to raid and shut down one of the world's largest gathering places for our young generation.""This is exactly the kind of raids the Pirate Party wants to put an end to", Rick concludes. "When society sends its police at the young generation for their listening to music and watching movies, it's not the young that are in error. It's society that needs to get a grip." Rumours are circulating (largely as a result of an announcement that has appeared on ThePirateBay.org website) that they would be back up and running from an overseas location within a few days, thanks to the generosity of an "anonymous benefactor" (according to Piratbyrån). These are at present unsubstantiated, perhaps more a product of wishful thinking and indignation than reality. In the meantime the MPAA have been quick to herald the raids on The Pirate Bay as a great victory against egregious filesharing, claiming that The Pirate Bay earned an estimated $60,000 a month in addititon to thousands extra in donations but offering no explanation as to how they arrived at such figures. If the MPAA's estimates are to be believed, The Pirate Bay would have no need for anonymous benefactors. This does, however, suggest that their action has been based on the premise that The Pirate Bay have been acting as a commercial site. As a consequence this may have persuaded the police to take action over what is, essentially, a simple civil issue. Certainly Rickard Falkvinge, head of the Swedish Pirate Party, said we have “no idea what's happening in the near future, other than us fighting this”. And of all people, few could be better informed than him. (Thanks to member DaBlade for his help, and Rickard Falkvinge, head of the Swedish Pirate Party)	en	The Pirate Bay logo A raid involving 50 members of the Swedish National Criminal Police has taken the servers of The Pirate Bay and Piratbyrån (the Pirate Bureau) — a Swedish lobby organisation that originally developed The Pirate Bay — into custody. The search warrant was given on grounds of alleged copyright violation and assisting copyright violation. This move comes as a bit of a surprise, as the legality of the site has been under public debate for over three years, with the operators frequently issuing public press releases. ''WiredFire'', in an interview with Rickard Falkvinge, head of the Swedish Pirate Party, is reporting that police arrested three staff members, ultimately taking only two into custody. The ''Associated Press'', however, is reporting that Ulf Goranzon, a police spokesman, is claiming that none were arrested, they were just under suspicion of violating copyright law. The site operators speculate that the police wish to test the legality of the operation. Purportedly, this move comes due to political pressure exerted by United States media corporations. Swedish public broadcaster Sveriges Television has backed this claim. Rickard Falkvinge has stated that the Svenska antipiratbyrån (Swedish Anti-Piracy Bureau) has admitted to being behind the police action, and he suspects the IFPI is also involved. Tobias Andersson, of Piratbyrån agrees, claiming that The Antipiratbyrån "has clearly misled the police" and "has fooled the police into shutting down its antagonists, the Piratbyrån. The Antipiratbyrån previously gained notoriety by paying an infiltrator to plant copyrighted material on the Swedish ISP Bahnhof's servers. Dan Glickman, CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), has applauded the move, citing it as a reminder that "there are no safe harbors for copyright thieves". Kori Bernards, an MPAA representative, claimed The Pirate Bay to be "one of our No. 1 targets." The MPAA allege that The Pirate Bay made available over 150 thousand files, including summer blockbusters such as "Mission: Impossible III" and "X-Men 3". However, The Pirate Bay claimed that as they only host .torrent files and not copyrighted material, they are not in contravention of copyright laws. The Pirate Bay also served as a distribution point for freely licensed material such as some Linux distributions and independent music and film. The Pirate Bay claims to be the world's largest BitTorrent tracker. In the raid, the police also took several private servers unconnected to The Pirate Bay. Some have claimed that there is no legal basis for these seizures. Initially, there were also rumors that this could be another stunt by The Pirate Bay to promote awareness. This possibility, however, has been already dismissed and only had some credibility given the fact that approximately one year ago today they claimed something similar like this, but instead were simply updating their servers. At current there are already some publications made available by officials confirming the authenticity of the raid. On June the 1st The Pirate Bay site changed its "Site down" note to "Site down - will be up and fully functional within a day or two". Gottfrid Svartholm, owner of webhotel PRQ said "I was arrested for interrogation, and they begun to ask question about Pirate Bay, what I knew and what connections I had to it. I got no public defender, and my regular legal representative was also under arrest, so I said nothing at all". According to Mr. Svartholm, the police told him that they were not obligated to provide a public defender, as the crime he was accused of doesn't lead to jail sentence if he is found guilty. The day after the raid, Mr. Svartholm is trying to limit the damage for PRQ's other customers that also had their servers confiscated, even if they didn't have any connections to The Pirate Bay.
en	From: Choose from Stockholm C Göteborg C Malmö C Alingsås Alvesta Arlanda C Arvika Avesta Krylbo Bollnäs Borlänge C Borås C Degerfors Eskilstuna C Falkenberg Falköping C Falun C Flemingsberg Flen Gävle C Hallsberg Halmstad C Helsingborg C Herrljunga Hudiksvall Härnösand Busstation Hässleholm C Jönköping C Kalmar C Karlskrona C Karlstad C Katrineholm C Kil Kristianstad C Kristinehamn Köbenhavn H Leksand Linköping C Lund C Mjölby Mora Motala Norrköping C Nyköping C Nässjö C Oslo S Rättvik Sala Skövde C Sundsvall C Söderhamn Södertälje Syd Tranås Töreboda Uddevalla C Uppsala C Varberg Värnamo Västerås C Växjö C Åre Älmhult Örebro C Östersund C To: Choose to Stockholm C Göteborg C Malmö C Alingsås Alvesta Arlanda C Arvika Avesta Krylbo Bollnäs Borlänge C Borås C Degerfors Eskilstuna C Falkenberg Falköping C Falun C Flemingsberg Flen Gävle C Hallsberg Halmstad C Helsingborg C Herrljunga Hudiksvall Härnösand Busstation Hässleholm C Jönköping C Kalmar C Karlskrona C Karlstad C Katrineholm C Kil Kristianstad C Kristinehamn Köbenhavn H Leksand Linköping C Lund C Mjölby Mora Motala Norrköping C Nyköping C Nässjö C Oslo S Rättvik Sala Skövde C Sundsvall C Söderhamn Södertälje Syd Tranås Töreboda Uddevalla C Uppsala C Varberg Värnamo Västerås C Växjö C Åre Älmhult Örebro C Östersund C	en	The Pirate Bay logo A raid involving 50 members of the Swedish National Criminal Police has taken the servers of The Pirate Bay and Piratbyrån (the Pirate Bureau) — a Swedish lobby organisation that originally developed The Pirate Bay — into custody. The search warrant was given on grounds of alleged copyright violation and assisting copyright violation. This move comes as a bit of a surprise, as the legality of the site has been under public debate for over three years, with the operators frequently issuing public press releases. ''WiredFire'', in an interview with Rickard Falkvinge, head of the Swedish Pirate Party, is reporting that police arrested three staff members, ultimately taking only two into custody. The ''Associated Press'', however, is reporting that Ulf Goranzon, a police spokesman, is claiming that none were arrested, they were just under suspicion of violating copyright law. The site operators speculate that the police wish to test the legality of the operation. Purportedly, this move comes due to political pressure exerted by United States media corporations. Swedish public broadcaster Sveriges Television has backed this claim. Rickard Falkvinge has stated that the Svenska antipiratbyrån (Swedish Anti-Piracy Bureau) has admitted to being behind the police action, and he suspects the IFPI is also involved. Tobias Andersson, of Piratbyrån agrees, claiming that The Antipiratbyrån "has clearly misled the police" and "has fooled the police into shutting down its antagonists, the Piratbyrån. The Antipiratbyrån previously gained notoriety by paying an infiltrator to plant copyrighted material on the Swedish ISP Bahnhof's servers. Dan Glickman, CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), has applauded the move, citing it as a reminder that "there are no safe harbors for copyright thieves". Kori Bernards, an MPAA representative, claimed The Pirate Bay to be "one of our No. 1 targets." The MPAA allege that The Pirate Bay made available over 150 thousand files, including summer blockbusters such as "Mission: Impossible III" and "X-Men 3". However, The Pirate Bay claimed that as they only host .torrent files and not copyrighted material, they are not in contravention of copyright laws. The Pirate Bay also served as a distribution point for freely licensed material such as some Linux distributions and independent music and film. The Pirate Bay claims to be the world's largest BitTorrent tracker. In the raid, the police also took several private servers unconnected to The Pirate Bay. Some have claimed that there is no legal basis for these seizures. Initially, there were also rumors that this could be another stunt by The Pirate Bay to promote awareness. This possibility, however, has been already dismissed and only had some credibility given the fact that approximately one year ago today they claimed something similar like this, but instead were simply updating their servers. At current there are already some publications made available by officials confirming the authenticity of the raid. On June the 1st The Pirate Bay site changed its "Site down" note to "Site down - will be up and fully functional within a day or two". Gottfrid Svartholm, owner of webhotel PRQ said "I was arrested for interrogation, and they begun to ask question about Pirate Bay, what I knew and what connections I had to it. I got no public defender, and my regular legal representative was also under arrest, so I said nothing at all". According to Mr. Svartholm, the police told him that they were not obligated to provide a public defender, as the crime he was accused of doesn't lead to jail sentence if he is found guilty. The day after the raid, Mr. Svartholm is trying to limit the damage for PRQ's other customers that also had their servers confiscated, even if they didn't have any connections to The Pirate Bay.
en	The Swedish website Piratebay.org was shut down Wednesday after police raided its offices, seized its servers and detained three men, according to the Associated Press and a message on the downed site. "Pirate Bay was a huge source of pirated films for people around the world, and today they are no longer," said Kori Bernards, a representative for the Motion Picture Association of America. "This was one of our No. 1 targets." Bernards said that the MPAA has been working with the U.S. and Swedish governments for several years in an effort to shut down Piratebay.org, which helps internet users find illegally copied software like movies and songs on the popular peer-to-peer application BitTorrent. Piratebay.org is the largest BitTorrent tracker, according to Alexa.com, which tracks website traffic. The only page on the downed site relays details of the raid and claims that police also seized servers of the "noncommercial site Piratbyrån, the mission of which is to defend the rights of TPB (The Pirate Bay) via public debate." Piratbyrån, an organization which grew from Piratebay.org, promotes the idea of software piracy. The Associated Press contributed to this report.	en	The Pirate Bay logo A raid involving 50 members of the Swedish National Criminal Police has taken the servers of The Pirate Bay and Piratbyrån (the Pirate Bureau) — a Swedish lobby organisation that originally developed The Pirate Bay — into custody. The search warrant was given on grounds of alleged copyright violation and assisting copyright violation. This move comes as a bit of a surprise, as the legality of the site has been under public debate for over three years, with the operators frequently issuing public press releases. ''WiredFire'', in an interview with Rickard Falkvinge, head of the Swedish Pirate Party, is reporting that police arrested three staff members, ultimately taking only two into custody. The ''Associated Press'', however, is reporting that Ulf Goranzon, a police spokesman, is claiming that none were arrested, they were just under suspicion of violating copyright law. The site operators speculate that the police wish to test the legality of the operation. Purportedly, this move comes due to political pressure exerted by United States media corporations. Swedish public broadcaster Sveriges Television has backed this claim. Rickard Falkvinge has stated that the Svenska antipiratbyrån (Swedish Anti-Piracy Bureau) has admitted to being behind the police action, and he suspects the IFPI is also involved. Tobias Andersson, of Piratbyrån agrees, claiming that The Antipiratbyrån "has clearly misled the police" and "has fooled the police into shutting down its antagonists, the Piratbyrån. The Antipiratbyrån previously gained notoriety by paying an infiltrator to plant copyrighted material on the Swedish ISP Bahnhof's servers. Dan Glickman, CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), has applauded the move, citing it as a reminder that "there are no safe harbors for copyright thieves". Kori Bernards, an MPAA representative, claimed The Pirate Bay to be "one of our No. 1 targets." The MPAA allege that The Pirate Bay made available over 150 thousand files, including summer blockbusters such as "Mission: Impossible III" and "X-Men 3". However, The Pirate Bay claimed that as they only host .torrent files and not copyrighted material, they are not in contravention of copyright laws. The Pirate Bay also served as a distribution point for freely licensed material such as some Linux distributions and independent music and film. The Pirate Bay claims to be the world's largest BitTorrent tracker. In the raid, the police also took several private servers unconnected to The Pirate Bay. Some have claimed that there is no legal basis for these seizures. Initially, there were also rumors that this could be another stunt by The Pirate Bay to promote awareness. This possibility, however, has been already dismissed and only had some credibility given the fact that approximately one year ago today they claimed something similar like this, but instead were simply updating their servers. At current there are already some publications made available by officials confirming the authenticity of the raid. On June the 1st The Pirate Bay site changed its "Site down" note to "Site down - will be up and fully functional within a day or two". Gottfrid Svartholm, owner of webhotel PRQ said "I was arrested for interrogation, and they begun to ask question about Pirate Bay, what I knew and what connections I had to it. I got no public defender, and my regular legal representative was also under arrest, so I said nothing at all". According to Mr. Svartholm, the police told him that they were not obligated to provide a public defender, as the crime he was accused of doesn't lead to jail sentence if he is found guilty. The day after the raid, Mr. Svartholm is trying to limit the damage for PRQ's other customers that also had their servers confiscated, even if they didn't have any connections to The Pirate Bay.
sv	Swedish police has today taken all the servers of The Pirate Bay into custody. Two operators of The Pirate Bay are in police custody, and can't be reached.	en	The Pirate Bay logo A raid involving 50 members of the Swedish National Criminal Police has taken the servers of The Pirate Bay and Piratbyrån (the Pirate Bureau) — a Swedish lobby organisation that originally developed The Pirate Bay — into custody. The search warrant was given on grounds of alleged copyright violation and assisting copyright violation. This move comes as a bit of a surprise, as the legality of the site has been under public debate for over three years, with the operators frequently issuing public press releases. ''WiredFire'', in an interview with Rickard Falkvinge, head of the Swedish Pirate Party, is reporting that police arrested three staff members, ultimately taking only two into custody. The ''Associated Press'', however, is reporting that Ulf Goranzon, a police spokesman, is claiming that none were arrested, they were just under suspicion of violating copyright law. The site operators speculate that the police wish to test the legality of the operation. Purportedly, this move comes due to political pressure exerted by United States media corporations. Swedish public broadcaster Sveriges Television has backed this claim. Rickard Falkvinge has stated that the Svenska antipiratbyrån (Swedish Anti-Piracy Bureau) has admitted to being behind the police action, and he suspects the IFPI is also involved. Tobias Andersson, of Piratbyrån agrees, claiming that The Antipiratbyrån "has clearly misled the police" and "has fooled the police into shutting down its antagonists, the Piratbyrån. The Antipiratbyrån previously gained notoriety by paying an infiltrator to plant copyrighted material on the Swedish ISP Bahnhof's servers. Dan Glickman, CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), has applauded the move, citing it as a reminder that "there are no safe harbors for copyright thieves". Kori Bernards, an MPAA representative, claimed The Pirate Bay to be "one of our No. 1 targets." The MPAA allege that The Pirate Bay made available over 150 thousand files, including summer blockbusters such as "Mission: Impossible III" and "X-Men 3". However, The Pirate Bay claimed that as they only host .torrent files and not copyrighted material, they are not in contravention of copyright laws. The Pirate Bay also served as a distribution point for freely licensed material such as some Linux distributions and independent music and film. The Pirate Bay claims to be the world's largest BitTorrent tracker. In the raid, the police also took several private servers unconnected to The Pirate Bay. Some have claimed that there is no legal basis for these seizures. Initially, there were also rumors that this could be another stunt by The Pirate Bay to promote awareness. This possibility, however, has been already dismissed and only had some credibility given the fact that approximately one year ago today they claimed something similar like this, but instead were simply updating their servers. At current there are already some publications made available by officials confirming the authenticity of the raid. On June the 1st The Pirate Bay site changed its "Site down" note to "Site down - will be up and fully functional within a day or two". Gottfrid Svartholm, owner of webhotel PRQ said "I was arrested for interrogation, and they begun to ask question about Pirate Bay, what I knew and what connections I had to it. I got no public defender, and my regular legal representative was also under arrest, so I said nothing at all". According to Mr. Svartholm, the police told him that they were not obligated to provide a public defender, as the crime he was accused of doesn't lead to jail sentence if he is found guilty. The day after the raid, Mr. Svartholm is trying to limit the damage for PRQ's other customers that also had their servers confiscated, even if they didn't have any connections to The Pirate Bay.
en	ThePirateBay.org Raided - Servers Seized May 31, 2006 Thomas Mennecke In their native Sweden, ThePirateBay.org enjoyed a level of immunity from copyright prosecution rarely seen in the file-sharing world. Often defiant in the face of those wishing to enforce their intellectual property rights, ThePirateBay.org would go on to become one of the premier BitTorrent indexing and tracking sites. When such political pressure fails, the use of force is typically the next course of action. In a move that many thought would never come, Slyck.com learned this morning that ThePirateBay.org was raided by Swedish police. “…The police right now is taking all of our servers, to check if there is a crime there or not (they are actually not sure),” ThePirateBay.org spokesperson “brokep” told Slyck.com. The seizure of ThePirateBay.org’s entire server farm will guarantee this BitTorrent tracker will remain offline until the police complete their investigation. The uncertainty on the part of the police may stem from the fact ThePirateBay.org's servers only host .torrent files, not actual copyrighted material. As a tracker, ThePirateBay.org's function is to index .torrent files and to direct BitTorrent traffic and maintain the swarm (uploads and downloads.) The downloaded .torrent file contains all the necessary information to locate and download the queried file. The legality of indirectly linking to copyrighted material has yet to be tested by Swedish courts. Whether this will keep ThePirateBay.org offline indefinitely is another matter. “We are not sure when it will return, but we are moving it to another country if necessary,” brokep said. According to The premature departure of ThePirateBay.org marks a significant turning point in the BitTorrent community. Although it's not currently known what, if any, entertainment entity is behind this raid, failure to secure ThePirateBay.org's permanent removal will only bolster this tracker’s position of defiance. As one of the largest trackers, ThePirateBay.org largely replaced the search engine SuprNova.org. SuprNova.org met its demise in late 2004, when it was under pressure from the entertainment industry to shut it operation down. Conversely, such pressure has been ineffective against ThePiratebay.org.When such political pressure fails, the use of force is typically the next course of action. In a move that many thought would never come, Slyck.com learned this morning that ThePirateBay.org was raided by Swedish police.“…The police right now is taking all of our servers, to check if there is a crime there or not (they are actually not sure),” ThePirateBay.org spokesperson “brokep” told Slyck.com.The seizure of ThePirateBay.org’s entire server farm will guarantee this BitTorrent tracker will remain offline until the police complete their investigation. The uncertainty on the part of the police may stem from the fact ThePirateBay.org's servers only host .torrent files, not actual copyrighted material. As a tracker, ThePirateBay.org's function is to index .torrent files and to direct BitTorrent traffic and maintain the swarm (uploads and downloads.) The downloaded .torrent file contains all the necessary information to locate and download the queried file. The legality of indirectly linking to copyrighted material has yet to be tested by Swedish courts.Whether this will keep ThePirateBay.org offline indefinitely is another matter.“We are not sure when it will return, but we are moving it to another country if necessary,” brokep said.According to The Pirate Party , a Swedish copyright reform organization, the raid also seized Piratbyrån's (the Pirate Bureau) servers. Piratbyrån is a educational and quasi-political organization which performs a public servic role similar to The Pirate Party. In addition, The Pirate Party reports "...the servers where located in a protected area, to which the police had no legal right to enter..." Approximately 50 police participated in the raid, which placed into custody two PirateBay.org personnel.The premature departure of ThePirateBay.org marks a significant turning point in the BitTorrent community. Although it's not currently known what, if any, entertainment entity is behind this raid, failure to secure ThePirateBay.org's permanent removal will only bolster this tracker’s position of defiance. Digg this article. You can discuss this article here - 210 replies	en	The Pirate Bay logo A raid involving 50 members of the Swedish National Criminal Police has taken the servers of The Pirate Bay and Piratbyrån (the Pirate Bureau) — a Swedish lobby organisation that originally developed The Pirate Bay — into custody. The search warrant was given on grounds of alleged copyright violation and assisting copyright violation. This move comes as a bit of a surprise, as the legality of the site has been under public debate for over three years, with the operators frequently issuing public press releases. ''WiredFire'', in an interview with Rickard Falkvinge, head of the Swedish Pirate Party, is reporting that police arrested three staff members, ultimately taking only two into custody. The ''Associated Press'', however, is reporting that Ulf Goranzon, a police spokesman, is claiming that none were arrested, they were just under suspicion of violating copyright law. The site operators speculate that the police wish to test the legality of the operation. Purportedly, this move comes due to political pressure exerted by United States media corporations. Swedish public broadcaster Sveriges Television has backed this claim. Rickard Falkvinge has stated that the Svenska antipiratbyrån (Swedish Anti-Piracy Bureau) has admitted to being behind the police action, and he suspects the IFPI is also involved. Tobias Andersson, of Piratbyrån agrees, claiming that The Antipiratbyrån "has clearly misled the police" and "has fooled the police into shutting down its antagonists, the Piratbyrån. The Antipiratbyrån previously gained notoriety by paying an infiltrator to plant copyrighted material on the Swedish ISP Bahnhof's servers. Dan Glickman, CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), has applauded the move, citing it as a reminder that "there are no safe harbors for copyright thieves". Kori Bernards, an MPAA representative, claimed The Pirate Bay to be "one of our No. 1 targets." The MPAA allege that The Pirate Bay made available over 150 thousand files, including summer blockbusters such as "Mission: Impossible III" and "X-Men 3". However, The Pirate Bay claimed that as they only host .torrent files and not copyrighted material, they are not in contravention of copyright laws. The Pirate Bay also served as a distribution point for freely licensed material such as some Linux distributions and independent music and film. The Pirate Bay claims to be the world's largest BitTorrent tracker. In the raid, the police also took several private servers unconnected to The Pirate Bay. Some have claimed that there is no legal basis for these seizures. Initially, there were also rumors that this could be another stunt by The Pirate Bay to promote awareness. This possibility, however, has been already dismissed and only had some credibility given the fact that approximately one year ago today they claimed something similar like this, but instead were simply updating their servers. At current there are already some publications made available by officials confirming the authenticity of the raid. On June the 1st The Pirate Bay site changed its "Site down" note to "Site down - will be up and fully functional within a day or two". Gottfrid Svartholm, owner of webhotel PRQ said "I was arrested for interrogation, and they begun to ask question about Pirate Bay, what I knew and what connections I had to it. I got no public defender, and my regular legal representative was also under arrest, so I said nothing at all". According to Mr. Svartholm, the police told him that they were not obligated to provide a public defender, as the crime he was accused of doesn't lead to jail sentence if he is found guilty. The day after the raid, Mr. Svartholm is trying to limit the damage for PRQ's other customers that also had their servers confiscated, even if they didn't have any connections to The Pirate Bay.
sv	Webbsidan The Pirate Bay har varit i gång sedan 2004 och den har retat gallfeber på de stora film-, musik- och spelbolagen. Webbsidan fungerade som ett slags anslagstavla där människor kan länka till filer på sina hårddiskar, både till lagliga och olagliga filer. Enligt olika uppgifter är över en halv miljon besökare inne på sajten varje dag. Men nu är den nedsläckt. Vid lunchtid gjorde polisen i Västra Götaland, Västmanland och i Stockholms län husrannsakan i olika lokaler med anknytning till sajten. Enligt polisen tog de med sig ett tiotal servrar och tre personer hämtades in till förhör. Enligt länskriminalpolisen Ulf Göranzon är männen misstänkta för brott mot upphovsrättslagen och medhjälp till brott mot upphovsrättslagen. Ägarna till det företag som är med och driver The Pirate Bay hävdar å sin sida att polisen rensade allt i lokalerna och att minst 200 servrar har tagits i beslag. De misstänker att polis och åklagare vill komma åt andra sajter som också legat på deras servrar. Flera personer har varit i kontakt med DN sedan deras webbsidor släckts ner. Stockholmspolisens vakthavande befäl Lennart Sjöstrand uttalar sig generellt om vad som gäller när oskyldiga blir drabbade vid en husrannsakan: - Finns det ett beslut i ett brottmål kan polisen ta föremål som gör att andra blir drabbade, till exempel en bil som familjen använder. Han kommenterar inte frågan om det skulle vara ett brott mot yttrandefriheten. Antipiratbyrån, som företräder de som är upphovsmän till sådant som publiceras på The Pirate Bay, har under en längre tid matat polisen med omfattande material i olika polisanmälningar. Andreas Käiväräinen är kontaktperson på Piratbyrån som grundade The Pirate Bay. Han anser att polisen blivit lurade av Antipiratbyrån och film- och musikindustrin. Han är inte orolig för The Pirate Bays framtid: - Om inte sajten är uppe redan i kväll så kommer den att vara det i morgon, säger han. Det går inte att ta död på piratkulturen.	en	The Pirate Bay logo A raid involving 50 members of the Swedish National Criminal Police has taken the servers of The Pirate Bay and Piratbyrån (the Pirate Bureau) — a Swedish lobby organisation that originally developed The Pirate Bay — into custody. The search warrant was given on grounds of alleged copyright violation and assisting copyright violation. This move comes as a bit of a surprise, as the legality of the site has been under public debate for over three years, with the operators frequently issuing public press releases. ''WiredFire'', in an interview with Rickard Falkvinge, head of the Swedish Pirate Party, is reporting that police arrested three staff members, ultimately taking only two into custody. The ''Associated Press'', however, is reporting that Ulf Goranzon, a police spokesman, is claiming that none were arrested, they were just under suspicion of violating copyright law. The site operators speculate that the police wish to test the legality of the operation. Purportedly, this move comes due to political pressure exerted by United States media corporations. Swedish public broadcaster Sveriges Television has backed this claim. Rickard Falkvinge has stated that the Svenska antipiratbyrån (Swedish Anti-Piracy Bureau) has admitted to being behind the police action, and he suspects the IFPI is also involved. Tobias Andersson, of Piratbyrån agrees, claiming that The Antipiratbyrån "has clearly misled the police" and "has fooled the police into shutting down its antagonists, the Piratbyrån. The Antipiratbyrån previously gained notoriety by paying an infiltrator to plant copyrighted material on the Swedish ISP Bahnhof's servers. Dan Glickman, CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), has applauded the move, citing it as a reminder that "there are no safe harbors for copyright thieves". Kori Bernards, an MPAA representative, claimed The Pirate Bay to be "one of our No. 1 targets." The MPAA allege that The Pirate Bay made available over 150 thousand files, including summer blockbusters such as "Mission: Impossible III" and "X-Men 3". However, The Pirate Bay claimed that as they only host .torrent files and not copyrighted material, they are not in contravention of copyright laws. The Pirate Bay also served as a distribution point for freely licensed material such as some Linux distributions and independent music and film. The Pirate Bay claims to be the world's largest BitTorrent tracker. In the raid, the police also took several private servers unconnected to The Pirate Bay. Some have claimed that there is no legal basis for these seizures. Initially, there were also rumors that this could be another stunt by The Pirate Bay to promote awareness. This possibility, however, has been already dismissed and only had some credibility given the fact that approximately one year ago today they claimed something similar like this, but instead were simply updating their servers. At current there are already some publications made available by officials confirming the authenticity of the raid. On June the 1st The Pirate Bay site changed its "Site down" note to "Site down - will be up and fully functional within a day or two". Gottfrid Svartholm, owner of webhotel PRQ said "I was arrested for interrogation, and they begun to ask question about Pirate Bay, what I knew and what connections I had to it. I got no public defender, and my regular legal representative was also under arrest, so I said nothing at all". According to Mr. Svartholm, the police told him that they were not obligated to provide a public defender, as the crime he was accused of doesn't lead to jail sentence if he is found guilty. The day after the raid, Mr. Svartholm is trying to limit the damage for PRQ's other customers that also had their servers confiscated, even if they didn't have any connections to The Pirate Bay.
en	ThePirateBay Closure a Hoax - Update June 1, 2005 Thomas Mennecke ThePirateBay.org often laughed in the face of the copyright industry. Whenever ThePirateBay received a copyright violation notice, it would often post the violation, coupled with a humorous response. Not only was ThePirateBay well known for its defiance of the copyright industry, it was a well respected resource for it BitTorrent tracking abilities. Although ThePirateBay has an enormous resource of torrents, ranging from software, movies, TV shows and music, this aspect almost took a back seat to its nose thumbing. Below is an excerpt from a response to a copyright violation notice. "Dear whatever-you-are," "thank you for providing us and our users with such great entertainment. I'm not talking about Enya (hey, Enya fucking sucks), but instead of your nonsensical email." "You have scored 10 out of 10 points on our Legal Threats Entertainment scale. You win the grand prize: A lifetime of ridicule on our legal threats section (http://static.thepiratebay.org/legal/)! Congratulations!" While ThePirateBay often provided comic relief in light of the MPAA global campaign to root out BitTorrent indexing sites, today's news is considerably more serious - at least we are led to believe so. On the home page of ThePirateBay, a visitor is confronted with the following message. "Today the swedish anti-piracy organizations raided The Pirate Bay and confiscated the computers running the tracker. This probably means the end of The Pirate Bay and we, the crew, apologize for all loss of income caused by our activity over the years." However ThePirateBay in its typical humor is playing a bit of a hoax on the BitTorrent community. Many have been mislead into believing the Swedish copyright enforcement organization, Antipiratbyran, is responsible for removing ThePirateBay's indexing abilities. According to chat taking place on their IRC channel, this is just a hoax and the site should be up in a few hours after some server upgrades. So those worrying about loosing their favorite BitTorrent site have nothing to fear, at least not yet. Update: It appears ThePirateBay is currently preparing a new version of their site. The following message now appears on their home page. "Nu kanske du undrar varför vi gjorde så här? Vi ville bara göra er uppmärksamma på att The Pirate Bay snart kommer i en ny version." This roughly translates to: "Now maybe yous am wondering whys we did it so here? We would only make yourself aware on that The Pirate Bay soon am arriving in an fresh version." ThePirateBay's Homepage. You can discuss this article here - 107 replies	en	The Pirate Bay logo A raid involving 50 members of the Swedish National Criminal Police has taken the servers of The Pirate Bay and Piratbyrån (the Pirate Bureau) — a Swedish lobby organisation that originally developed The Pirate Bay — into custody. The search warrant was given on grounds of alleged copyright violation and assisting copyright violation. This move comes as a bit of a surprise, as the legality of the site has been under public debate for over three years, with the operators frequently issuing public press releases. ''WiredFire'', in an interview with Rickard Falkvinge, head of the Swedish Pirate Party, is reporting that police arrested three staff members, ultimately taking only two into custody. The ''Associated Press'', however, is reporting that Ulf Goranzon, a police spokesman, is claiming that none were arrested, they were just under suspicion of violating copyright law. The site operators speculate that the police wish to test the legality of the operation. Purportedly, this move comes due to political pressure exerted by United States media corporations. Swedish public broadcaster Sveriges Television has backed this claim. Rickard Falkvinge has stated that the Svenska antipiratbyrån (Swedish Anti-Piracy Bureau) has admitted to being behind the police action, and he suspects the IFPI is also involved. Tobias Andersson, of Piratbyrån agrees, claiming that The Antipiratbyrån "has clearly misled the police" and "has fooled the police into shutting down its antagonists, the Piratbyrån. The Antipiratbyrån previously gained notoriety by paying an infiltrator to plant copyrighted material on the Swedish ISP Bahnhof's servers. Dan Glickman, CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), has applauded the move, citing it as a reminder that "there are no safe harbors for copyright thieves". Kori Bernards, an MPAA representative, claimed The Pirate Bay to be "one of our No. 1 targets." The MPAA allege that The Pirate Bay made available over 150 thousand files, including summer blockbusters such as "Mission: Impossible III" and "X-Men 3". However, The Pirate Bay claimed that as they only host .torrent files and not copyrighted material, they are not in contravention of copyright laws. The Pirate Bay also served as a distribution point for freely licensed material such as some Linux distributions and independent music and film. The Pirate Bay claims to be the world's largest BitTorrent tracker. In the raid, the police also took several private servers unconnected to The Pirate Bay. Some have claimed that there is no legal basis for these seizures. Initially, there were also rumors that this could be another stunt by The Pirate Bay to promote awareness. This possibility, however, has been already dismissed and only had some credibility given the fact that approximately one year ago today they claimed something similar like this, but instead were simply updating their servers. At current there are already some publications made available by officials confirming the authenticity of the raid. On June the 1st The Pirate Bay site changed its "Site down" note to "Site down - will be up and fully functional within a day or two". Gottfrid Svartholm, owner of webhotel PRQ said "I was arrested for interrogation, and they begun to ask question about Pirate Bay, what I knew and what connections I had to it. I got no public defender, and my regular legal representative was also under arrest, so I said nothing at all". According to Mr. Svartholm, the police told him that they were not obligated to provide a public defender, as the crime he was accused of doesn't lead to jail sentence if he is found guilty. The day after the raid, Mr. Svartholm is trying to limit the damage for PRQ's other customers that also had their servers confiscated, even if they didn't have any connections to The Pirate Bay.
en	MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- A massive manhunt is under way after four Miami-Dade County, Florida, police officers were shot during a traffic stop Thursday, a police spokeswoman said. One of the officers later died, Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez said. Police say Shawn Sherwin Labeet is being sought after the shootings. Cmdr. Linda O'Brien identified the suspect as Shawn Sherwin Labeet, 25. He should be considered armed and dangerous, she said. Police initially released the wrong name and photo. The officers had been conducting robbery surveillance at a residential complex in Cutler Bay. Police said the suspect was "driving erratically" in the complex, and when they tried to stop him he fired a high-powered rifle at the officers. "Witnesses said it sounded like machine gun fire, very rapid fire," a police spokesman said. "It was very deliberate to intentionally fire upon ... and kill a police officer." O'Brien said she was unsure whether the officers returned fire. One of the shooting victims is in good condition at Baptist Hospital in Miami and could be released later Friday, officials said. The conditions of the other two injured officers were not released. Dennis Dalley, the father of one officer, identified her to reporters as Officer Jody Wright. Dalley said she was taken to Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital after being shot in the leg. Wright spent hours in surgery with doctors trying to save her leg. Hopefully, they will be able to do so, Dalley said, but that will require many more surgeries. "She's in for the long haul," said Dalley, who said he had just arrived in Miami from his home in Jamaica when he got the news his daughter had been shot. Wright was born in Jamaica, but has been living in Miami since 1995, Dalley said. He said she has been an officer for about 1½ years. The rifle used in the shooting was found at a nearby canal, but authorities say the man may have another weapon. A Black Pontiac Vibe believed to have been driven by Labeet was found a few hours later at a Target store in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, police said. The car was occupied by a man, a woman and two children, O'Brien said. Police did not know whether they were related to Labeet. Watch a report on the manhunt » The adults were being interviewed, she said. The 2007 car was rented to Labeet's brother, Shane Labeet, according to Kevin Meyer, a spokesman for the car rental company. A law enforcement source said officers are working three locations in Broward County, Florida, including a warehouse where the suspect's mother works, the source said, and the mother's home, both in Deerfield Beach. Also, the suspect's mother, brother, a woman believed to be the brother's girlfriend and her two children are being questioned at the Broward County Sheriff's Office. At least 200 law enforcement officers are searching for the gunman. Several law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, are also taking part. A Black Hawk helicopter has been employed to help. ''This is a very sad day for us. We need to get this guy,'' Alvarez told The Miami Herald. Police are trying to determine whether he acted alone. A large security perimeter has been set up to search for the suspect, and police are urging residents to stay indoors. "This is the last place somebody needs to go and be a bystander," said Cutler Bay Mayor Paul Vrooman. "This is not entertainment. This is tragedy." E-mail to a friend All About Law Enforcement	en	Suspect wanted for the shootings. A manhunt in southeastern Florida has begun after four Miami-Dade Police Department officers were shot with a high-powered rifle. One of those officers has died. Two others are in serious condition. One has been released from Homestead Hospital. "Shortly after 11:21 a.m. Thursday, Miami-Dade police officers from the Cutler Ridge district were in a development conducting a burglary surveillance detail. They saw a vehicle driving erratically. They stopped the vehicle and attempted to question the driver. The subject got out of the vehicle and started to shoot at officers," said Linda O'Brien, the media relations bureau commander. "This man is armed and dangerous." The suspect in the shooting is 25-year-old Shawn Sherwin Labeet, of Margate. Labeet has a warrant for his arrest with the charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Police had blocked off I-95 ramps to Southwest 10th Street in Deerfield Beach to search a Publix distribution center. Police began a search for a black 2007 four-door Pontiac Vibe with Florida license tag number W59 EBT. They believed that Labeet was traveling with a woman and two children. The police detained the car in question in a parking lot at an Oakland Park Target. The driver of the vehicle was not the suspect. Several hundred police officers between Florida Highway Patrol, the Broward County Police Department, and the Miami Dade Police Department are focusing their attention on finding Labeet.
en	What's New Download our free apps now to your iPad, iPhone, Android or other mobile device. Read more	en	Suspect wanted for the shootings. A manhunt in southeastern Florida has begun after four Miami-Dade Police Department officers were shot with a high-powered rifle. One of those officers has died. Two others are in serious condition. One has been released from Homestead Hospital. "Shortly after 11:21 a.m. Thursday, Miami-Dade police officers from the Cutler Ridge district were in a development conducting a burglary surveillance detail. They saw a vehicle driving erratically. They stopped the vehicle and attempted to question the driver. The subject got out of the vehicle and started to shoot at officers," said Linda O'Brien, the media relations bureau commander. "This man is armed and dangerous." The suspect in the shooting is 25-year-old Shawn Sherwin Labeet, of Margate. Labeet has a warrant for his arrest with the charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Police had blocked off I-95 ramps to Southwest 10th Street in Deerfield Beach to search a Publix distribution center. Police began a search for a black 2007 four-door Pontiac Vibe with Florida license tag number W59 EBT. They believed that Labeet was traveling with a woman and two children. The police detained the car in question in a parking lot at an Oakland Park Target. The driver of the vehicle was not the suspect. Several hundred police officers between Florida Highway Patrol, the Broward County Police Department, and the Miami Dade Police Department are focusing their attention on finding Labeet.
en	Haggard, Colo. Springs church he founded reach a settlement Ex-pastor agrees to financial deal, continued therapy Ted Haggard and the church he founded and led for two decades have reached a settlement that includes a financial package and a pledge by Haggard not to talk about the scandal that destroyed his ministry, associate pastor Rob Brendle said Wednesday. "The Haggard family and the church both recognized it was in the best interests of the church to" reach a settlement, said Brendle, spokesman for New Life Church of Colorado Springs. Haggard, one of the nation's most prominent evangelical leaders, stunned his 14,000-member church and created a worldwide buzz when he admitted last November to purchasing drugs and to sexual immorality involving a male prostitute. He was fired as senior pastor of the mega-church and quit as head of the National Association of Evangelicals. Since then, Haggard has undergone therapy set up by the church. In an e-mail to friends earlier this week, he announced that he and his wife, Gayle, were moving out of state with the blessing of the church to "retrain" as psychologists. Leaving Colorado Springs was part of the agreement between Haggard and the church. Haggard has also agreed to continue therapy wherever the family settles, according to the Rev. H.B. London, Jr., one of the members of Haggard's restoration team. Brendle said such formal agreements are typically sought with anyone who leaves the church's employ. "Ted and his family will continue to be part of the New Life family and we will support them and walk with them," Brendle said. He said he couldn't discuss the details of the financial package. The settlement also reiterates one of the first stipulations reached at the start of the scandal: that Haggard can never be a pastor or do ministry at New Life again. Brendle said that a church overseer's characterization this week that Haggard believed himself to be "completely heterosexual" was meant to communicate the idea that, "Ted's choice is to be married to his wife and love her and be married to her for the rest of his life. "Human sexuality is a complicated issue and ultimately the only one who can know for sure is Ted, and speculation about that is fruitless," Brendle said. "The three-week counseling program was a beginning, not an end. The facility where Ted and Gayle went is a reputable secular psychological treatment center which aimed to help him understand what's going on inside of him," Brendle said. "We recognize the restoration process is one not of months, but of years." [email protected] or 303-954-5055	en	The New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado has reached a financial settlement with its founder (and former head of National Association of Evangelicals) pastor Ted Haggard. Haggard stepped aside as senior pastor in the Church in November 2006, when a male prostitute claimed that he had engaged in a three year relationship with Haggard and that the two used methamphetamine. Haggard, who was publicly critical of homosexuality, has agreed to leave the church he founded and led for two decades with a promise that he will not discuss the scandal, will move out of Colorado Springs, and will not reveal how much his financial settlement is. On February 4th, Haggard sent an e-mail to New Life members stating, "We all wanted to know why I developed such incongruity in my life. Thankfully, with the tools we gained there, along with the powerful way God has been illuminating his Word and the Holy Spirit has been convicting me and healing me, we now have growing understanding which is giving me some hope for the future." Rev. Tim Ralph said, after Haggard completed a three-week counseling program, "He Haggard is completely heterosexual." However, Mike Jones, the man who had allegedly had a 3 year relationship with Haggard publicly replied, "Give me a break." Adding, "He’s been performing oral sex on me for three years. You don’t change that in three weeks." And "Until he’s honest with himself, he’ll never be happy." Jones is currently writing a book detailing his relationship with Haggard due out in summer 2007. According to interim senior pastor Ross Parsley, at services on Sunday February 18 the panel will "provide any necessary clarification of (Haggard's) restoration process and give us a report on the New Life staff."
en	"A day of hope" has come for the 14,000 members at New Life Church after three months of shock and settlement over former senior pastor Ted Haggard's sex and drugs scandal. The board of overseers who dismissed Haggard in November is scheduled to address the megachurch on Sunday to "give some closure," as associate pastor Rob Brendle told Colorado Springs' The Gazette, to the Haggard case. New Life congregants will be told that the Haggards will relocate to continue their healing and restoration – a "mutual" agreement that they and the church have come to, according to an e-mail sent to church members on Wednesday by interim pastor Ross Parsley. The agreement also includes a pledge by Haggard not to speak publicly about the scandal. While the church Haggard founded looks toward the day of hope, Mike Jones, the former male prostitute who made the allegations that Haggard paid him for sex and methamphetamine for three years, has raised skepticism about Haggard's healing. After an intensive three-week spiritual-restoration program, one of the four ministers who oversaw the counseling said Haggard emerged convinced that he is "completely heterosexual." "He is completely heterosexual," the Rev. Tim Ralph told The Denver Post. "That is something he discovered. It was the acting-out situations where things took place. It wasn't a constant thing." In an e-mail to New Life members on Feb. 4, Haggard wrote, "We all wanted to know why I developed such incongruity in my life. Thankfully, with the tools we gained there, along with the powerful way God has been illuminating his Word and the Holy Spirit has been convicting me and healing me, we now have growing understanding which is giving me some hope for the future." Jones, however, was surprised at Haggard's claim. "Give me a break," he said, according to The Gazette. The former male prostitute stated he is not convinced that Haggard has become completely heterosexual in a matter of three weeks. Randy Thomas, vice president of the nation's largest ex-gay group – Exodus International – also raised doubts. Although the Exodus organization believes that it is possible to reorient a person's same-sex attraction through Jesus Christ, Thomas said it typically takes much longer to do so, according to the Associated Baptist Press. "Sexuality is very complex. So, for many people, depending on what issues they deal with … it could be months, it could be years," said Thomas. "So for someone to claim complete healing … I find that remarkable." Brendle, however, clarified the characterization of Haggard that was made this week. He said the statement that Haggard believed himself to be "completely heterosexual," was meant to communicate the idea that "Ted's choice is to be married to his wife and love her and be married to her for the rest of his life," according to Rocky Mountain News. Human sexuality is a complex issue, the associate pastor and experts agree. "Human sexuality is a complicated issue and ultimately the only one who can know for sure is Ted, and speculation about that is fruitless," said Brendle. In any case, Haggard's counseling team recognizes that the restoration process takes year, Brendle said. And Haggard agreed to continue to receive counseling wherever he relocates to and New Life will continue to support them through prayers. Haggard resigned as president of the National Association of Evangelicals last year after Jones went public with his allegations. He admitted to "sexual immorality" and buying methamphetamines.	en	The New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado has reached a financial settlement with its founder (and former head of National Association of Evangelicals) pastor Ted Haggard. Haggard stepped aside as senior pastor in the Church in November 2006, when a male prostitute claimed that he had engaged in a three year relationship with Haggard and that the two used methamphetamine. Haggard, who was publicly critical of homosexuality, has agreed to leave the church he founded and led for two decades with a promise that he will not discuss the scandal, will move out of Colorado Springs, and will not reveal how much his financial settlement is. On February 4th, Haggard sent an e-mail to New Life members stating, "We all wanted to know why I developed such incongruity in my life. Thankfully, with the tools we gained there, along with the powerful way God has been illuminating his Word and the Holy Spirit has been convicting me and healing me, we now have growing understanding which is giving me some hope for the future." Rev. Tim Ralph said, after Haggard completed a three-week counseling program, "He Haggard is completely heterosexual." However, Mike Jones, the man who had allegedly had a 3 year relationship with Haggard publicly replied, "Give me a break." Adding, "He’s been performing oral sex on me for three years. You don’t change that in three weeks." And "Until he’s honest with himself, he’ll never be happy." Jones is currently writing a book detailing his relationship with Haggard due out in summer 2007. According to interim senior pastor Ross Parsley, at services on Sunday February 18 the panel will "provide any necessary clarification of (Haggard's) restoration process and give us a report on the New Life staff."
en	Ted Haggard February 08, 2007 Jones doubts Haggard’s claim of being straight Jones Ex-pastor, church make contract on how to deal with scandal By BILL REED and CARY LEIDER VOGRIN, THE GAZETTE Mike Jones said Wednesday that he was surprised when he read media reports of Ted Haggard’s claims that he is “completely heterosexual.” Jones is the former male prostitute in Denver whose allegations of a three-year sexual relationship with Haggard brought about the November firing of the founder of the 14,000-member New Life Church, based in Colorado Springs. Haggard admitted to “sexual immorality” and buying methamphetamine. Haggard recently emerged from an intensive three-week spiritual-restoration program in Phoenix and said he is straight, according to comments New Life Church overseer the Rev. Tim Ralph made to The Denver Post. “Give me a break,” Jones said Wednesday. “He’s been performing oral sex on me for three years. You don’t change that in three weeks.” “Until he’s honest with himself, he’ll never be happy.” Jones is at work on a book detailing his relationship with Haggard. The book is expected in June, and Jones said he is considering offers to tell his story on television or film or stage. His writing was interrupted Wednesday by an 8 a.m. fire in a different unit at his high-rise apartment building in Denver. There are no indications the fire was arson or had anything to do with Jones. Jones said escaping through smoke-filled hallways was a scary experience. In an e-mail to some church members that surfaced Sunday, Haggard wrote that while he was in Phoenix, “We all wanted to know why I developed such incongruity in my life. Thankfully, with the tools we gained there, along with the powerful way God has been illuminating His Word and the Holy Spirit has been convicting me and healing me, we now have growing understanding which is giving me some hope for the future.” Jones said his writing schedule “may be stretched out the more Ted Haggard talks. Every time he opens his mouth, I have to add another chapter. “I know him well enough by now, and you know what he’s doing when those letters come out? He’s playing the sympathy card. He’s saying, ‘Please feel sorry for me.’ “What I’d like to hear is an apology to the gay community.” Jones said he’s struggling to write the story of his relationship with Haggard and make it interesting, but his book is likely to find an audience hungry for details of the reported affair. “Maybe I’ll have a book signing at New Life Church,” he joked. Haggard and the megachurch he founded have signed an agreement that bars him from speaking publicly about the scandal that led to his departure from the church, co-pastor Rob Brendle told Denver station KUSA-TV Wednesday. The church and Haggard have “come to a series of mutual decisions, which they formalized in a written agreement,” according to an e-mail sent to church members late Wednesday night by interim pastor Ross Parsley. One of the agreements: that the Haggard family will relocate “to continue their healing and restoration.” “This allows our church to begin to move into a season of new leadership and provides an opportunity for the Haggard family to recover together,” according to the e-mail. Parishioners will learn more about the church’s future during services Feb. 18. “As a way of closing the first chapter of this difficult season for our church, our overseers will be speaking to us as a church family on Sunday, February 18th in the morning services,” Parsley wrote. “They will provide any necessary clarification of the restoration process and give us a report on the New Life staff.” Another part of the agreement reportedly includes a financial settlement — and a stipulation that neither the church nor Haggard would disclose the amount. Haggard resigned as president of the National Association of Evangelicals and was forced out as senior pastor at New Life Church last year after Jones went public with the sex and drug allegations against Haggard. Haggard told church members in an e-mail Sunday that his family plans to leave Colorado Springs and that he and his wife plan to pursue master’s degrees in psychology. Brendle told KUSA-TV that the decision for the Haggards to leave Colorado Springs was mutual. “We recognize that his contributions to our church are immeasurable, as our founder and as our senior pastor for 22 years. At the same time, we recognize that his indiscretions are inexcusable,” Brendle said. The Associated Press contributed to this report. COMMENT ON THIS STORY (109)	en	The New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado has reached a financial settlement with its founder (and former head of National Association of Evangelicals) pastor Ted Haggard. Haggard stepped aside as senior pastor in the Church in November 2006, when a male prostitute claimed that he had engaged in a three year relationship with Haggard and that the two used methamphetamine. Haggard, who was publicly critical of homosexuality, has agreed to leave the church he founded and led for two decades with a promise that he will not discuss the scandal, will move out of Colorado Springs, and will not reveal how much his financial settlement is. On February 4th, Haggard sent an e-mail to New Life members stating, "We all wanted to know why I developed such incongruity in my life. Thankfully, with the tools we gained there, along with the powerful way God has been illuminating his Word and the Holy Spirit has been convicting me and healing me, we now have growing understanding which is giving me some hope for the future." Rev. Tim Ralph said, after Haggard completed a three-week counseling program, "He Haggard is completely heterosexual." However, Mike Jones, the man who had allegedly had a 3 year relationship with Haggard publicly replied, "Give me a break." Adding, "He’s been performing oral sex on me for three years. You don’t change that in three weeks." And "Until he’s honest with himself, he’ll never be happy." Jones is currently writing a book detailing his relationship with Haggard due out in summer 2007. According to interim senior pastor Ross Parsley, at services on Sunday February 18 the panel will "provide any necessary clarification of (Haggard's) restoration process and give us a report on the New Life staff."
en	denver & the west Haggard's ex-church to get progress report COLORADO SPRINGS - Disgraced evangelical pastor Ted Haggard's former congregation will get a progress report Feb. 18 from the oversight board helping the church recover. At services at New Life Church that Sunday, the panel will "provide any necessary clarification of (Haggard's) restoration process and give us a report on the New Life staff," according to a congregation-wide e-mail from interim senior pastor Ross Parsley. Haggard and the church severed ties last week in an agreement that pays Haggard an undisclosed settlement and requires him to not talk publicly about the gay-sex scandal that led to his ouster. Parsley also revealed that the three weeks of counseling Haggard recently received in Arizona was at a secular facility.	en	The New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado has reached a financial settlement with its founder (and former head of National Association of Evangelicals) pastor Ted Haggard. Haggard stepped aside as senior pastor in the Church in November 2006, when a male prostitute claimed that he had engaged in a three year relationship with Haggard and that the two used methamphetamine. Haggard, who was publicly critical of homosexuality, has agreed to leave the church he founded and led for two decades with a promise that he will not discuss the scandal, will move out of Colorado Springs, and will not reveal how much his financial settlement is. On February 4th, Haggard sent an e-mail to New Life members stating, "We all wanted to know why I developed such incongruity in my life. Thankfully, with the tools we gained there, along with the powerful way God has been illuminating his Word and the Holy Spirit has been convicting me and healing me, we now have growing understanding which is giving me some hope for the future." Rev. Tim Ralph said, after Haggard completed a three-week counseling program, "He Haggard is completely heterosexual." However, Mike Jones, the man who had allegedly had a 3 year relationship with Haggard publicly replied, "Give me a break." Adding, "He’s been performing oral sex on me for three years. You don’t change that in three weeks." And "Until he’s honest with himself, he’ll never be happy." Jones is currently writing a book detailing his relationship with Haggard due out in summer 2007. According to interim senior pastor Ross Parsley, at services on Sunday February 18 the panel will "provide any necessary clarification of (Haggard's) restoration process and give us a report on the New Life staff."
fr	C'est une nouvelle sortie qui ne passera pas inaperçue. Le député du Nord Christian Vanneste, membre du collectif de la Droite populaire, s'est confié au site LibertePolitique.com, vendredi dernier, et a donné une vision très personnelle de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. "Il y a aussi des légendes qui sont répandues", estime ainsi l'élu. "Par exemple il y a la fameuse légende de la déportation des homosexuels. Il faut être très clair là aussi. Manifestement Himmler avait un compte personnel à régler avec les homosexuels. En Allemagne, il y a eu la répression des homosexuels et la déportation qui a conduit à à peu près 30 000 déportés. Et il n'y en a pas eu ailleurs", affirme-t-il. Avant de préciser, si besoin était : "Et notamment en dehors des trois départements annexés, il n'y a pas eu de déportation des homosexuels en France." On peut même dire si on veut être méchant, et monsieur Buisson [très proche conseiller de Nicolas Sarkozy, NDLR] l'a été quand il a parlé de la sexualité sous l'Occupation. Lorsqu'un certain nombre d'intellectuels français vont présenter leurs hommages à monsieur Goebbels, il y en a quand même la moitié qui sont homosexuels. Et notamment à leur tête le ministre de Pétain, Abel Bonnard, dont tout le monde savait qu'il était homosexuel et que les résistants appelaient d'une façon que l'on peut trouver drôle ou pas selon les cas, la gestapette", conclut le député Vanneste. Mercredi matin, le secrétaire général de l'UMP Jean-François Copé a déclaré qu'"il ne se déroberait pas" et qu'il réclamerait des sanctions à l'encontre de Christian Vanneste qui seront à l'ordre du jour du bureau politique de mercredi prochain. "Aberration anthropologique" L'élu est un habitué des provocations à l'endroit des homosexuels. En juin dernier, alors que l'Assemblée nationale examinait une proposition de loi socialiste visant à ouvrir le mariage aux couples homosexuels, Christian Vanneste avait déclaré dans les couloirs du Palais-Bourbon : "Je ne vois pas en quoi l'Assemblée nationale doit s'intéresser à une aberration anthropologique. Il n'y a que deux sexes, les hommes et les femmes. Et la société doit assurer sa pérennité par le mariage des hommes et des femmes. Le reste, c'est une question de mode, liée à quelques lobbies qui ont manifestement beaucoup de pouvoir." "Ce n'est pas parce que quelques personnes ont des comportements, disons curieux, que forcément la société doit s'en préoccuper", avait-il poursuivi. "C'est une affaire privée, qui ne concerne pas l'avenir de la société. C'est du plaisir sexuel, c'est du divertissement, de l'affection. En quoi cela intéresse la société ?"."La société s'intéresse au mariage dans la mesure où il est lié à la procréation dans la majeure partie des cas", avait-il précisé. "Ce n'est pas la première fois qu'une mode sera à la mode parce que la presse l'aura décidé", avait-il encore ajouté. Des propos qui avaient fait bondir le sénateur EELV de l'Essonne Jean-Vincent Placé. "Ce type est infâme, voilà la réalité, il est connu pour ses propos homophobes, racistes, voire antisémites. (...) C'est lamentable", avait-il lancé. Il vient d'être condamné à 500 euros d'amende et à 1 500 euros de dommages et intérêts pour avoir diffamé Christian Vanneste.	fr	. , député du Nord de l' et du collectif a déclaré sur la qu', . Puis il précise que . Le député UMP de Seine-et-Marne, a qualifié les propos d'. Avant de poursuivre qu'il et qu'avec , ils . , déclare-t-elle. Avant de poursuivre . est plus catégorique lançant sur son compte Twitter. La porte-parole du candidat à la , a estimé que les propos de M. Vanneste étaient . Avant de poursuivre qu'. La secrétaire générale de l'association Gaylib, Catherine Michaud déclare que M. Vanneste . a assuré que Christian Vanneste sera exclu de l'UMP et que le parti lui suspend son investiture pour les prochaines dans sa circonscription, confirmant de même que .
pt	Espanhol morre em Goiás com suspeitas de febre amarela da Folha Online O espanhol Salvador Perez, 41 anos, morreu na manhã deste sábado no HDT (Hospital de Doenças Tropicais) de Goiânia (GO) com suspeitas de ter contraído febre amarela. Casado com uma brasileira e estabelecido em Goiás há menos de dois meses, Perez não era vacinado contra a doença. Segundo o diretor clínico do hospital, Wilson Moraes Arantes, Perez começou a apresentar dores no corpo e alterações cardiovasculares em 3 de janeiro, mas o quadro clínico avançou rapidamente, para diarréia, vômitos e hemorragias. "Nossa principal hipótese é que ele tenha contraído febre amarela, pela evolução rápida e fulminante do fígado e dos rins", disse o médico. Amostras de sorologia de Perez foram colhidas e enviadas para o Laboratório Central do Estado, informou Arantes. Entre cinco e sete dias deverão sair os primeiros resultados. Segundo Arantes, após apresentar os primeiros sintomas de doença e ter comparecido a postos de saúde do Estado, Perez fez exames médicos na manhã da última quinta-feira, em uma unidade de saúde, e foi encaminhado ao hospital. "À tarde, ao repetir os exames, o quadro estava todo alterado. A pele e a mucosa estavam amareladas, ele tinha sangramento digestivo", disse o diretor clínico do HDT. Lavrador na Espanha, Perez chegou ao país em 25 de novembro de 2007, em Salvador (BA), onde permaneceu por quatro dias. De lá, ele seguiu para Goiás e deu início à compra de uma fazenda em Cristianópolis. O negócio foi finalizado em 13 de dezembro, e a mudança para a fazenda ocorreu em 29 do mesmo mês. "A fazenda não estava habitada. Tinha muita sujeira. A casa estava fechada. Aves e filhotes de aves moravam lá dentro. A casa foi limpa. Eles entraram na mata e se banharam nas águas de lá. Em 3 de janeiro ele começou a manifestar dores", explicou o médico. Casos confirmados A febre amarela despertou a atenção das autoridades da saúde depois das mortes de macacos em Goiás e no Distrito Federal, próximos de áreas urbanas. Desde 1999, o governo acompanha a morte de macacos nas matas, florestas e cerrado como forma de alerta para possível disseminação de febre amarela em humanos. Na última quinta-feira (10), o Ministério da Saúde confirmou que Graco Carvalho Abubakir, 38, morador de Brasília, morreu vítima de febre amarela. Ele esteve na região de Pirenópolis (GO) e chegou ao Hospital Santa Luzia no último dia 4 com febre alta, dor de cabeça e dor no corpo. Ele morreu na terça-feira (8). E, ontem, o Ministério da Saúde confirmou um novo caso de febre amarela no país --o segundo este ano. A paciente, que não teve o nome confirmado, está internada na unidade Morumbi do Hospital São Luiz, em São Paulo, desde o dia 6.	pt	Morreu na manha deste sábado (12) o turista espanhol Salvador Perez de 41 anos no HDT (Hospital de Doenças Tropicais) em Goiânia com suspeita de febre amarela. O espanhol, internado no hospital desde quinta-feira, apresentava ''"pele e a mucosa estavam amareladas, e tinha sangramento digestivo"'', segundo o diretor clínico do hospital, Wilson Moraes Arantes. Tem uma opinião sobre a notícia? Diga-nos!
pt	Morre espanhol com suspeita de febre amarela O espanhol Salvador Perez de la Cal, internado na UTI do Hospital de Doenças Tropicais desde a noite de quinta-feira (10), faleceu hoje pela manhã com suspeita de ter contraído febre amarela. O estado de saúde dele era grave desde ontem. Salvador era agricultor e tinha vindo para o Brasil no final do ano. Segundo informações da secretaria municipal de saúde, o espanhol passou 15 dias em uma fazenda em Cristianópolis. Fonte: Victor Hugo Caldas, do DM Online	pt	Morreu na manha deste sábado (12) o turista espanhol Salvador Perez de 41 anos no HDT (Hospital de Doenças Tropicais) em Goiânia com suspeita de febre amarela. O espanhol, internado no hospital desde quinta-feira, apresentava ''"pele e a mucosa estavam amareladas, e tinha sangramento digestivo"'', segundo o diretor clínico do hospital, Wilson Moraes Arantes. Tem uma opinião sobre a notícia? Diga-nos!
de	Eher durch Zufall stieß der Biologe Bruno Kremer von der Universität Köln auf einen alten Fehler, wie die „Süddeutsche Zeitung“ in ihrer Samstagausgabe berichtet. Er wollte die Ökologie des Flusses erfassen und stieß bei der Recherche auf unterschiedliche Längenangaben. In Schriften aus der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts sei die Länge des Flusses noch mit 1230 Kilometern angegeben worden. In modernen Lexika aber sei nun von 1320 Kilometern die Rede. „Es muss sich um einen banalen Zahlendreher handeln“, sagte Kremer der Zeitung. Die Zahlenangabe der modernen Nachschlagewerke sei schlicht falsch. „Irgendwann um 1960 wurde wohl aus 1230 eine 1320.“ Der Fehler habe sich immer weiter verbreitet. Offenbar habe einer vom anderen abgeschrieben, vermutet Kremer. Nach Recherchen der Zeitung trat der Zahlendreher erstmals 1932 in Knaurs Lexikon auf. Im Jahr darauf war er auch im Brockhaus zu lesen. Behörden und Verlage kündigen Korrekturen an Um sicher zu gehen, dass die jüngere Zahl nicht doch die richtige ist, habe er nachgemessen, berichtete Kremer. Dabei verließ er sich teilweise auf Kilometertafeln, die am Flussufer aufgestellt sind. Teilweise maß er mit Hilfe neuer amtlicher topografischer Karten nach. Das Ergebnis seiner nichtwissenschaftlichen Berechnung: 1233 Kilometer. „Ich will nicht ausschließen, dass ich mich um ein bis zwei Kilometer vertan habe“, sagte Kremer. „Je nachdem, welchen Punkt man als Rheinquelle definiert, können Messungen um rund fünf Kilometer schwanken. Doch eine Rheinlänge von 1320 Kilometern macht einfach keinen Sinn.“Behörden und Verlage seien nun aufgeschreckt und wollten die korrekte Länge von 1230 Kilometern offiziell verbreiten. „Nicht alle reagierten erfreut“, berichtete Kremer. „Mittlerweile bestätigen jedoch die Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde und das Rheinmuseum in Koblenz meine Erkenntnisse.“ Auch der Brockhaus-Verlag wolle den entsprechenden Eintrag im Lexikon revidieren. Schulbuchverlage kündigten ebenfalls eine Korrektur an, sobald es eine neue amtliche Rheinlänge gibt.	de	Der Biologe Bruno Kremer von der Universität Köln brachte es per Zufall an den Tag: Der Rhein ist 90 Kilometer kürzer als gedacht. In allen Schulbüchern stand bisher die Länge 1.320 Kilometer, tatsächlich sind es aber nur zirka 1.230 Kilometer. Der Biologe nennt für die Strecke von Graubünden bis zur Mündung bei Hoek van Holland genau 1.233 Kilometer. Ein Zahlendreher war offenbar die Ursache für die falsche Angabe. Erstmals tauchte die Zahl offenbar im Knaurs-Lexikon aus dem Jahr 1932 auf, seit diesem Zeitpunkt verbreitete sich die fehlerhafte Angabe immer weiter. Laut Kremer haben nun die ersten Organisationen wie die Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde und das Rheinmuseum in Koblenz den Fehler bestätigt. Lexikon- und Schulbuchverlage wollen die fehlerhafte Zahl nun ebenfalls korrigieren.
de	Zahlendreher Rhein ist 90 Kilometer kürzer als gedacht 90 Kilometer weniger: Ein Zahlendreher machte den Rhein länger, als er ist. FOTO: AP, AP München (RPO). Der Rhein soll 90 Kilometer kürzer sein als bislang angenommen. Einem Zeitungsbericht zufolge messe der Fluss statt 1320 Kilometer nur rund 1230 Kilometer. Der Biologe Bruno Kremer von der Universität Köln habe den Fehler eher zufällig entdeckt. "Es muss sich um einen banalen Zahlendreher handeln", sagte er. In Schriften aus der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts wurde die Rheinlänge laut Kremer mit etwa 1230 Kilometer angegeben, berichtet die "Süddeutsche Zeitung". Moderne Lexika und Bundesbehörden würden hingegen die höhere Zahl nennen. "Irgendwann um 1960 wurde wohl aus 1230 eine 1320", sagte Kremer. "Dieser Fehler perpetuierte sich, weil offenbar einer vom anderen abschrieb." Der Wissenschaftler errechnete eine Länge von 1233 Kilometer - "gemessen vom längsten Quell-Ast des Vorderrheins in Graubünden bis zur Mündung bei Hoek van Holland". Ein Sprecher der Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde in Koblenz sagte dem Blatt, die bisherige Rheinlänge werde nun intern mit einem dicken Fragezeichen versehen. Im April solle bei einer internationalen Tagung der Kommission für die Hydrologie des Rheingebietes (KHR) um eine Überprüfung und gegebenenfalls um eine offizielle Korrektur gebeten werden. Die zuständige Abteilung des niederländischen Ministeriums für Verkehr und Wasserbau, wo der KHR-Sekretär arbeitet, habe nachgerechnet und sei auf 1232 Kilometer gekommen, berichtete die Zeitung. Das Rhein-Museum in Koblenz habe die Flusslänge bereits korrigiert. Quelle: DDP/jre	de	Der Biologe Bruno Kremer von der Universität Köln brachte es per Zufall an den Tag: Der Rhein ist 90 Kilometer kürzer als gedacht. In allen Schulbüchern stand bisher die Länge 1.320 Kilometer, tatsächlich sind es aber nur zirka 1.230 Kilometer. Der Biologe nennt für die Strecke von Graubünden bis zur Mündung bei Hoek van Holland genau 1.233 Kilometer. Ein Zahlendreher war offenbar die Ursache für die falsche Angabe. Erstmals tauchte die Zahl offenbar im Knaurs-Lexikon aus dem Jahr 1932 auf, seit diesem Zeitpunkt verbreitete sich die fehlerhafte Angabe immer weiter. Laut Kremer haben nun die ersten Organisationen wie die Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde und das Rheinmuseum in Koblenz den Fehler bestätigt. Lexikon- und Schulbuchverlage wollen die fehlerhafte Zahl nun ebenfalls korrigieren.
es	Los comicios para elegir el nuevo parlamento tendrán lugar en medio de tensiones entre el presidente y el legislativo. El electorado salvadoreño está convocado para el próximo domingo a renovar la Asamblea Legislativa (parlamento local) y las alcaldías con la irrupción como partido político de Nuevas Ideas, del presidente Nayib Bukele, el cual, según encuestas, marcha delante en las intenciones de voto. LEA TAMBIÉN: Parlamento salvadoreño no descarta destitución de Bukele Las elecciones tendrán lugar en medio de tensiones políticas las cuales han estado enfrentados el presidente Nayib Bukele, electo en 2019, y el saliente parlamento (cuya composición data de un año antes) de mayoría opositora dominado por la ultraderechista Alianza Nacionalista Republicana (ARENA) e integrado, además, por el izquierdista Frente Farabuno Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN) y cerca de una decena de pequeños partidos más. Bukele, como parte de su campaña de elección y en particular tras haber ganado la presidencia en 2019, organizó su partido Nuevas Ideas con el cual pretende, según anunció, "acabar con el bipartidismo" de ARENA y FMLN, a pesar que él mismo se sirvió del aparato electoral de este último, por el cual llegó a ocupar la alcaldía de la capital, San Salvador. Desde la firma de los Acuerdos de Paz, el Tribunal Supremo Electoral ha administrado 29 elecciones, cuyos resultados han sido el fiel reflejo de la voluntad ciudadana expresada en las urnas y aceptados por los partidos políticos contendientes. ¡Infórmate, asiste, vota! pic.twitter.com/Tq3kZ33eHG — TSE El Salvador (@TSEElSalvador) February 23, 2021 Durante estos dos años de gobierno (de un período de cinco), Bukele ha estado enfrentado con la Asamblea Legislativa, a la cual acusa de "obstruir sus esfuerzos por gobernar" y el conflicto ha vivido distintos episodios a lo largo de 2019 y 2020, incluso en medio de la pandemia de Covid-19 y tuvo un momento álgido el 9 de febrero de 2020, cuando el presidente militarizó la sede del legislativo en un intento por forzar la aprobación de presupuesto para su plan de control militar. Finaliza entrega de paquetes electorales Este 22 de febrero, la Dirección de Organización hace entrega de los 2,206 paquetes a la Junta Electoral Departamental de San Salvador. El total de los 8,451 paquetes ya están resguardados por las 14 Juntas Electorales Departamentales. pic.twitter.com/aR76IrxDpF — TSE El Salvador (@TSEElSalvador) February 22, 2021 Desde entonces, el presidente, acostumbrado a un uso intensivo del Twitter, prometió "sacar a los mismos de siempre", en referencia a los políticos de los principales partidos (ARENA y FMLN), de la Asamblea Legislativa en los comicios del próximo 28 de febrero. ¡Por Juan, por Gloria, y por todos los que ofrendaron su vida para cambiar el país! Este 28 de Febrero salgamos a votar para defender lo que con vidas, lucha y convicción hemos conquistado. No permitamos un retroceso en los derechos y libertades para los salvadoreños. pic.twitter.com/6O2MlNm330 — Jorge Schafik Hándal (@JorgeSchafik) February 22, 2021 En un escenario marcado por la pandemia de la Covid-19, con continuos conflictos entre Bukele y la Asamblea por la extensión de la cuarentena, la utilización de fondos para la salud, la construcción de un hospital de campaña y los fondos municipales se hizo la campaña electoral desde el pasado mes de enero. La violencia, además de la polémica y las acusaciones de posible fraude (disparadas desde el propio ejecutivo), no ha dejado de marcar la campaña y el 31 de enero último, tras un mitín electoral, resultaron asesinados dos militantes del FMLN en un enfrentamiento en el cual estuvieron involucrados agentes de seguridad del Ministerio de Salud del gobierno de Nayib Bukele. Según las encuestas, el partido Nuevas Ideas y su aliado Gran Alianza por la Unidad Nacional (GANA) suman una intención de voto del 72,2 por ciento, lo cual les podría otorgar una mayoría cualificada en la Asamblea Legislativa, de 84 diputados y reforzaría el poder del presidente Bukele, quien ha sido acusado de autoritarismo en su gestión. Las mejores propuestas y los mejores candidatos están en @ARENAOFICIAL. Ingresa a https://t.co/jg9UsuCEAw para conocer sus propuestas y su hoja de vida. #ElSalvadorNosUne pic.twitter.com/BIuOCz48gp — ARENA (@ARENAOFICIAL) January 25, 2021 En adición, la próxima Asamblea elegirá al nuevo fiscal general de la República y a cinco magistrados de la Corte Suprema de Justicia, un órgano clave para mantener el orden democrático y que ya ha frenado al presidente en varias ocasiones. �� Alto a la violencia política, Hoy nuevamente se registra un hecho de violencia en caravana de nuestro partido en #SantaAna. Exigimos la inmediata liberación de nuestro compañero @EdwinGrijalvaSV . https://t.co/atLKxKUKM1 — Anabel Belloso (@AnabelBelloso) February 21, 2021 Entretanto, el presidente del legislativo, Mario Ponce, llamó la víspera a la población a participar en las elecciones del próximo domingo con orden y sin violencia: "estamos listos, esperamos que no existan conatos de violencia, le pedimos a los salvadoreños que salgan a votar ordenadamente", declaró Ponce, diputado del minoritario Partido Concertación Nacional y titular de esta legislatura desde 2019.	es	Salón Azul del Palacio Legislativo, El Salvador. A dos años de que El Salvador eligiera como presidente a un candidato joven y desligado de los partidos tradicionales: Alianza Repúblicana Nacionalista (ARENA) y el Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN), el país centroamericano se prepara una vez más para ir a las urnas. El escenario más probable este domingo, 28 de febrero, es el de un Congreso compuesto en su mayoría por ''Nuevas Ideas'', el partido aliado del presidente Nayib Bukele. Aquel 3 de febrero de 2019 era improbable que un candidato de 38 años rompiera con la tradición política de las últimas tres décadas en El Salvador: cuatro presidentes de derecha electos consecutivamente y dos de izquierda. Pero Bukele, que promovió el discurso «ni derechas, ni izquierdas» ganó con el 53,1% de los votos válidos, frente a una mitad abstencionista. El proceso electoral contará con un ambiente bastante movido, debido a los conflictos políticos en los que ha estado sumergido el presidente, que fue electo en 2019, así como el parlamento actual que va a salir, que está conformado en mayoría por simpatizantes del partido ARENA junto al partido FMLN, atrás les siguen una pequeña fracción de partidos que completan el hemiciclo completo del parlamento. Pero en sus años de mandato, Bukele ha tenido que enfrentarse duramente contra el parlamento legislativo, a quienes acusa de "entorpecer" su mandato, los conflictos se han alargado incluso hasta el período 2019 - 2020 a comienzos de la pandemia, donde se presenció un evento singular en la Asamblea, pues el presidente militarizó el establecimiento gubernamental, en forma de presión para aprobar un presupuesto para un plan de control militar que él había presentado.
es	22/02/2011 FIESTA NACIONAL DEL SOL Un inicio con pura música local En la inauguración se escuchará desde una murga hasta el Himno Nacional y el Himno a Sarmiento, todo en vivo y a cargo de músicos sanjuaninos. Daiana Kaziura - Diario de Cuyo A diferencia de la inauguración de la Fiesta Nacional del Sol del año pasado, cuando el eje temático fue el Bicentenario de la Patria y la entonación del Himno Nacional estuvo a cargo del reconocido cantante Jairo, en la edición 2011 el protagonismo será de artistas locales. Esta noche, antes del corte de cintas en la puerta de la Exposición y Feria Temática se podrá ver y escuchar a la Murga del Sol. Después, se presentará Rolando García Gómez, quien con su guitarra interpretará los himnos Nacional y a Sarmiento. Y los encargados de ponerles voces serán Raúl Rizzo y Claudia Pirán, respectivamente. En 2010, la apertura de la feria tuvo un plus: las autoridades enterraron un mensaje para que sea desenterrado en 2110, cuando la Patria cumpla 300 años. Este año, no se realizará nada similar. "Será un presentación breve y sencilla, que terminará con un show de fuegos artificiales que saldrán de la terraza del Centro Cívico", comentó Dante Elizondo, ministro de Turismo. Por primera vez, la inauguración se realizará por Avenida Libertador, frente al Centro Cívico. Eso porque este año se incorporó la Plaza España al predio en el que se realiza el festejo. Y los protagonistas esta vez serán locales. Primero, se presentará la Murga del Sol, un nuevo grupo integrado por percusionistas y bailarines sanjuaninos que también serán los encargados de abril el paso del carrusel, el próximo viernes. El grupo actuará y sostendrá 3 marionetas diseñadas con el logo de la fiesta y un estandarte. Después, la posta quedará en manos de Rolando García Gómez, el responsable del equipo que crea la música de todo el festejo. Él interpretará con su guitarra el Himno Nacional Argentino y el Himno Provincial a Sarmiento. "No serán las versiones que estamos acostumbrados a escuchar, porque serán interpretadas con un solo de guitarra. Pero voy a respetar las melodías tal cual son", adelantó el músico. Y contó que al Himno Nacional le podrá voz el cantante sanjuanino Raúl Rizzo y al Himno a Sarmiento, Claudia Pirán. Después de la música será bendecido el festejo y luego hablarán las autoridades. Eso dará paso a la explosión de fuegos artificiales, que coronará el corte de cintas. Cortes y seguridad El hecho de tener que cortar el tránsito en la Avenida Libertador preocupa a las autoridades por la gran circulación que tiene esa arteria. Por eso, aún no se decide cuándo estará cortada y cuándo no. Por el momento, lo que está asegurado es que estará prohibida la circulación durante la inauguración. Según comentó José Chicahuala, coordinador de seguridad del festejo, en el resto de las jornadas se analizará en qué momento es necesario cortarla según el flujo de gente. Este año hay otras tres puertas por las que también puede ingresar la gente. Dos son para el público general y están en España y San Luis y España y 25 de Mayo. Y la tercera es el ingreso preferencial, que estará por España antes de Alberdi. Esas puertas serán habilitadas a las 20, antes de la inauguración, pero quien entre y después salga a ver el corte de cintas, tendrá que pagar de nuevo la entrada para regresar al predio. En cuanto al resto de las calles de la zona, hay algunas que ya están cortadas y permanecerán así hasta el cierre de la feria y otras que sólo estarán inhabilitadas cuando las puertas de la expo estén abiertas (ver infografía). Por otra parte, por el desarrollo del Carrusel del Sol, el próximo viernes no se podrá estacionar en todo el día a lo largo de Central entre Mendoza y Urquiza. Y ese tramo se cortará para el tránsito a partir de las 14 ese día. El sábado, cuando se realice el espectáculo en el autódromo, se cortará la Libertador desde Morón hacia el Oeste. El público general tendrá que movilizarse por Ignacio de la Roza. Para controlar el funcionamiento de todo, en esta edición de la fiesta habrá más efectivos policiales. Chicahuala detalló que habrá 600 efectivos custodiando el total de las instancias de la Fiesta del Sol. El año pasado, en cambio, hubo 520. "El aumento se debe a que el predio en el que se desarrolla la feria abarca 10.000 m2 más. Además, sabemos que año a año la fiesta tiene mayor cantidad de público y, por ende, se necesita más seguridad", comentó Chicahuala. Por eso, el espacio en el que más se incrementará la custodia será la Exposición y Feria. Habrá 80 efectivos en el interior, la misma cantidad en el exterior y unos 40 efectivos en los cortes de calles. Mientras tanto, durante el carrusel trabajarán unos 150 efectivos. Y para la fiesta de cierre en el autódromo trabajarán 250 policías: unos 180 estarán adentro y el resto controlará el tránsito.	es	En la noche de ayer se dio inicio a la popular fiesta sanjuanina, con la asistencia de más de 30 mil espectadores. La presentación de la misma contó con la presencia del gobernador José Luis Gioja y del Ministro de Turismo y Cultura, Dante Elizondo. Con una fuerte presencia de músicos locales, como la Murga del Sol, el músico Rolando García Gómez y los cantantes Raúl Rizzo y Claudia Pirán, se inauguró la fiesta. Los oradores recordaron y homenajearon a los 21 bailarines heridos durante los ensayos por el derrumbe de un escenario. La fiesta durará hasta el día sábado, donde se elegirá a la Reina Nacional del Sol. Durante la semana actuarán importantes músicos, como Diego Torres, Palito Ortega y Charly García.
en	Worry Watch: Sober.Y raises an orange alert Saturday, October 15, 2005 By David Radin and Jes Scherder WEEKLY REPORTS Latest security updates Top 10 Threats There is a new member in the Sober family of computer viruses. The new addition, Sober.Y, has infected so many computers in the past week that anti-virus company Panda Software raised its Global ThreatWatch meter from green to orange. According to Panda, Sober.Y had rapidly infected computers around the world just hours after it was first discovered. The threat spreads using two different e-mail messages to trick recipients. The first is in English with the subject of "Your new password," and convinces users to open an infected attachment in order to check the personal data related to a password change. The second is in German and claims that the attached file contains a picture of old school friends. In both cases, the e-mail attachments are actually a copy of the worm itself. If the file is run, an error message is displayed, but the worm still harvests the e-mail addresses from your computer and sends itself to them. As usual, experts advise caution when opening e-mails from unknown senders. Worry Watch Plus Online only: Information, Prevention and Protection -- The new Sober threat • Panda Software Definition • Panda Software TruPrevent Microsoft's Latest Security Releases: Name Link to Number For Users of Priority Vulnerability in DirectShow Could Allow Remote Code Execution KB904706 Windows 98, 2000 (SP4), ME, XP (SP1 and SP2)* Critical Vulnerabilities in MSDTC and COM+ Could Allow Remote Code Execution KB902400 Windows 2000 (SP4), XP (SP1 and SP2)* Critical Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer KB896688 Internet Explorer on Windows 98, 2000 (SP4), ME, XP (SP1 and SP2)* Critical Vulnerability in the Client Services for Netware Could Allow Remote Code Execution KB899589 Windows 2000 (SP4), XP (SP1 and SP2)* Important Vulnerability in Plug and Play Could Allow Remote Code Execution and Local Elevation of Privilege KB905749 Windows 2000 (SP4), XP (SP1 and SP2) Important Vulnerability in the Microsoft Collaboration Objects Could Allow Remote Code Execution KB907245 Windows 2000 (SP4), XP (SP1 and SP2)* Important Vulnerabilities in Windows Shell Could Allow Remote Code Execution KB900725 Windows 2000 (SP4), XP (SP1 and SP2)* Important Vulnerability in Windows FTP Client Could Allow File Transfer Location and Tampering KB905495 Windows XP (SP1)* Moderate Vulnerability in Network Connection Manager Could Allow Denial of Service KB905414 Windows 2000 (SP4), XP (SP1 and SP2)* Moderate Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool KB890830 Windows 2000, XP* Go back * Reading: Solutions, Prevention & Remedies Additional summary information related to a specific type of solution or prevention that you should be considering. Depending upon the week, this section may have: • Recent Windows security releases from Microsoft • Recent updates to widely used anti-spyware programs • Recent updates to widely used anti-virus programs • Recent updates to other security programs & devices (ex: Firewalls, routers) • Recent updates to various applications in wide use Top 10 Threats: Name Type Affects Alert Level Sdbot.ftp Worm Windows 95, 98, 2000, ME, NT, XP Medium Netsky.P Worm Windows 95, 98, 2000, ME, NT, XP* Severe Sdbot.FHG Worm Windows 95, 98, 2000, ME, NT, XP High Gaobot.gen Worm Windows 2000, NT, XP* Medium Qhost.gen Trojan Windows 2000, NT, XP* Low Mhtredir.gen Trojan Windows 95, 98, 2000, ME, NT, XP* Low Zlob.S Trojan Windows 95, 98, 2000, ME, NT, XP* Low Alcan.worm Worm Windows 95, 98, 2000, ME, NT, XP Low Qhost.CG Trojan Windows 95, 98, 2000, ME, NT, XP Low Cimuz.X Trojan Windows 95, 98, 2000, ME, XP* Medium Go back Read: Top Threats These are viruses that are currently on the watch lists of major anti-virus software companies. Name What the threat is called. We use the name given each virus by Panda Software. Sometimes other anti-virus companies give the same threat a different name. Usually they use similar names. Type There are different characteristics associated with different types of threats. • Virus - has the ability to replicate or infect computers or other programs • Trojan Horse (or Trojan) - appear to be harmless programs when you get them. They unleash their payload when you double-click, open, or execute them. • Phishing - a Web site or e-maill message posing as another company - usually one you know to fool you into giving the sender personal information. • Worm - self replicates onto additional disks, computers or networks • Spyware - installs on your system to collect information about your activity, preferences or interests • Hoax - false messages sent by e-maill to mislead the recipient • Backdoors - opens a security hole that allows outsiders to take control of your computer • Dialer - uses your telephone to dial an outside number - sometimes a number that costs you money when dialed Affects Not all viruses affect all types of systems. Some, for example may affect only Windows 98 and 95, but not Windows XP or NT. Others affect all Windows systems, but not Macintosh. In this column, we show you the consumer systems that the threat is known to affect. We don't always include the servers that operate in your company's backroom. Alert level The level of awareness that anti-virus vendors suggest you need to have for each threat listed. For each threat listed, we'll post a corresponding link here, so you can get more information to help you recognize, diagnose, prevent, and repair the problem. (Worry Watch is compiled by David Radin & Jes Scherder using data and reports from Microsoft, CERT, Panda, and other sources. To contact the compilers of Worry Watch, go to http://www.megabyteminute.com/contactdavid.html.) Today: Only in Print News: So much criticism so early makes Miers unprecedented Opinion: New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd / Judith Miller has harmed the NYT Sports commentary: Couch Slouch / Finding no joy in TD celebrations My Generation: Teen essay / Curfews can keep us safe My Generation: Kids Across, Parents Down crossword / Your Yellow Puzzle For more information: Subscribe today Buy a copy near you See today's front page	es	La empresa Panda Software ha lanzado una advertencia sobre la rápida expansión de la nueva variante del gusano informático conocido como Sober-Y. El gusano se expande por correo-e con mensajes en inglés o alemán, según el país del destinatario, con mensajes que tratan de engañar al usuario para que ejecute un archivo anexo cuyo nombre varía entre las siguientes opciones: ''KlassenFoto.zip'', ''pword_change.zip'', ''screen_photo.zip'', y ''privat-photo.zip''. Otra amenaza para los usuarios de sistemas Windows es el híbrido virus/troyano ''Eyeveg.D'' destinado específicamente a robar información confidencial que el usuario escriba en el navegador ''Internet explorer'' (IE). Este híbrido actúa como troyano al instalar una extensión (plugin) para IE que busca información de cuentas bancarias, tarjetas de crédito y claves en formas almacenadas. Igualmente revisa todo lo que el usuario escribe al interactuar con IE. También abre un canal de comunicación con el exterior por el cual puede enviar información y recibir órdenes externas a ser ejecutadas en máquinas infectadas. Su forma de transmisión es estilo gusano informático, incluye su propio motor de mensajería con el cual envía a las direcciones que encuentra un mensaje de correo-e destinado a replicarse en otras máquinas. Según Panda Software, el gusano Sober-Y ha infectado gran cantidad de máquinas por lo que su velocidad de crecimiento aumenta cada día. Una vez instalado, lo primero que hace el gusano es buscar direcciones de correo-e en los discos locales para intentar reproducirse en otras máquinas. El gusano fue detectado por primera vez el 5 de septiembre. La mayoría de los proveedores de software antivirus ofrecen herramientas gratuitas para eliminar estas dos amenazas. De ser necesario, ''Eyeveg.D'' tiene la capacidad de desactivar la herramienta cortafuego (firewall) que viene instalada en los sistemas XP. Como en casos anteriores, la mejor defensa del usuario es no abrir archivos anexos a sus correos y en caso de anexos considerados legítimos, confirmar con el correspondiente ese envío antes de abrirlos. Los distribuidores de software antivirus también recomiendan mantener actualizadas sus herramientas, dado que en cuanto tienen información sobre una nueva amenaza, incluyen lo necesario en ellas para detectarlas y evitar la infección.
en	A sophisticated Trojan-worm hybrid threatens users’ privacy and their bank accounts, reports Panda Software Posted on 17 October 2005 \| Other Panda Software releases at HNS Panda Software’s proactive TruPrevent Technologies managed to block and eliminate this hybrid without prior knowledge of it PandaLabs has reported the appearance of a new kind of hybrid malware species, with both worm and Trojan features, which could be used to steal confidential information of any kind, such as banking information, personal details or other type of information entered in Web registration forms. This Eyeveg.D is a sophisticated hybrid with two sides to it: it carries out Trojan actions against the infected computer, and acts as a worm to spread. This type of hybrid of two malware species is becoming more and more habitual, as malware creators look for increased capacities and versatility in their creations. Eyeveg.D installs on the system through a DLL file and an EXE executable file, with a random name (which makes identification and disinfection more difficult), and modifies keys in the Windows Registry to ensure it is run on every system startup. Once run, Eyeveg.D carries out actions in order not to have its process displayed in the Task List in order to go unnoticed by users. However, this only works on Windows 9x (95, 98 and Millennium) systems. Eyeveg.D’s Trojan actions start by loading the DLL file as a ‘plugin’ (or additional component) of the browser, by taking advantage of one of its features. This allows the malware to capture events and actions carried out on the computer, as well as user session properties. In this way, it manages to log in a file every user attempt to send information to remote servers through secure servers, as found in banking web pages. This is just another example of phishing, through which Eyeveg.D can gather data such as bank account numbers, passwords, or credit card numbers. This functionality has been confirmed by PandaLabs, which means that attacks to users’ accounts could have already started. Similarly, it logs the keystrokes entered by the affected user in the infected computer, compromising their privacy as it steals all sorts of confidential information, from personal emails, to bank account information sent to online banking entities. It also has backdoor features, as it can open a channel to receive commands from a remote user silently, which gives Eyeveg.D great functionality. This malicious code tries to connect to a certain URL, disabling the Windows XP firewall if necessary. Once the connection is established, the affected computer is ready to receive commands, or even files that could correspond to another malware species. As a worm, the malware has its own mail sending engine, which allows it look for email addresses in a series of computer files listed in its code and send itself out as a compressed attachment to all of them. Messages sent by Eyeveg.D have the name of the attached file as subject and seem to have been sent by the affected user themselves. People that use Panda Software’s TruPreventTM Technology proactive protection have been protected at all times, as these technologies can neutralize this threat without having to know it. These technologies have been available in Panda’s products from the 2005 versions, and you can even combine them with antivirus programs from other vendors, through TruPrevent Personal 2005. To prevent infection from Eyeveg.D or other malicious code, Panda Software advises all users to keep their antivirus software up-to-date. Panda Software has already made the corresponding updates to detect and eliminate this malware specimen available to clients. In order to help as many users as possible scan and disinfect their computers, Panda Software offers Panda ActiveScan, free of charge, at http://www.pandasoftware.com. ActiveScan is also available to webmasters that want to include it on their websites. Those who would like to include it on their sites can request the HTML code from http://www.pandasoftware.com/partners/webmasters/ Panda Software also offers users Virus Alerts, an e-bulletin in English and Spanish that gives immediate warning of the emergence of potentially dangerous malicious code. To receive Virus Alerts just visit Panda Software's website (http://www.pandasoftware.com/about/subscriptions/) and complete the corresponding form. For further information about the malicious code mentioned above, visit Panda Software’s Virus Encyclopedia at http://www.pandasoftware.com/virus_info/encyclopedia/. About PandaLabs On receiving a possibly infected file, Panda Software's technical staff get straight down to work. The file is analyzed and depending on the type, the action taken may include: disassembly, macro scanning, code analysis etc. If the file does in fact contain a new virus, the disinfection and detection routines are prepared and quickly distributed to users. For more information: http://www.pandasoftware.com/virus_info/	es	La empresa Panda Software ha lanzado una advertencia sobre la rápida expansión de la nueva variante del gusano informático conocido como Sober-Y. El gusano se expande por correo-e con mensajes en inglés o alemán, según el país del destinatario, con mensajes que tratan de engañar al usuario para que ejecute un archivo anexo cuyo nombre varía entre las siguientes opciones: ''KlassenFoto.zip'', ''pword_change.zip'', ''screen_photo.zip'', y ''privat-photo.zip''. Otra amenaza para los usuarios de sistemas Windows es el híbrido virus/troyano ''Eyeveg.D'' destinado específicamente a robar información confidencial que el usuario escriba en el navegador ''Internet explorer'' (IE). Este híbrido actúa como troyano al instalar una extensión (plugin) para IE que busca información de cuentas bancarias, tarjetas de crédito y claves en formas almacenadas. Igualmente revisa todo lo que el usuario escribe al interactuar con IE. También abre un canal de comunicación con el exterior por el cual puede enviar información y recibir órdenes externas a ser ejecutadas en máquinas infectadas. Su forma de transmisión es estilo gusano informático, incluye su propio motor de mensajería con el cual envía a las direcciones que encuentra un mensaje de correo-e destinado a replicarse en otras máquinas. Según Panda Software, el gusano Sober-Y ha infectado gran cantidad de máquinas por lo que su velocidad de crecimiento aumenta cada día. Una vez instalado, lo primero que hace el gusano es buscar direcciones de correo-e en los discos locales para intentar reproducirse en otras máquinas. El gusano fue detectado por primera vez el 5 de septiembre. La mayoría de los proveedores de software antivirus ofrecen herramientas gratuitas para eliminar estas dos amenazas. De ser necesario, ''Eyeveg.D'' tiene la capacidad de desactivar la herramienta cortafuego (firewall) que viene instalada en los sistemas XP. Como en casos anteriores, la mejor defensa del usuario es no abrir archivos anexos a sus correos y en caso de anexos considerados legítimos, confirmar con el correspondiente ese envío antes de abrirlos. Los distribuidores de software antivirus también recomiendan mantener actualizadas sus herramientas, dado que en cuanto tienen información sobre una nueva amenaza, incluyen lo necesario en ellas para detectarlas y evitar la infección.
en	Twitter, which has proved a hit with Barack Obama, Stephen Fry and Sarah Brown, picked up one in every 400 UK internet visits last week, according to data from Hitwise, the internet research company. The extra clicks make Twitter Britain's 27th most popular website, one position above News Corporation-owned MySpace. Robin Goad, research director of Hitwise, said Twitter is probably even more popular than the figures suggest as many Twitter users access the site through their mobile phones and third party applications than visit the site's home page. Twitter has seen its usage grow at more than 1,600pc over the last year, while MySpace has achieved growth of only 5pc. According to the latest research by Ofcom, the communications watchdog, the site has more than 2.6m British users including celebrities ranging from John Cleese and Lily Allen. Facebook is still the UK's most popular social networking site, accounting for 47½pc of visits to social networking and forum websites last week, followed by YouTube with 16.6pc. However, Ofcom, the communications watchdog, has said the popularity of social networking websites among the young people is on the wane as the sites are becoming popular with mums and dads. Ofcom said the number of 15 to 24 year-olds logging on to social networking sites at from home dropped by almost 10pc last year.	en	Social networking website Twitter picked up 1 in every 400 UK Internet visits last week and had more viewer visits than rival site MySpace. The Twitter logo. Hitwise, an Internet research company, provided the information. They said: "For the week ending August 29th 2009, Twitter.com picked up 1 in every 400 UK Internet visits and ranked as the 27th most visited website in the UK, one position above MySpace." Robin Goad, researching director of Hitwise, said: "Twitter is probably even more popular than the figures suggest as many Twitter users access the site through their mobile phones and third party applications than visit the site's home page." The MySpace logo. Twitter has gained popularity over the course of this year due to an upsurge in celebrities using the website like Stephen Fry, Johnathan Ross, John Cleese, Lily Allen, Chris Moyles and Calvin Harris. The social networking hotspot started in 2006, whereas MySpace started three years earlier.
en	Is that MySpace in the rear-view mirror, Twitter users may wonder? Why, yes, it is, at least in the UK. According to Hitwise, the web research company, the number of UK visits to Twitter exceeded that for MySpace in the UK for the last week of August. Twitter had more visits than MySpace in the UK in the final week of August 2009. Source: Hitwise As Hitwise puts it, "for the week ending 29/08/09 Twitter.com picked up 1 in every 400 UK Internet visits and ranked as the 27th most visited website in the UK, one position above MySpace." That's some shocking graph though for the progress (or lack of it) for MySpace in the UK - but it fits with what we have written before about its fading attraction compared to Facebook and, yes, Twitter. As Robin Goad of Hitwise notes, "If anything, Twitter is even more popular than our numbers imply, as we are only measuring traffic to the main Twitter website. If the people accessing their Twitter accounts via mobile phones and third party applications (such as Twitterrific, Twitterfeed and Tweetdeck) were included, the numbers would be even higher. Of course, MySpace also picks up a significant amount of traffic outside of the MySpace.com domain, particularly via mobile platforms." That "Twitter is bigger than you think" comes from what we could call the API effect, where lots - perhaps as much as 80% - of the traffic doesn't go through its website, but through its API. (And that's an interesting admission by Hitwise, noted for future reference, that it measures browser traffic, not port 80 traffic, when it does its statistics. Thanks, Robin.) However, a couple of pinches of salt with which to season this: a) school's out. Possibly many of MySpace's core users are school-age, and are off on holidays doing non-computer things. (Well, you can hope.) b) work's not out. Twitter users skew older, so they may still be around and using their accounts, which could have pushed up the numbers. Overall though it all looks dangerously like a trend for MySpace. After all the staff clearouts and other actions, it remains to be seen whether it's going to be able to turn that around. In which case Rupert Murdoch is really going to need those paywalls to work.	en	Social networking website Twitter picked up 1 in every 400 UK Internet visits last week and had more viewer visits than rival site MySpace. The Twitter logo. Hitwise, an Internet research company, provided the information. They said: "For the week ending August 29th 2009, Twitter.com picked up 1 in every 400 UK Internet visits and ranked as the 27th most visited website in the UK, one position above MySpace." Robin Goad, researching director of Hitwise, said: "Twitter is probably even more popular than the figures suggest as many Twitter users access the site through their mobile phones and third party applications than visit the site's home page." The MySpace logo. Twitter has gained popularity over the course of this year due to an upsurge in celebrities using the website like Stephen Fry, Johnathan Ross, John Cleese, Lily Allen, Chris Moyles and Calvin Harris. The social networking hotspot started in 2006, whereas MySpace started three years earlier.
de	Simon Ammann Ammann lag bereits nach dem ersten Durchgang mit einer Weite von 135,5 Meter, die zugleich ein neuer Sommerschanzenrekord bedeutete, in Führung. Dahinter lag, mit einer Weite von 127 Metern, sein Landsmann Andreas Küttel vor Daiki Ito aus Japan (126,5 Meter). In aussichtsreicher Position lag auch der Russe Denis Kornilov auf dem vierten Rang. Im zweiten Durchgang machte zunächst ein Japaner für Aufsehen. Der 17-jährige Kento Sakuyama konnte sich mit einer Traumweite auf 124,5 Meter von dem 17.Rang auf den vierten Platz vorarbeiten und weckt in seinem Heimatland die Hoffnung auf mehr solcher Sprünge. Aus dem Drei-Mann-Team aus Deutschand, sorgte Michael Neumayer mit dem vierten Platz für ein erfreuliches Ergebnis. Felix Schoft und Andreas Wank, die sich von der Japanreise sicher mehr erwartet hatten, kamen auf die Plätze 18 und 19. Enttäuschter dürften wohl die zwei ÖSV-Vertreter sein. Denn Andreas Strolz, der nach dem ersten Durchgang mit einer Weite von 123,5 Metern auf dem 5. Rang lag, wurde wegen eines nicht regelkonformen Anzugs disqualifiziert. Nicolas Fettner erfüllte die Erwartungen, der vom Erfolg verwöhnten Österreicher, mit dem 13. Rang nur teilweise. Mit seinem Sieg konnte sich Ammann auf den zweiten Rang in der Gesamtwertung , die weiterhin der Österreicher Gregor Schlierenzauer mit 470 Punkten anführt, schieben. Auf dem dritten Rang liegt Andreas Kofler mit 315 Punkten. Bereits morgen könnte der Schweizer mit einem Sieg die Führung übernehmen, da Schlierenzauer nicht nach Hakuba angreist ist und somit auch keine Punkte sammeln kann. Der zweite Wettkampftag in Hakuba beginnt morgen um 8:30 Uhr mit der Qualifikation. Um 9:30 soll dann der Bewerb stattfinden. Ergebnisse Offizielles Ergebnis 1.Durchgang Gesamtwertung Sommer Grand Prix	de	Schanze in Hakuba Am Samstag, den 13. September, und am Sonntag, den 14. September, sprangen die Skispringer beim Sommer-Grand-Prix-Skispringen 2008 in Hakuba auf den Hakuba-Schanzen. Den ersten Wettkampftag gewann der Schweizer Simon Ammann mit Sprüngen von 135,5 und 124,5 Metern mit 262,5 Punkten vor dem Japanischen Daiki Iko. Er kam auf 126,5 und 118 Meter mit 237,6 Punkten, und Andreas Küttel konnte mit 127 und 117 Meter und 236,2 Punkte erreichen. Nach dem ersten Durchgang lag der Schweizer Ammann vor Küttel und Ito in Führung. Auch der Russe Denis Kornilov lag mit Platz vier auf Schlagdistanz. Im zweiten Durchgang setzte sich der Japaner Kento Sakuyama mit einem Sprung auf 124,5 Meter von Platz 17 nach vorne auf den vierten Platz. Für die drei Deutschen war der erste Wettkampftag ein gutes Ergebnis, denn Michael Neumayer kam auf den vierten Platz. Felix Schoft und Andreas Wank kamen auf die Plätze 18 und 19. Der Österreicher Andreas Strolz kam mit einem Sprung von 123,5 Metern auf den fünften Platz, wurde aber wegen eines nicht regelkonformen Anzugs disqualifiziert. Nicolas Fettner wurde 13. Auch den zweiten Wettkampftag gewann der Schweizer Simon Ammann mit Sprüngen von 130 und 129,5 Metern und 262,6 Punkten vor Daiki Ito, der 124,5 und 129 Meter weit sprang und 255,3 Punkten erzielte. Der Norweger Roar Ljoekelsoey erreichte mit 129 und 120,5 Metern 248,1 Punkte. Nach dem ersten Durchgang lag der Norweger Ljoekelsoey vor Simon Ammann und Daiki Ito. Im zweiten Durchgang fiel Ljoekelsoey mit einem Sprung von 120,5 Metern auf Platz drei zurück. Die Deutschen sprangen mit Michael Neumayer auf Platz sieben, Felix Schoft wurde Achter, und 13. wurde Andreas Wank. Simon Ammann konnte mit den zwei Siegen den ersten Platz der Gesamtführung vor Gregor Schlierenzauer holen. Schlierenzauer liegt nur 17 Punkte hinter dem Schweizer. Das nächste Sommer-Grand-Prix-Skispringen 2008 findet am 3. Oktober in Klingenthal in Deutschland statt.
de	Simon Ammann Nach dem ersten Durchgang lag der Norweger Roar Ljoekelsoey mit 129 Metern, dank besserer Noten vor dem Schweizer Simon Ammann, der auf 130 Meter kam, in Führung. Dritter war zur Halbzeit der Japaner Daiki Ito, der auf 124,5 Meter kam. Ljoekelsoey fiel mit einem Sprung auf 120,5 Metern im zweiten Durchagang zwar auf den dritten Rang zurück, konnte mit seiner heutigen Leistung aber voll und ganz zufrieden sein und dürfte sich für einen Platz im Weltcupteam empfohlen haben. Auch das Team aus Deutschland unter Werner Schuster, dürfte mit dem heutigen Ergebnis zufrieden gewesen sein. Neben Michael Neumayer auf dem siebten Rang konnte vorallem Nachwuchsspringer Felix Schoft als Achter überzeugten. Ein kleiner Wermutstropfen dürfte für das DSV-Team nur der 13. Rang von Andreas Wank gewesen sein. Die lange Reise nach Fernost hat sich vorallem für den Doppelsieger Simon Ammann geloht. Mit seinen zwei Siegen konnte der Schweizer in der Gesamtwertung des Sommer Grand Prix den Führenden Gregor Schlierenzauer, der nicht nach Japan gereist war, einholten. Ammann führt diese, zwei Springen vor Schluss, nun mit 487 Punkten an. Nur 17 Punkte dahinter lauert Schlierenzauer. Eine Ausgangssituation, die einen spannenden Showdown verspricht. Dritter in der Gesamtwertung ist Andreas Kofler mit 315 Punkten. Am 3.Oktober macht der Sommer Grand Prix Station in Klingenthal. Ergebnisse Offizielles Ergebnis Ergebnis 1.Durchgang Gesamtwertung Sommer Grand Prix	de	Schanze in Hakuba Am Samstag, den 13. September, und am Sonntag, den 14. September, sprangen die Skispringer beim Sommer-Grand-Prix-Skispringen 2008 in Hakuba auf den Hakuba-Schanzen. Den ersten Wettkampftag gewann der Schweizer Simon Ammann mit Sprüngen von 135,5 und 124,5 Metern mit 262,5 Punkten vor dem Japanischen Daiki Iko. Er kam auf 126,5 und 118 Meter mit 237,6 Punkten, und Andreas Küttel konnte mit 127 und 117 Meter und 236,2 Punkte erreichen. Nach dem ersten Durchgang lag der Schweizer Ammann vor Küttel und Ito in Führung. Auch der Russe Denis Kornilov lag mit Platz vier auf Schlagdistanz. Im zweiten Durchgang setzte sich der Japaner Kento Sakuyama mit einem Sprung auf 124,5 Meter von Platz 17 nach vorne auf den vierten Platz. Für die drei Deutschen war der erste Wettkampftag ein gutes Ergebnis, denn Michael Neumayer kam auf den vierten Platz. Felix Schoft und Andreas Wank kamen auf die Plätze 18 und 19. Der Österreicher Andreas Strolz kam mit einem Sprung von 123,5 Metern auf den fünften Platz, wurde aber wegen eines nicht regelkonformen Anzugs disqualifiziert. Nicolas Fettner wurde 13. Auch den zweiten Wettkampftag gewann der Schweizer Simon Ammann mit Sprüngen von 130 und 129,5 Metern und 262,6 Punkten vor Daiki Ito, der 124,5 und 129 Meter weit sprang und 255,3 Punkten erzielte. Der Norweger Roar Ljoekelsoey erreichte mit 129 und 120,5 Metern 248,1 Punkte. Nach dem ersten Durchgang lag der Norweger Ljoekelsoey vor Simon Ammann und Daiki Ito. Im zweiten Durchgang fiel Ljoekelsoey mit einem Sprung von 120,5 Metern auf Platz drei zurück. Die Deutschen sprangen mit Michael Neumayer auf Platz sieben, Felix Schoft wurde Achter, und 13. wurde Andreas Wank. Simon Ammann konnte mit den zwei Siegen den ersten Platz der Gesamtführung vor Gregor Schlierenzauer holen. Schlierenzauer liegt nur 17 Punkte hinter dem Schweizer. Das nächste Sommer-Grand-Prix-Skispringen 2008 findet am 3. Oktober in Klingenthal in Deutschland statt.
en	Strong rains are forecast to continue in districts of Jiangxi and Hunan over the next few days [Reuters] Strong rains are forecast to continue in districts of Jiangxi and Hunan over the next few days [Reuters] Heavy rainstorms in southern China have killed at least 65 people and toppled 9,900 houses this week. Another 14 people are missing and 2.55 million people, as well as 100,000 hectares of arable land, have been affected. The rainstorms hit Sichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Guangdong and Hunan, triggering flash floods and breaching dykes. Strong rains are forecast to continue in Jiangxi and Hunan in the next few days, Xinhua news agency quoted local meteorological authorities as saying on Saturday. Rains after drought The worst hit areas were Chongqing municipality, with at least 31 dead and 8,000 collapsed houses, and Hunan province, where 10 people died. special report Chongqing's authorities have relocated more than 85,000 people. Only a month ago several of the same provinces were suffering from the worst drought in a century to hit southwest China. Up to 157 millimetres of rain had fallen in parts of the region from late Wednesday to Thursday afternoon, Xinhua said. The storms were caused by a heat wave from the south colliding with a northern cold front, reports said, citing meteorologists. An official in Xinmin township told AFP that older houses suffered "very serious" damages, although newly built brick homes were also damaged. Power was cut in several areas, many roads in the region were blocked by flooding, and bridges also suffered damage. Chongqing, a province-sized municipality, has a population of more than 30 million people.	en	At least 65 people have been killed and 9,900 houses destroyed in southern China after torrential rainstorms hit the area over the past week. Fourteen people are missing, and 2.55 million people have been affected by the rains; flash floods breached dikes, exacerbating the situation. Among the cities struck were , , Guangdong, and . The inclement weather is expected to continue in Hunan and Jiangxi, according to meteorologists. According to the state news agency, , as much as 157 of rain fell throughout the region from Wednesday evening to Thursday afternoon. The rains started when a heat wave in the southern part of the country mingled with a cold front from the north, according to reports citing weather forecasters.
en	Mr Yusuf (l) and his prime minister (r) have failed to secure peace Mr Ghedi, who survived several assassination attempts in office, told MPs of his decision after speaking to President Abdullahi Ahmed Yusuf. Mr Ghedi failed to quell the Islamist insurgency and was blamed for inviting Ethiopian troops onto Somali soil. In the capital, shells struck for a third day, in the worst fighting for weeks between Ethiopian-Somali government troops and Islamist rebels. On Sunday, thousands fled the capital, Mogadishu, after Ethiopian troops opened fire on protestors. Salim Aliyow Ibrow - Mr Ghedi's deputy and a close friend - was appointed as acting prime minister, just moments after Mr Ghedi said he had "proudly" resigned. ALI MOHAMED GHEDI Age 55 PM - 2004-2007 Hawiye Trained vet Profile: Ali Mohamed Ghedi She says that despite efforts to salvage his job during talks at the weekend in Ethiopia, he has agreed to step down after pressure from within Somalia and the international community, in particular from the US. In his address to the Somali parliament in Baidoa, Mr Ghedi denied he had come under outside pressure to step down. "I was not forced to resign, it comes from me. I am not going anywhere and will be here with you as a legislator," he was reported as saying by the Reuters news agency. Clan rivalries Mr Ghedi's resignation was swiftly accepted by President Abdullahi Yusuf. The pair have had a fractured relationship fuelled by clan rivalries during the three years they have worked together in Somalia's transitional government. Ghedi survived a number of assassination attempts Mr Ghedi is from the Hawiye clan, which is dominant in Mogadishu and is the largest in the country. President Yusuf is from the breakaway northern state of Puntland and comes from the Darod clan, the country's second largest. They also fell out over oil contracts. Observers say the fear is that with Mr Ghedi gone, the Hawiye will now be even more united in their opposition to Mr Yusuf's transitional government. Aides close to the president said that the resignation was part of a deal to end what he called the political confusion in Somalia. President Yusuf told parliament he welcomed the resignation "with respect to the situation the country is undergoing, the humanitarian catastrophe facing us and the longstanding deadlock among us". The Ethiopians, seen as rivals by many Somalis, have been fighting alongside Somali troops to try and restore order to the fractured country, but many see them as inflaming tensions. Somalia has been without an effective government since civil war began in 1991, but has seen a surge in violence since Ethiopian-backed government troops ousted Islamists last December. The UN says some 400,000 people have fled the violence in Mogadishu in the past four months.	es	Archivo:Ali Mohammed Ghedi in Kenya.jpg\|thumb\|200px\|Ali Mohammed Ghedi (centro) en Kenia en 2006. El Primer Ministro de Somalia, Ali Mohammed Ghedi, ha presentado su renuncia al Presidente Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed y al orador del Parlamento de Transición Federal, Adan Mohamed Nuur Madobe. Sin embargo, se le pidió que diera una renuncia formal ante el Parlamento. "Hoy, quiero declarar que voy a renunciar, y estoy dejando el gobierno", le dijo a la legislatura. Los miembros del parlamento, quienes habían estado cerca de votar una moción de censura sobre Ghedi, acogieron la renuncia con aplausos. Una disputa entre Ghedi y el Presidente había sido culpada por el poco progreso y la inhabilidad de que el gobierno se encargue efectivamente del conflicto armado con la Unión de Cortes Islámicas. La escisión ha sido citado como frustrante por varios diplomáticos occidentales que apoyan el gobierno. De acuerdo a la corresponsal de la BBC para África, Karen Allen, Ghedi renunció tras ser sometido a presión política por parte del Gobierno de Somalia, y asimismo por Estados Unidos y la comunidad internacional.
en	BAIDOA, Somalia (Reuters) - Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi resigned on Monday after a long feud with the president that frustrated Western backers and split the government while it faced an Islamist insurgency. With no sure candidate to replace him, it remained unclear whether Gedi's departure would unify the interim government or set it down a new path of disarray. "Today, I want to state that I am going to resign, that I am leaving the government," Gedi told parliament in the south-central trading town of Baidoa. "I wasn't forced to resign, it comes from me. I will be here with you as a legislator." His remarks brought applause from legislators who for weeks have been poised for what would amount to a no-confidence vote in Gedi pushed by President Abdullahi Yusuf. "With respect to the situation the country is undergoing, the humanitarian catastrophe facing us and the longstanding deadlock among us, I welcome the resignation," Yusuf told parliament. In Washington, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said the United States understood Gedi's resignation was made "in the spirit of continued dialogue and national reconciliation among all Somali stakeholders." "We call on the Transitional Federal Government to use this opportunity to engage with key Somali stakeholders, particularly those in Mogadishu, in a consultative process leading to the appointment of a new prime minister," he said in a statement. Gedi's cabinet has been dissolved and discussions were under way as to who would sit as interim prime minister while a permanent replacement is found. ACCIDENTAL POLITICIAN Gedi's resignation came as shells struck the capital Mogadishu for a third day, in the worst fighting in weeks between Islamist rebels and allied Ethiopian-Somali troops. The Yusuf-Gedi rift had hindered progress by the government, the 14th attempt at installing central rule in Somalia since dictator Mohamed Siad Barre's ouster sunk the Horn of Africa country into anarchy in 1991. Gedi tried to fight Yusuf's latest attempt to oust him by appealing for support from his powerful Hawiye clan in Mogadishu but he never got their full backing. Many Hawiye complain he was not their choice for the clan's top government position. Yusuf hails from the rival Darod clan, and as such the prime minister had to be a Hawiye under a power-sharing agreement reached at talks in Kenya that gave birth to the government. Those factors, diplomats and analysts say, made it difficult for the government to return to Hawiye-run Mogadishu until the Ethiopian military helped them over the New Year, only to be met by a Hawiye-backed Islamist insurgency. That rebellion has challenged a government that has struggled to keep itself together in the best of times, while citizens of Mogadishu have fled the fighting by the thousands. A veterinary surgeon by trade, Gedi rose from obscurity three years ago to become prime minister at the end of Somalia's peace talks in Kenya. Although he and Yusuf have shared Addis Ababa's support since they came to power in late 2004, the two have been at odds almost from the start. They began to work together earlier this year until the rift widened again when they backed separate parties interested in Somalia's oil potential. (Additional reporting by Bryson Hull in Nairobi)	es	Archivo:Ali Mohammed Ghedi in Kenya.jpg\|thumb\|200px\|Ali Mohammed Ghedi (centro) en Kenia en 2006. El Primer Ministro de Somalia, Ali Mohammed Ghedi, ha presentado su renuncia al Presidente Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed y al orador del Parlamento de Transición Federal, Adan Mohamed Nuur Madobe. Sin embargo, se le pidió que diera una renuncia formal ante el Parlamento. "Hoy, quiero declarar que voy a renunciar, y estoy dejando el gobierno", le dijo a la legislatura. Los miembros del parlamento, quienes habían estado cerca de votar una moción de censura sobre Ghedi, acogieron la renuncia con aplausos. Una disputa entre Ghedi y el Presidente había sido culpada por el poco progreso y la inhabilidad de que el gobierno se encargue efectivamente del conflicto armado con la Unión de Cortes Islámicas. La escisión ha sido citado como frustrante por varios diplomáticos occidentales que apoyan el gobierno. De acuerdo a la corresponsal de la BBC para África, Karen Allen, Ghedi renunció tras ser sometido a presión política por parte del Gobierno de Somalia, y asimismo por Estados Unidos y la comunidad internacional.
fr	AFP - Mercredi 13 février, 15h37 PRISTINA (AFP) - Le Parlement du Kosovo va approuver vendredi une procédure d'adoption rapide des lois liées à l'indépendance de la province serbe qui seront votées après la proclamation unilatérale devenue imminente, a indiqué son président. Les députés vont décider de changer la procédure d'adoption des lois en vue d'approuver rapidement les textes prévus par le plan de l'envoyé spécial de l'ONU Martti Ahtisaari, qui préconise une indépendance du Kosovo sous "supervision internationale", a déclaré le président de l'assemblée Jakup Krasniqi. La procédure va changer "pour que puissent être adoptées (plus rapidement) les lois prévues par le plan Ahtisaari", que les autorités kosovares se sont engagées à appliquer, a-t-il poursuivi. M. Krasniqi avait auparavant annoncé que le Parlement se réunirait vendredi pour une session normale. Il avait indiqué mardi à l'AFP que le Parlement n'adopterait pas les lois liées à l'indépendance avant la proclamation mais après. "Nous commencerons immédiatement à examiner les symboles, la Constitution et les lois. Cela commencera immédiatement après la déclaration d'indépendance", avait-t-il dit. La réunion des députés vendredi interviendra alors que les autorités kosovares s'apprêtent à proclamer unilatéralement l'indépendance de cette province à majorité albanaise, probablement dimanche ou lundi, selon différentes sources à Pristina. Le plan Ahtisaari, remis en mars 2007 au Conseil de sécurité de l'ONU avec le soutien des Occidentaux, avait été rejeté par Moscou, allié indéfectible de Belgrade dans son refus de l'indépendance de cette province. Le projet, approuvé par le Parlement kosovar l'année dernière, préconise une "présence internationale à l'avenir" pour superviser et aider les autorités du Kosovo qui sera "une société multiethnique, se gouvernant de manière démocratique". Il propose que la "protection des droits" des minorités se fasse grâce à des majorités qualifiées pour les "communautés non albanaises" sur certains textes, une "large décentralisation" donnant "à la communauté serbe du Kosovo un haut degré de contrôle sur ses propres affaires" et le droit au retour des réfugiés Soucieux d'obtenir une reconnaissance rapide, le Premier ministre du Kosovo Hashim Thaçi a indiqué à plusieurs reprises que le processus menant à la déclaration d'indépendance était géré "en coordination" avec Washington et l'UE. "Notre volonté d'(appliquer) le plan Ahtisaari sera exprimée par l'adoption des lois proposées par (ce) document", a dit M. Krasniqi. La Russie et la Serbie, opposées à toute déclaration unilatérale d'indépendance du Kosovo, ont demandé une réunion d'urgence "dans les tout prochains jours" du Conseil de sécurité sur ce sujet, ont indiqué mercredi des sources russe et européenne. Recommander cette dépêche	fr	Vue du bâtiment abritant le gouvernement kosovar Les députés du Parlement du Kosovo vont voter, dans le cadre d'une session normale qui se tiendra vendredi, une nouvelle procédure d'adoption des lois permettant d'approuver plus rapidement les lois liées à l'indépendance de la province serbe à majorité albanaise. Selon Jakup Krasniqi, président de l'assemblée, cette procédure devrait permettre d'approuver les textes décrit dans le , du nom de Martti Ahtisaari envoyé spécial de l'Organisation des Nations unies. Ce plan, qui préconise une indépendance du Kosovo sous la forme d'une et accompagnée par une , a été approuvé par les autorités kosovares qui se sont engagées à l'appliquer. Ces textes devraient être étudiés et approuvés peu de temps après la déclaration unilatérale d'indépendance qui devrait avoir lieu, selon les sources à Pristina, entre dimanche et lundi. Selon Hashim Thaçi, premier ministre du Kosovo, ce processus menant à l'indépendance est conduit en collaboration avec les États-Unis d'Amérique et l'Union européenne. La Russie par contre, alliée à la Serbie et opposée à toute déclaration unilatérale d'indépendance du Kosovo, a demandé une réunion d'urgence du Conseil de sécurité des Nations unies sur ce sujet.
pl	Zwłoki półtorarocznego misia odnaleźli w nocy z soboty na niedziel? leśnicy Tatrzańskiego Parku Narodowego. O zabiciu zwierzęcia poinformowała ich zakopiańska policja, któr? z kolei zaalarmowa? miejscowy szpital. Późnym wieczorem w niedziel? zgłosiła si? tu dwójka młodych turystów w wieku ponad 20 lat. Mówili, że karmili niedźwiedzia, gdy ten nagle rzuci? si? na nich. Razem z kolegami - w sumie w sześć osób - mieli si? broni?, topiąc go w potoku. - Twierdzili, że zaatakowa? ich niedźwied?, ale obrażenia wcale nie wskazywały, by bronili si? przed groźnym napastnikiem. Na ciele nie nosili żadnych śladów zębów czy pazurów - mówi dr Sylweriusz Kosiński, wicedyrektor zakopiańskiego szpitala. - Kobieta miała obdarte opuszki palców, a mężczyzna obtarcia na przedramionach i udach. To niezbyt groźne obrażenia, wystarczyło je opatrzy?. Zachowanie turystów nie kwalifikowało si? jako obrona konieczna przed groźnym drapieżnikiem. Mały niedźwiadek nie móg? wyrządzi? im wielkiej krzywdy, a oni go zabili - dodaje dr Kosiński. Tego samego zdania jest Filip Zięba, specjalista ds. ochrony zwierząt od lat zajmujący si? niedźwiedziami w TPN. - Nie doszło nawet do agresywnego fizycznego kontaktu. Ten niedźwiadek mia? przynajmniej pięciocentymetrowe pazury i gdyby zaatakowa?, nie skończyłoby si? na otarciach. Mieliby porwane ubrania i byliby poranieni. Na ranach by si? skończyło, bo ważący 46 kg niedźwiadek raczej nie móg? zagrozi? życiu ludzi - mówi Zięba. Na bezduszne zamordowanie niedźwiadka wstępnie wskazuje te? wizja lokalna przeprowadzona przez stra? Tatrzańskiego Parku Narodowego. Pracownicy parku zauważyli na ciele niedźwiedzia ślady uderze? kamieniami, w miejscu zdarzenia znaleźli te? resztki kanapek i słodyczy. Co prawda obecnie turyści twierdz?, że jedzenie rzucili, by niedźwied? przesta? ich atakowa?, ale wszystko wskazuje na to, że było odwrotnie. - Turyści schodzili z góry, gdy niedźwiadek wyszed? na szlak, i wtedy dali mu co? do zjedzenia. Atak niedźwiedzia jest tak szybki, że nikt nie wyciągnie kanapki z plecaka. To raczej karmienie spowodowało, że zwierz? nie chciało si? od turystów odczepi? - mówi Zięba. Według niego ludzie powinni dobrze wiedzie?, że karmi? dzikich zwierząt nie wolno. Park wszędzie o tym informuje. - To jest podstawowa zasada, bo podając niedźwiedziowi cho? kawałek chleba, czekolady lub jabłko, praktycznie skazujemy go na śmier?. Raz nakarmiony ju? si? od ludzi nie odczepi, a jeżeli nie dostanie jedzenia, może sta? si? groźny. Wtedy z reguły ginie - wyjaśnia. Dlatego wszystkie schroniska i kontenery ze śmieciami s? w TPN ogrodzone elektrycznymi pastuchami. Po to, by niedźwiedzie nie zasmakowały w czymkolwiek, co może im si? skojarzy? z człowiekiem. W parku nie ma te? koszy, a turyści s? zobowiązani do zabierania śmieci ze sob?. Władze parku wiedziały, że w tym rejonie chodzi młody niedźwied?, ale nie miały żadnych informacji o jego agresywnym zachowaniu lub nawet zbliżaniu si? do ludzi. - Gdy widzimy niedźwiedzia, najlepiej si? do niego nie zbliża?, nie robi? zdjęć z fleszem. Głośno rozmawiajmy i dajmy zwierzęciu spokojnie odejść. Albo po prostu si? wycofajmy - radzi Zięba. Według niego niedźwiadek właśnie zaczyna? pierwszy rok samodzielnego życia. Zwierzęta te oddzielaj? si? od matek w wieku dwóch-trzech lat, ale czasami zdarza si? to, gdy maj? zaledwie rok. To krytyczny okres w życiu młodego. Trudno zdoby? mu pokarm i wtedy najszybciej może si? zainteresowa? pozostawianymi przez ludzi resztkami - wyjaśnia Zięba. - Ci turyści mieli wyjątkowo dużo szczęścia, że niedźwiadek ju? si? oddzieli? od matki. Dziwi? si?, że widząc takiego malucha, nie pomyśleli, że gdzie? w pobliżu może by? samica. Ona po prostu zrobiłaby z nich miazg?. Nigdy nie widziałem takiego braku wyobraźni - dodaje. - To zdarzenie bez precedensu w historii Tatrzańskiego Parku Narodowego. Jeszcze nigdy nie zdarzyło si?, by turyści zabili młodego niedźwiadka - dodaje Zbigniew Krzan, wicedyrektor TPN. Spraw? wyjaśnia policja. - Znamy ju? tożsamość czwórki turystów. Od lekarzy ze szpitala dowiedzieliśmy si?, że w poniedziałek maj? pojawi? si? w sanepidzie. Trwaj? ich przesłuchania w komisariacie. Dwóch jeszcze poszukujemy - informowała wczoraj po południu aspirant Monika Kraśnicka-Bro? z zakopiańskiej policji. - Spraw? przekażemy do prokuratury - dodaje. W polskich Tatrach przebywa od sześciu do 20 niedźwiedzi. Trudno ustali? ile, bo niedźwiedzie nie uznaj? granic, a terytorium dorosłej niedźwiedzicy to około 40 tys. hektarów, czyli niemal dwa razy więcej ni? powierzchnia Tatrzańskiego Parku Narodowego. Polsk? częś? populacji karpackiej tego gatunku ocenia si? na nie więcej ni? sto osobników. Źródło: Gazeta Wyborcza	pl	Niedźwiedź brunatny Niedźwiedź brunatny W Dolinie Chochołowskiej leśnicy Tatrzańskiego Parku Narodowego znaleźli w nocy z 20 na 21 października zwłoki nie mającego jeszcze 2 lat niedźwiedzia. O incydencie dowiedzieli się od policji, którą poinformował szpital w Zakopanem. Do szpitala zgłosiły się dwie osoby, które stwierdziły, że rzucił się na nie niedźwiedź. Powiedziały, że go karmiły a on nagle ich zaatakował. Tłumaczyli się, że działali w obronie własnej. "Twierdzili, że zaatakował ich niedźwiedź, ale obrażenia wcale nie wskazywały, by bronili się przed groźnym napastnikiem. Na ciele nie nosili żadnych śladów zębów czy pazurów. Kobieta miała obdarte opuszki palców, a mężczyzna obtarcia na przedramionach i udach. To niezbyt groźne obrażenia, wystarczyło je opatrzyć. Zachowanie turystów nie kwalifikowało się jako obrona konieczna przed groźnym drapieżnikiem. Mały niedźwiadek nie mógł wyrządzić im wielkiej krzywdy, a oni go zabili" - stwierdził dr Sylweriusz Kosiński, wicedyrektor szpitala w Zakopanem. "Nie doszło nawet do agresywnego fizycznego kontaktu. Ten niedźwiadek miał przynajmniej pięciocentymetrowe pazury i gdyby zaatakował, nie skończyłoby się na otarciach. Mieliby porwane ubrania i byliby poranieni. Na ranach by się skończyło, bo ważący 46 kg niedźwiadek raczej nie mógł zagrozić życiu ludzi" - stwierdził Filip Zięba, specjalista ds. ochrony zwierząt, opiekujący się niedźwiedziami w Tatrzańskim Parku Narodowym. Dolina Chochołowska Dolina Chochołowska Do zdarzenia doszło w okolicy Przełęczy Iwanickiej w Dolinie Chochołowskiej, w Tatrach w sobotę ok. godziny 17:00. Sześciu turystów spotkało młodego niedźwiedzia, którego zaczęli karmić. Policja później na miejscu zdarzenia znalazła resztki kanapek i słodycze. Zabite zwierzę miało ślady uderzeń kamieniami. Turyści stwierdzili, że porzucili tam jedzenie aby niedźwiedź uspokoił się i nie atakował ich. Powiedzieli oni, że po walce ze zwierzęciem, wrzucili je do potoku. Leśnicy są zdania, że niedźwiedź został ukamienowany. "Turyści schodzili z góry, gdy niedźwiadek wyszedł na szlak, i wtedy dali mu coś do zjedzenia. Atak niedźwiedzia jest tak szybki, że nikt nie wyciągnie kanapki z plecaka. To raczej karmienie spowodowało, że zwierzę nie chciało się od turystów odczepić. To jest podstawowa zasada, bo podając niedźwiedziowi choć kawałek chleba, czekolady lub jabłko, praktycznie skazujemy go na śmierć. Raz nakarmiony już się od ludzi nie odczepi, a jeżeli nie dostanie jedzenia, może stać się groźny. Wtedy z reguły ginie" - powiedział Filip Zięba. Aby uniknąć kontaktu niedźwiedzi z resztkami pokarmowymi pozostawianymi przez ludzi schroniska i kontenery ze śmieciami w TPN ogrodzono elektrycznymi pastuchami. W parku nie umieszczono również koszy na śmieci. Leśnicy byli poinformowani o tym, że w tym rejonie TPN widziano młodego niedźwiedzia ale nie było doniesień o jego agresywnym zachowaniu. "Gdy widzimy niedźwiedzia, najlepiej się do niego nie zbliżać, nie robić zdjęć z fleszem. Głośno rozmawiajmy i dajmy zwierzęciu spokojnie odejść. Albo po prostu się wycofajmy" - stwierdził Filip Zięba. Dodał on również, że niedźwiadek wchodził właśnie w okres swojego dorosłego życia. "Zwierzęta te oddzielają się od matek w wieku dwóch-trzech lat, ale czasami zdarza się to, gdy mają zaledwie rok. To krytyczny okres w życiu młodego. Trudno zdobyć mu pokarm i wtedy najszybciej może się zainteresować pozostawianymi przez ludzi resztkami. Ci turyści mieli wyjątkowo dużo szczęścia, że niedźwiadek już się oddzielił od matki. Dziwię się, że widząc takiego malucha, nie pomyśleli, że gdzieś w pobliżu może być samica. Ona po prostu zrobiłaby z nich miazgę. Nigdy nie widziałem takiego braku wyobraźni" - stwierdził. Niedźwiedź brunatny Wicedyrektor TPN powiedział, że zdarzenie jest precedensem w historii Tatrzańskiego Parku Narodowego i "jeszcze nigdy nie zdarzyło się, by turyści zabili młodego niedźwiadka". Okoliczności zdarzenia bada policja. "Znamy już tożsamość czwórki turystów. Trwają ich przesłuchania w komisariacie. Dwóch jeszcze poszukujemy. Sprawę przekażemy do prokuratury" - poinformowała w niedzielę Monika Kraśnicka-Broś z Komendy Powiatowej Policji w Zakopanem. Po przesłuchaniach stwierdziła ona, że sprawa jest nadal wyjaśniana ponieważ "wciąż jest wiele niejasności i wykluczających się relacji zdarzenia. Na pewno powołany zostanie biegły lekarz weterynarii, który ustali co było bezpośrednią przyczyną śmierci niedźwiedzia. Jeżeli okaże się, że ci ludzie przekroczyli granice obrony koniecznej, może im grozić do dwóch lat pozbawienia wolności". W Tatrach po stronie polskiej znajduje się od 6 do 20 niedźwiedzi. Nie da się tego precyzyjnie określić ponieważ niedźwiedzie często przekraczają granice.
pl	14:41, 22.10.2007 /tvn24.pl, TVN24 TURYŚCI TYLKO SIĘ BRONILI, CZY ATAKOWALI? Pod Przełęczą Iwanicką w Tatrach półtoraroczny niedźwiedź stanął na drodze sześciorgu turystom. Wyciągnęli słodycze i zaczęli go karmić. Jednak, według ich relacji, łagodny dotąd miś w pewnym momencie zaatakował. Turyści, po szamotaninie, wrzucili zwierze do potoku i utopili. Ale leśnicy twierdzą, że niedźwiedź został ukamienowany. Dariusz Nowak z komendy wojewódzkiej policji w Krakowie - pierwsza wersja wydarzeń Pracownicy Tatrzańskiego Parku Narodowego znaleźli martwe zwierzę w nocy z soboty na niedzielę. Leżał w potoku. Według Zbigniewa Krzana, wicedyrektora TPN, przyczyną śmierci niedźwiedzia mogły być liczne obrażenia wewnętrzne, a nie podtopienie. - Jest to jednak tylko jedna z hipotez. Wszystko będzie wiadomo po sekcji zwłok, którą przeprowadzi biegły lekarz weterynarz - wyjaśniał portalowi tvn24.pl Krzan.Policja przesłuchała już czworo uczestników zajścia. Są to osoby w wieku od 20 do 30 lat, pochodzą z województwa warmińsko-mazurskiego. Turyści twierdzili początkowo, że zwierze rozszarpało ich plecak z jedzeniem i zaatakowało. Dyrektor Krzan w rozmowie z tvn24.pl powiedział jednak, że po informacjach o obrażeniach wewnętrznych niedźwiedzia, turyści zmienili swoje zeznania. Przyznali, że sami postanowili go nakarmić, a potem rzeczywiście rzucali kamieniami w jego kierunku. Twierdzą jednak, iż działali w obronie własnej.Do zdarzenia doszło w sobotę ok. godziny 17. Policjanci o sprawie dowiedzieli się ze szpitala w Zakopanem, do którego zgłosiła się dwójka młodych ludzi, którzy opowiedzieli o starciu z drapieżnikiem. Mieli małe obrażenia, m.in. otarcia naskórka.ŁOs	pl	Niedźwiedź brunatny Niedźwiedź brunatny W Dolinie Chochołowskiej leśnicy Tatrzańskiego Parku Narodowego znaleźli w nocy z 20 na 21 października zwłoki nie mającego jeszcze 2 lat niedźwiedzia. O incydencie dowiedzieli się od policji, którą poinformował szpital w Zakopanem. Do szpitala zgłosiły się dwie osoby, które stwierdziły, że rzucił się na nie niedźwiedź. Powiedziały, że go karmiły a on nagle ich zaatakował. Tłumaczyli się, że działali w obronie własnej. "Twierdzili, że zaatakował ich niedźwiedź, ale obrażenia wcale nie wskazywały, by bronili się przed groźnym napastnikiem. Na ciele nie nosili żadnych śladów zębów czy pazurów. Kobieta miała obdarte opuszki palców, a mężczyzna obtarcia na przedramionach i udach. To niezbyt groźne obrażenia, wystarczyło je opatrzyć. Zachowanie turystów nie kwalifikowało się jako obrona konieczna przed groźnym drapieżnikiem. Mały niedźwiadek nie mógł wyrządzić im wielkiej krzywdy, a oni go zabili" - stwierdził dr Sylweriusz Kosiński, wicedyrektor szpitala w Zakopanem. "Nie doszło nawet do agresywnego fizycznego kontaktu. Ten niedźwiadek miał przynajmniej pięciocentymetrowe pazury i gdyby zaatakował, nie skończyłoby się na otarciach. Mieliby porwane ubrania i byliby poranieni. Na ranach by się skończyło, bo ważący 46 kg niedźwiadek raczej nie mógł zagrozić życiu ludzi" - stwierdził Filip Zięba, specjalista ds. ochrony zwierząt, opiekujący się niedźwiedziami w Tatrzańskim Parku Narodowym. Dolina Chochołowska Dolina Chochołowska Do zdarzenia doszło w okolicy Przełęczy Iwanickiej w Dolinie Chochołowskiej, w Tatrach w sobotę ok. godziny 17:00. Sześciu turystów spotkało młodego niedźwiedzia, którego zaczęli karmić. Policja później na miejscu zdarzenia znalazła resztki kanapek i słodycze. Zabite zwierzę miało ślady uderzeń kamieniami. Turyści stwierdzili, że porzucili tam jedzenie aby niedźwiedź uspokoił się i nie atakował ich. Powiedzieli oni, że po walce ze zwierzęciem, wrzucili je do potoku. Leśnicy są zdania, że niedźwiedź został ukamienowany. "Turyści schodzili z góry, gdy niedźwiadek wyszedł na szlak, i wtedy dali mu coś do zjedzenia. Atak niedźwiedzia jest tak szybki, że nikt nie wyciągnie kanapki z plecaka. To raczej karmienie spowodowało, że zwierzę nie chciało się od turystów odczepić. To jest podstawowa zasada, bo podając niedźwiedziowi choć kawałek chleba, czekolady lub jabłko, praktycznie skazujemy go na śmierć. Raz nakarmiony już się od ludzi nie odczepi, a jeżeli nie dostanie jedzenia, może stać się groźny. Wtedy z reguły ginie" - powiedział Filip Zięba. Aby uniknąć kontaktu niedźwiedzi z resztkami pokarmowymi pozostawianymi przez ludzi schroniska i kontenery ze śmieciami w TPN ogrodzono elektrycznymi pastuchami. W parku nie umieszczono również koszy na śmieci. Leśnicy byli poinformowani o tym, że w tym rejonie TPN widziano młodego niedźwiedzia ale nie było doniesień o jego agresywnym zachowaniu. "Gdy widzimy niedźwiedzia, najlepiej się do niego nie zbliżać, nie robić zdjęć z fleszem. Głośno rozmawiajmy i dajmy zwierzęciu spokojnie odejść. Albo po prostu się wycofajmy" - stwierdził Filip Zięba. Dodał on również, że niedźwiadek wchodził właśnie w okres swojego dorosłego życia. "Zwierzęta te oddzielają się od matek w wieku dwóch-trzech lat, ale czasami zdarza się to, gdy mają zaledwie rok. To krytyczny okres w życiu młodego. Trudno zdobyć mu pokarm i wtedy najszybciej może się zainteresować pozostawianymi przez ludzi resztkami. Ci turyści mieli wyjątkowo dużo szczęścia, że niedźwiadek już się oddzielił od matki. Dziwię się, że widząc takiego malucha, nie pomyśleli, że gdzieś w pobliżu może być samica. Ona po prostu zrobiłaby z nich miazgę. Nigdy nie widziałem takiego braku wyobraźni" - stwierdził. Niedźwiedź brunatny Wicedyrektor TPN powiedział, że zdarzenie jest precedensem w historii Tatrzańskiego Parku Narodowego i "jeszcze nigdy nie zdarzyło się, by turyści zabili młodego niedźwiadka". Okoliczności zdarzenia bada policja. "Znamy już tożsamość czwórki turystów. Trwają ich przesłuchania w komisariacie. Dwóch jeszcze poszukujemy. Sprawę przekażemy do prokuratury" - poinformowała w niedzielę Monika Kraśnicka-Broś z Komendy Powiatowej Policji w Zakopanem. Po przesłuchaniach stwierdziła ona, że sprawa jest nadal wyjaśniana ponieważ "wciąż jest wiele niejasności i wykluczających się relacji zdarzenia. Na pewno powołany zostanie biegły lekarz weterynarii, który ustali co było bezpośrednią przyczyną śmierci niedźwiedzia. Jeżeli okaże się, że ci ludzie przekroczyli granice obrony koniecznej, może im grozić do dwóch lat pozbawienia wolności". W Tatrach po stronie polskiej znajduje się od 6 do 20 niedźwiedzi. Nie da się tego precyzyjnie określić ponieważ niedźwiedzie często przekraczają granice.
pl	Na Spitsbergenie, gdzie czasami jeżdżę, mieszkają niedźwiedzie polarne. Największe lądowe drapieżniki, jakie żyją na ziemi. Spotkanie z takim ważącym nawet ponad pół tony olbrzymem robi wrażenie. Zresztą nie tylko to. Wszyscy wiedzą, że czasami niedźwiedzie polarne atakują ludzi. Dlatego obowiązkiem każdego, kto wychodzi w teren, jest noszenie broni. Ma ona służyć do obrony. Ale ktoś, kto nie udowodni, że zabił w obronie własnej i że rzeczywiście niedźwiedź zagrażał jego życiu, jest skazywany przez norweskie władze na liczące tysiące dolarów grzywny i dożywotni zakaz wjazdu na archipelag. Kilka lat temu za winnego został uznany polarnik, który strzelił do niedźwiedzia atakującego psa. Stwierdzono, że obrona psa nie może być usprawiedliwieniem dla zabicia niedźwiedzia. Tamtejsze władze wychodzą z założenia, że nieznajomość zachowań niedźwiedzi, nieumiejętna ocena sytuacji, nerwy i emocje nie mogą tłumaczyć zabijania tych wielkich drapieżników. To ich królestwo i wchodząc do niego, musimy wiedzieć, co robimy i jakie zasady w nim panują. Tak samo powinno być w Tatrach, które są jedną z ostatnich w naszym kraju ostoi niedźwiedzia brunatnego. Myślę, że turyści, którzy zatłukli niedźwiadka, powinni zostać surowo ukarani. Strach nie jest tu okolicznością łagodzącą. Źródło: Gazeta Wyborcza	pl	Niedźwiedź brunatny Niedźwiedź brunatny W Dolinie Chochołowskiej leśnicy Tatrzańskiego Parku Narodowego znaleźli w nocy z 20 na 21 października zwłoki nie mającego jeszcze 2 lat niedźwiedzia. O incydencie dowiedzieli się od policji, którą poinformował szpital w Zakopanem. Do szpitala zgłosiły się dwie osoby, które stwierdziły, że rzucił się na nie niedźwiedź. Powiedziały, że go karmiły a on nagle ich zaatakował. Tłumaczyli się, że działali w obronie własnej. "Twierdzili, że zaatakował ich niedźwiedź, ale obrażenia wcale nie wskazywały, by bronili się przed groźnym napastnikiem. Na ciele nie nosili żadnych śladów zębów czy pazurów. Kobieta miała obdarte opuszki palców, a mężczyzna obtarcia na przedramionach i udach. To niezbyt groźne obrażenia, wystarczyło je opatrzyć. Zachowanie turystów nie kwalifikowało się jako obrona konieczna przed groźnym drapieżnikiem. Mały niedźwiadek nie mógł wyrządzić im wielkiej krzywdy, a oni go zabili" - stwierdził dr Sylweriusz Kosiński, wicedyrektor szpitala w Zakopanem. "Nie doszło nawet do agresywnego fizycznego kontaktu. Ten niedźwiadek miał przynajmniej pięciocentymetrowe pazury i gdyby zaatakował, nie skończyłoby się na otarciach. Mieliby porwane ubrania i byliby poranieni. Na ranach by się skończyło, bo ważący 46 kg niedźwiadek raczej nie mógł zagrozić życiu ludzi" - stwierdził Filip Zięba, specjalista ds. ochrony zwierząt, opiekujący się niedźwiedziami w Tatrzańskim Parku Narodowym. Dolina Chochołowska Dolina Chochołowska Do zdarzenia doszło w okolicy Przełęczy Iwanickiej w Dolinie Chochołowskiej, w Tatrach w sobotę ok. godziny 17:00. Sześciu turystów spotkało młodego niedźwiedzia, którego zaczęli karmić. Policja później na miejscu zdarzenia znalazła resztki kanapek i słodycze. Zabite zwierzę miało ślady uderzeń kamieniami. Turyści stwierdzili, że porzucili tam jedzenie aby niedźwiedź uspokoił się i nie atakował ich. Powiedzieli oni, że po walce ze zwierzęciem, wrzucili je do potoku. Leśnicy są zdania, że niedźwiedź został ukamienowany. "Turyści schodzili z góry, gdy niedźwiadek wyszedł na szlak, i wtedy dali mu coś do zjedzenia. Atak niedźwiedzia jest tak szybki, że nikt nie wyciągnie kanapki z plecaka. To raczej karmienie spowodowało, że zwierzę nie chciało się od turystów odczepić. To jest podstawowa zasada, bo podając niedźwiedziowi choć kawałek chleba, czekolady lub jabłko, praktycznie skazujemy go na śmierć. Raz nakarmiony już się od ludzi nie odczepi, a jeżeli nie dostanie jedzenia, może stać się groźny. Wtedy z reguły ginie" - powiedział Filip Zięba. Aby uniknąć kontaktu niedźwiedzi z resztkami pokarmowymi pozostawianymi przez ludzi schroniska i kontenery ze śmieciami w TPN ogrodzono elektrycznymi pastuchami. W parku nie umieszczono również koszy na śmieci. Leśnicy byli poinformowani o tym, że w tym rejonie TPN widziano młodego niedźwiedzia ale nie było doniesień o jego agresywnym zachowaniu. "Gdy widzimy niedźwiedzia, najlepiej się do niego nie zbliżać, nie robić zdjęć z fleszem. Głośno rozmawiajmy i dajmy zwierzęciu spokojnie odejść. Albo po prostu się wycofajmy" - stwierdził Filip Zięba. Dodał on również, że niedźwiadek wchodził właśnie w okres swojego dorosłego życia. "Zwierzęta te oddzielają się od matek w wieku dwóch-trzech lat, ale czasami zdarza się to, gdy mają zaledwie rok. To krytyczny okres w życiu młodego. Trudno zdobyć mu pokarm i wtedy najszybciej może się zainteresować pozostawianymi przez ludzi resztkami. Ci turyści mieli wyjątkowo dużo szczęścia, że niedźwiadek już się oddzielił od matki. Dziwię się, że widząc takiego malucha, nie pomyśleli, że gdzieś w pobliżu może być samica. Ona po prostu zrobiłaby z nich miazgę. Nigdy nie widziałem takiego braku wyobraźni" - stwierdził. Niedźwiedź brunatny Wicedyrektor TPN powiedział, że zdarzenie jest precedensem w historii Tatrzańskiego Parku Narodowego i "jeszcze nigdy nie zdarzyło się, by turyści zabili młodego niedźwiadka". Okoliczności zdarzenia bada policja. "Znamy już tożsamość czwórki turystów. Trwają ich przesłuchania w komisariacie. Dwóch jeszcze poszukujemy. Sprawę przekażemy do prokuratury" - poinformowała w niedzielę Monika Kraśnicka-Broś z Komendy Powiatowej Policji w Zakopanem. Po przesłuchaniach stwierdziła ona, że sprawa jest nadal wyjaśniana ponieważ "wciąż jest wiele niejasności i wykluczających się relacji zdarzenia. Na pewno powołany zostanie biegły lekarz weterynarii, który ustali co było bezpośrednią przyczyną śmierci niedźwiedzia. Jeżeli okaże się, że ci ludzie przekroczyli granice obrony koniecznej, może im grozić do dwóch lat pozbawienia wolności". W Tatrach po stronie polskiej znajduje się od 6 do 20 niedźwiedzi. Nie da się tego precyzyjnie określić ponieważ niedźwiedzie często przekraczają granice.
en	The subject of community cohesion, for understandable reasons, has become prominent in our national conversation over the past few years. But it is a challenge we have faced before: the question of how we live together is as old as humanity itself. Throughout history, there have been periods when Britain has not been entirely comfortable with itself or individual communities within it. Who would now question the contribution made by Jewish people to British society - or even talk about there being a conflict between being British and Jewish? And yet, only 50 years ago, this was exactly the debate going on in both the Jewish and non-Jewish communities. More recently, Britain's Irish community was questioning and being questioned about its loyalty to Britain. Each time, over time, we have kept our country together by having faith in our institutions and our way of doing things: freedom under the rule of law, a common culture defined by pluralism and tolerance and a distinctively British approach (calm, thoughtful, reasonable) to potentially incendiary issues. The challenge today may have its own specific characteristics, but our approach should be the same. In that context, I am concerned by the direction that the debate on cohesion has taken recently. I believe it is time for a more British approach. First, we must not fall for the illusion that the problems of community cohesion can be solved simply through top-down, quick-fix state action. State action is certainly necessary today, but it is not sufficient. Second, it must be the right kind of action, expressed in a calm, thoughtful and reasonable way. The doctrine of multiculturalism has undermined our nation's sense of cohesion because it emphasises what divides us rather than what brings us together. It has been manipulated to entrench the right to difference (a divisive concept) at the expense of the right to equal treatment despite difference (a unifying concept). But in seeking to atone for those mistakes, we should not lurch, with the zeal of the convert, into a simplistic promotion of 'Britishness' that is neither in keeping with our traditions, nor likely to bring our communities closer together. Yes, we need to ensure that every one of our citizens can speak to each other in our national language. Yes, we need to ensure that our children are taught British history properly. And I do think it is important to create more opportunities for celebrating our sense of nationhood. Unlike Labour, we will set out a clear and consistent path to ensure these things actually happen, starting with our policy review which will make specific recommendations this week. But I think we need to go much deeper than this if we are to address the substantial alienation and division that exist in our country today. It's no use behaving like the proverbial English tourist abroad, shouting ever more loudly at the hapless foreigner who doesn't understand what is being said. We can't bully people into feeling British - we have to inspire them. A number of the interventions we have seen from ministers recently have spectacularly failed to do that. Instructing Muslim parents to spy on their children. Offending our war heroes with the proposal of a new 'Veteran's Day' when we already have Remembrance Sunday. Suggesting that we put flags on the lawn. These and similar clunking attempts to address the complexities of community cohesion show a serious misunderstanding of the scale of the challenge, and the shape of the solution. Above all, we have seen a dangerous muddling of concerns: community cohesion, the threat of terrorism and the integration of British Muslims. Promoting community cohesion should indeed be part of our response to terrorism. But cohesion is not just about terrorism and it is certainly not just about Muslims. Similarly, promoting integration will help protect our security. But too mechanistic a connection between these objectives will make it harder to achieve both, by giving the impression that the state considers all Muslims to be a security risk. This week's report from our policy review, the product of months of dialogue with Britain's diverse communities, will seek to disentangle these threads and point a clear and responsible way forward. There will be no shying away from the tough issues: the influence of those who twist faith into ideology; the cultural attitudes that exclude women from mainstream society; the impact of foreign policy on domestic affairs; and, vitally, the divisive effects of the catastrophic failure of state education in many parts of urban Britain. I want the Conservative party to stand for a broad and generous vision of British identity. In a speech in Birmingham tomorrow, I will argue that questions of social cohesion are also questions of social justice and social inclusion. Cohesion is as much about rich and poor, included and left behind as it is about English and Scot or Muslim and Christian. Inspiring as well as demanding loyalty from every citizen will require a new crusade for fairness. A society that consistently denies some of its people the chance to escape poverty, to get on in life, to fulfil their dreams and to feel that their contribution is part of a national effort: such a society will struggle to inspire loyalty, however many citizenship classes it provides. Fairness will be our most powerful weapon against fragmentation. In America, new immigrants feel part of something from the moment they arrive because they feel they have the opportunity to succeed. It is that belief in equal opportunity that we need in Britain today and it is why the denial of quality education to so many is such a vital part of the cohesion argument. There is no easy short cut. Having tried to impose democracy in Iraq at the point of a gun, we must surely realise that we will never impose cohesion at home with the ping of a press release. There are serious divisions in our country today. Many thousands - maybe millions - feel shut out, under attack. Turning the situation around will require patience. We must be calm, thoughtful and reasonable: that is the British way. Building cohesion is a social responsibility. Government must enforce the rules of the road - speaking English, teaching history, upholding and celebrating the symbols of nationhood - and we will be absolutely clear about what needs to be done. If the government brings forward these measures, they will have our full support. But this is about much more than government and politics. We must each do all we can to make this a fairer and more just society - helping others, creating opportunity and ensuring that no one is excluded from it.	fr	David Cameron '''David Cameron''', chef du parti conservateur britannique a indiqué sa vision du futur d'une Grande-Bretagne multiculturelle dans un article publié par le journal The Observer le 28 janvier 2007. Dans une critique acérée des efforts produits par le gouvernement du parti travailliste pour promouvoir l'identité nationale - qui inclut parmi d'autres choses un test de pour les candidats à la citoyenneté du Royaume - il plaide pour . Cameron est d'accord sur le fait qu'il existe une aliénation substantielle et une division au Royaume-Uni aujourd'hui et que . Cependant, il souligne que la solution n'est pas d'enchaîner ces gens à la britannicité mais faire en sorte qu'ils se sentent britanniques. Selon lui, cela peut être accompli à la condition ''sine qua non'' d'offrir des occasions égales et une éducation de qualité à chacun sans nier à qui que se soit la chance d'échapper à la pauvreté et d'accomplir leurs rêves.
en	David Cameron today dramatically shifts the terms of the debate over Britishness by demanding a new language of cohesiveness on the controversial issues of faith, race and nationhood. In a ground-breaking article in today's Observer, the Tory leader lambasts the government for its aggressive approach, arguing: 'It's no use behaving like the proverbial English tourist abroad, shouting ever more loudly at the hapless foreigner who doesn't understand what is being said. We can't bully people into feeling British - we have to inspire them. The call for a 'calm, thoughtful, reasonable' approach to defining Britishness rather than hectoring ethnic minorities comes ahead of a speech today in which Cameron will nonetheless warn that such a stance must not mean tolerating injustices, such as Muslim women being prevented from studying or working outside the home. In today's article Cameron attacks 'clunking' government ideas to shore up national identity, such as urging Britons to fly the flag at home, and the 'dangerous muddling' of community cohesion with the threat from terrorism. New ways should be found to celebrate 'our sense of nationhood' instead, he adds, although it is not clear what these might be. 'A number of the interventions we have seen from ministers recently have spectacularly failed to do that. Instructing Muslim parents to spy on their children. Offending our war heroes with the proposal of a new "Veterans' Day" when we already have Remembrance Sunday. Suggesting that we put flags on the lawn.' And while promoting cohesion could be part of responding to the war on terror, it was 'not just about terrorism and certainly not just about Muslims', he added. His argument will be underlined by a report this week from the party's policy commission on national security calling for new thinking on community cohesion. It will highlight the removal of teenage Asian girls from school and question whether some Muslim parents are supporting their daughters' desire for education, as well as calling for forced marriage to be made a criminal offence. In his speech in Birmingham, Cameron will argue that the oppression of women in some communities is a cultural rather than religious phenomenon. Tories must 'be bold, and not hide behind the screen of cultural sensitivity, to say publicly that no woman should be denied rights which both their religion and their country, Britain, support'. Sayeeda Warsi, Tory vice-chairman and adviser to Cameron, said she was struck by the way some female Muslims were held back while she was out canvassing at the last election. 'The number of women I came across who said they wanted to go to university but their parents didn't want them to, who wanted to get a job but were not allowed, who were not allowed to vote freely because the men in their family got postal votes... I came away feeling that here was an enormous resource wasted,' she said. 'This way of life is not because of the faith, it is cultural interpretations of it. David feels we can't be culturally sensitive to issues which are fundamentally wrong.' Cameron's decoupling of cohesion from national security issues was welcomed by the Muslim Council of Great Britain. However, the Commission for Human Rights and Equality said it would reserve judgment for the full report.	fr	David Cameron '''David Cameron''', chef du parti conservateur britannique a indiqué sa vision du futur d'une Grande-Bretagne multiculturelle dans un article publié par le journal The Observer le 28 janvier 2007. Dans une critique acérée des efforts produits par le gouvernement du parti travailliste pour promouvoir l'identité nationale - qui inclut parmi d'autres choses un test de pour les candidats à la citoyenneté du Royaume - il plaide pour . Cameron est d'accord sur le fait qu'il existe une aliénation substantielle et une division au Royaume-Uni aujourd'hui et que . Cependant, il souligne que la solution n'est pas d'enchaîner ces gens à la britannicité mais faire en sorte qu'ils se sentent britanniques. Selon lui, cela peut être accompli à la condition ''sine qua non'' d'offrir des occasions égales et une éducation de qualité à chacun sans nier à qui que se soit la chance d'échapper à la pauvreté et d'accomplir leurs rêves.
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fr	Pour la première fois de son histoire, la guérilla des Forces armées révolutionnaires de Colombie (FARC, extrême gauche) a été touchée au coeur. Tué dans la nuit de vendredi à samedi, en territoire équatorien, Raul Reyes (de son vrai nom Luis Edgar Devia) était membre du "secrétariat", la direction suprême des FARC, qui se disait, se croyait et semblait invulnérable. La guérilla n'est pas défaite, loin s'en faut. Mais personne en Colombie ne contredit le ministre de la défense, Juan Manuel Santos, lorsqu'il évoque "le coup le plus dur jamais porté aux FARC". Les circonstances de sa mort, sur le territoire équatorien, ont provoqué une crise diplomatique. Bogota est en butte aux protestations de l'Equateur et aux menaces de Caracas. Dimanche, le président vénézuélien, Hugo Chavez, a non seulement réitéré ses insultes à l'encontre du président colombien, Alvaro Uribe, mais il a déployé des troupes à la frontière colombienne faisant monter la tension entre les deux pays. Le président colombien, qui a été élu en 2002 et réélu quatre ans plus tard en promettant de gagner la guerre contre les FARC, revendique une victoire de taille contre uneguérilla qui n'hésite pas à séquestrer ses otages dans des conditions inhumaines ; à se servir de mines antipersonnel ; à faire commerce de la cocaïne et à procéder à des exécutions sommaires dans ses propres rangs. Une guérilla qui, de l'avis de la gauche démocratique, porte la responsabilité de la popularité de M. Uribe. Un temps gendre du chef historique des FARC, Manuel Marulanda, Raul Reyes avait sa confiance absolue. Porte-parole de la guérilla et chef de sa diplomatie, Reyes était l'homme des contacts avec la presse et avec l'étranger. C'est lui qui recevait, entre autres, les émissaires de la France et de la Suisse qui, depuis six ans, tentent d'obtenir la liberté de l'otage franco-colombienne Ingrid Betancourt. Il n'a jamais consenti à leur fournir la moindre "preuve de vie" susceptible de répondre à l'inquiétude de ses proches. Raul Reyes ne passait pas pour un tendre. Sa disparition va-t-elle renforcer au sein des FARC les partisans de la ligne dure, purement militariste ? Ou contribuera-t-elle, au contraire, à convaincre la guérilla, aujourd'hui affaiblie militairement, de la nécessité d'une négociation politique ? A terme, sa mort peut faire le jeu des durs comme elle peut laisser les coudées franches aux chefs plus conciliants. Dans l'immédiat, elle ne peut que compliquer la communication avec les FARC. Ingrid Betancourt, que l'on dit au bord de la mort, et ses compagnons d'infortune peuvent-ils supporter plus longtemps la situation ?	fr	Alvaro Uribe est au centre des tensions. À la suite de l'expédition militaire déclenchée samedi par l'armée colombienne en Équateur, la tension ne cesse de monter entre les deux pays et le Venezuela. C'est en effet dans la nuit de vendredi à samedi que des forces colombiennes ont franchi la frontière équatorienne pour attaquer un camp des Forces armées révolutionnaires de Colombie dans lequel se trouvait Raul Reyes (de son vrai nom Luis Edgar Devia), le numéro deux de la guérilla, portant ainsi ce que Juan Manuel Santos, ministre de la Défense appelle . Depuis l'annonce officielle de cette expédition, une crise diplomatique a éclaté entre les deux pays, aggravée ensuite par les menaces d'Hugo Chavez, le président vénézuélien qui a déployé , soit près de soldats dimanche. De son côté, le président colombien Alvaro Uribe a informé la presse qu'il détenait des document selon lesquels les FARC avaient passé des « accords » et des « compromis » avec le président équatorien Rafael Correa. Il a promis de rendre public ces documents dans les prochains jours. Les ambassadeurs équatorien et vénézuélien en poste à Bogota ont été rappelés dans leurs pays respectifs. Des responsables du ministère de la Défense ont déclaré que, à la suite de l'envoi d'une délégation ministérielle sur les lieux où Raul Reyes avait été tué, les troupes équatoriennes avaient été mises dès lundi matin et effectuaient . Cette situation est décrite comme explosive par un diplomate européen anonyme qui ajoute que . Alors que la majorité des pays d'Amérique du Sud ont condamné l'intervention colombienne, le gouvernement espagnol a lancé un appel en demandant selon un communiqué officiel dans lequel il précise se mettre . Peu de temps après, les États-Unis d'Amérique ont appelé la Colombie et l'Équateur à de même que la France qui a également lancé .
fr	ImprimerEnvoyer La mort de l'un des principaux dirigeants des Farc, tué samedi en Equateur par l'armée colombienne, est à l'origine d'une crise diplomatique entre les deux pays. Le gouvernement colombien a accusé dimanche soir à Bogota le président d'Equateur Rafael Correa de «compromis» avec les Forces armées révolutionnaires de Colombie (Farc - guérilla marxiste). La saisie par l'armée colombienne des ordinateurs de Raul Reyes, tué samedi en territoire équatorien, a prouvé que les Forces armées révolutionnaires de Colombie (Farc) avaient conclu «des compromis» avec le président Rafael Correa, a affirmé dimanche soir à la presse le porte-parole présidentiel Cesar Velasquez. Le directeur de la police, le général Oscar Naranjo, a annoncé qu'il rendrait public un document appartenant à Raul Reyes afin de prouver que le président Rafael Correa avait (établi) «un contact» et (passé) «des compromis avec les Farc». «Ces documents suscitent des interrogations et méritent des réponses concrètes sur l'état des relations du gouvernement équatorien avec le groupe terroriste des Farc», a affirmé le général. Dans l'un des documents, daté du 18 janvier, poursuit le général, Reyes évoque une réunion avec le ministre de l'intérieur équatorien Gustavo Larrea. Dans ce document, dit-il, Reyes informe le secrétariat (organe dirigeant) des Farc «au nom du président Correa, de son intérêt à officialiser les relations avec la direction des Farc» afin de jouer un rôle dans les échanges d'otages colombiens contre des prisonniers guérilleros. Dans ce même document, explique Naranjo, Reyes indique que le ministre Larrea «s'est engagé à relever les responsables policiers et les militaires équatoriens dans les zones de présence des Farc» si ces derniers leur sont hostiles. Le document incriminé se trouvait dans l'un des trois ordinateurs de Raul Reyes saisis par l'armée lors de l'assaut du camp des rebelles, a indiqué le chef de la police. Conséquence: une crise diplomatique a éclaté dimanche entre la Colombie et ses voisins d'Equateur et du Venezuela après cette opération de l'armée colombienne en territoire équatorien. Le président équatorien Rafael Correa et son homologue vénézuélien Hugo Chavez ont rappelé leurs ambassadeurs respectifs à Bogota et annoncé l'envoi de troupes aux frontières avec la Colombie. De son côté, le porte-parole du président colombien Alvaro Uribe a affirmé dimanche que la saisie par l'armée colombienne des ordinateurs de Raul Reyes, a prouvé que les Farc avaient conclu «des compromis» avec le président équatorien. Retour haut de page ImprimerEnvoyer	fr	Alvaro Uribe est au centre des tensions. À la suite de l'expédition militaire déclenchée samedi par l'armée colombienne en Équateur, la tension ne cesse de monter entre les deux pays et le Venezuela. C'est en effet dans la nuit de vendredi à samedi que des forces colombiennes ont franchi la frontière équatorienne pour attaquer un camp des Forces armées révolutionnaires de Colombie dans lequel se trouvait Raul Reyes (de son vrai nom Luis Edgar Devia), le numéro deux de la guérilla, portant ainsi ce que Juan Manuel Santos, ministre de la Défense appelle . Depuis l'annonce officielle de cette expédition, une crise diplomatique a éclaté entre les deux pays, aggravée ensuite par les menaces d'Hugo Chavez, le président vénézuélien qui a déployé , soit près de soldats dimanche. De son côté, le président colombien Alvaro Uribe a informé la presse qu'il détenait des document selon lesquels les FARC avaient passé des « accords » et des « compromis » avec le président équatorien Rafael Correa. Il a promis de rendre public ces documents dans les prochains jours. Les ambassadeurs équatorien et vénézuélien en poste à Bogota ont été rappelés dans leurs pays respectifs. Des responsables du ministère de la Défense ont déclaré que, à la suite de l'envoi d'une délégation ministérielle sur les lieux où Raul Reyes avait été tué, les troupes équatoriennes avaient été mises dès lundi matin et effectuaient . Cette situation est décrite comme explosive par un diplomate européen anonyme qui ajoute que . Alors que la majorité des pays d'Amérique du Sud ont condamné l'intervention colombienne, le gouvernement espagnol a lancé un appel en demandant selon un communiqué officiel dans lequel il précise se mettre . Peu de temps après, les États-Unis d'Amérique ont appelé la Colombie et l'Équateur à de même que la France qui a également lancé .
fr	Escalade de tensions entre la Colombie et ses voisins après la mort de Raul Reyes BOGOTA (AFP) — L'élimination par l'armée colombienne du numéro deux de la guérilla marxiste des Farc, Raul Reyes, a provoqué une escalade de tensions entre la Colombie et ses voisins, l'Equateur et le Venezuela, la plus grave crise depuis plus d'une décennie dans cette région d'Amérique latine. Après l'incursion samedi de l'armée colombienne en territoire équatorien, afin d'y détruire un campement provisoire des Forces armées révolutionnaires de Colombie (Farc), l'Equateur et le Venezuela ont dépêché des troupes sur leur frontière avec le pays voisin et pratiquement rompu les relations diplomatiques avec Bogota. Lundi, les troupes équatoriennes étaient "en état d'alerte maximum" et effectuaient "des patrouilles à la frontière avec la Colombie", ont déclaré à l'AFP sous couvert de l'anonymat des responsables du ministère de la Défense. La Colombie a affirmé de son côté lundi qu'elle refusait toute escalade militaire. "Nous avons la capacité de mobiliser nos troupes, mais nous ne voyons aucune nécessité de le faire", a déclaré le ministre de la Défense, Juan Manuel Santos. Les autorités colombiennes ont accusé le président vénézuélien Hugo Chavez d'avoir financé les rebelles des Farc, en se basant sur des informations obtenues après le raid de l'armée colombienne en Equateur. Dimanche, le président vénézuélien Hugo Chavez a ordonné la fermeture de l'ambassade de son pays à Bogota et l'envoi de "dix bataillons à la frontière avec la Colombie", soit près de 10.000 soldats. Un peu plus tard, le président équatorien Rafael Correa qui avait envoyé une délégation ministérielle enquêter sur les lieux où Raul Reyes avait été tué, a annoncé l'expulsion de l'ambassadeur colombien à Quito et la mobilisation de troupes à la frontière avec la Colombie. Reyes a été tué lors d'une incursion de l'armée colombienne dans le nord de l'Equateur, qui a causé la mort au total de 17 guérilleros. Qualifiant de "mensonge" l'explication de son homologue colombien Alvaro Uribe qui a présenté l'opération comme une action de représailles et de "poursuite à chaud", M. Correa a accusé les militaires colombiens "d'assassinats". En réponse, Bogota a accusé Rafael Correa d'avoir passé un "compromis" avec les Farc, afin de jouer un rôle de médiateur dans l'éventuel échange d'otages de la guérilla contre des rebelles emprisonnés. "C'est un mensonge, jamais le gouvernement de l'Equateur ou le président Correa (...) aurait pu avoir une telle attitude", a rétorqué lundi l'ambassadeur équatorien en Colombie, Francisco Suescum, rappelé à Quito. A Genève, le vice-président colombien Francisco Santos a appelé les voisins de la Colombie à ne pas permettre aux guérilleros de trouver refuge sur leur territoire. Le gouvernement colombien a annoncé lundi qu'il enverrait aux Nations unies et à l'OEA (Organisation des Etats américains) des "révélations sur les accords du groupe terroriste des Farc avec les gouvernements d'Equateur et du Venezuela". Depuis des années, les Farc utilisent le Venezuela et l'Equateur comme base arrière et s'y réfugient pour échapper à des opérations de l'armée colombienne. Les Etats-Unis ont fait part lundi de leur soutien à Bogota contre les Farc, tout en appelant la Colombie et l'Equateur à "la retenue" pour résoudre la crise entre les deux pays, selon des déclarations du département d'Etat. Washington estime que l'Organisation des Etats américains (OEA) est le lieu "approprié" pour résoudre le conflit. Le Conseil permanent de l'Organisation des Etats américains (OEA) se réunira mardi à Washington pour évoquer "la crise", a annoncé le secrétaire général de l'organisation,. Tandis que la majorité des pays d'Amérique latine condamnait l'incursion militaire colombienne en territoire étranger, le gouvernement espagnol a appelé lundi les trois pays "au calme" et au "dialogue". "L'Espagne lance un appel au calme et demande instamment aux parties de trouver une solution à leurs différends", dit un communiqué officiel. Le ministère français des Affaires étrangères a également lancé "un appel à la retenue" en évoquant "la montée des tensions dans la région andine". Raul Reyes a été tué après la libération unilatérale par les Farc de six otages depuis le début de l'année, grâce à la médiation de Hugo Chavez. Son élimination risque de rendre plus difficiles de futures libérations. Copyright © 2013 AFP. Tous droits réservés. Plus »	fr	Alvaro Uribe est au centre des tensions. À la suite de l'expédition militaire déclenchée samedi par l'armée colombienne en Équateur, la tension ne cesse de monter entre les deux pays et le Venezuela. C'est en effet dans la nuit de vendredi à samedi que des forces colombiennes ont franchi la frontière équatorienne pour attaquer un camp des Forces armées révolutionnaires de Colombie dans lequel se trouvait Raul Reyes (de son vrai nom Luis Edgar Devia), le numéro deux de la guérilla, portant ainsi ce que Juan Manuel Santos, ministre de la Défense appelle . Depuis l'annonce officielle de cette expédition, une crise diplomatique a éclaté entre les deux pays, aggravée ensuite par les menaces d'Hugo Chavez, le président vénézuélien qui a déployé , soit près de soldats dimanche. De son côté, le président colombien Alvaro Uribe a informé la presse qu'il détenait des document selon lesquels les FARC avaient passé des « accords » et des « compromis » avec le président équatorien Rafael Correa. Il a promis de rendre public ces documents dans les prochains jours. Les ambassadeurs équatorien et vénézuélien en poste à Bogota ont été rappelés dans leurs pays respectifs. Des responsables du ministère de la Défense ont déclaré que, à la suite de l'envoi d'une délégation ministérielle sur les lieux où Raul Reyes avait été tué, les troupes équatoriennes avaient été mises dès lundi matin et effectuaient . Cette situation est décrite comme explosive par un diplomate européen anonyme qui ajoute que . Alors que la majorité des pays d'Amérique du Sud ont condamné l'intervention colombienne, le gouvernement espagnol a lancé un appel en demandant selon un communiqué officiel dans lequel il précise se mettre . Peu de temps après, les États-Unis d'Amérique ont appelé la Colombie et l'Équateur à de même que la France qui a également lancé .
fr	Cyclisme - Dauphiné Libéré Leipheimer en forme Levi Leipheimer a remporté le prologue du Dauphiné à 54 km/h de moyenne. L'Américain Levi Leipheimer, vainqueur de l'épreuve en 2006, a remporté le prologue du Dauphiné Libéré couru sur une distance de 5,6 km. Le coureur de l'équipe Astana a devancé le Norvégien Thor Hushovd et l'Espagnol Alejandro Valverde. «Je savais que j'étais en très bonne condition, a expliqué Leipheimer. Beaucoup de gens doutaient de moi après le Giro (qu'il a terminé 18e à trois quarts d'heure d'Alberto Contador, NDLR). J'ai senti dans la dernière semaine que ma condition s'améliorait de plus en plus. J'espère continuer ainsi. Mon équipe croit en moi.» Le parcours de ce prologue privilégiait la force et s'est avéré parfait pour Leipheimer qui a roulé à plus de 54 km/h de moyenne. Troisième à six secondes seulement, Valverde s'estimait très satisfait de sa performance. «Dès le début, j'ai eu de très bonnes sensations. J'ai su que j'allais réaliser un bon temps mais je ne pensais pas finir aussi près de spécialistes tels que Leipheimer et Hushovd, a précisé l'Espagnol. J'espère faire ici une bonne course, même si ce n'est pas un objectif en soi, mais bien une répétition générale avant le Tour de France.» Le Tour de France, ce sera l'objectif de Cadel Evans, deuxième en 2007. Mais dimanche, l'Australien n'a pu prendre que la sixième place à 13''. Le premier Français, Florent Brard, a dû se contenter de la 26e place à 18''. (Avec AFP)	fr	l'Américain Levi Leipheimer se pose en favori du Critérium du Dauphiné libéré après sa victoire dans le prologue disputé aujourd'hui. Dans cette couse à étapes à travers les Alpes françaises servant de préparation pour le Tour de France qui débute en juillet, Levi Leipheimer, lauréat du classement général en 2006, confirme ses bonnes aptitudes en contre-la-montre en remportant le prologue de 6,5 kilomètres entre Le Pontet et Avignon. Il devance sur ce prologue le Norvégien Thor Hushovd et l'Espagnol Alejandro Valverde.
en	We’re supposed to wish for a healthy child with 10 working fingers and 10 working toes. But a family in San Francisco got something even better: A healthy child with 12 working fingers and 12 more working toes. Kamani Hubbard was born a few weeks ago with polydactyly, a condition that means he’s got some extra digits. And according to this story on www.ktvu.com, no one even noticed right away. That’s a good thing, since it means the kid can reap all the benefits of having extra fingers and toes without blatantly looking like a freak show. And just what would those benefits be? For starters, he’s going to kick everyone’s butt at Guitar Hero! No, seriously, a doctor at St. Luke’s, where Kamani was born, marvels at the potential skills the child could develop, including being a skilled pianist or guitarist. Other things he could be particularly good at: – Pitching, since having those extra fingers could help to put some added spin on the ball. (Worth noting: Antonio Alfonseca, a pitcher for the Florida Marlins, also has polydactyly.) –Typing. And, on a related note, possibly texting. –Remembering things — extras fingers and toes mean more places on which to tie reminder-strings! You know, assuming that anyone still does that, as opposed to just sending themselves an e-mail alert. –Massage therapist: More fingers = extra capacity to knead sore muscles. –Cheating at math: He can take adding with his hands and feet to a whole other level. –Inventing new obscene gestures: With six fingers to work with, there is no telling how many ways he can potentially flip people off. No matter what the little guy decides to do or become, the important thing is that he’s healthy. I would advise his parents to start babyproofing ASAP, if they haven’t already. The odds that he could stick his finger into an open socket? Seems like they might be a bit higher than the average. Image: Midwestrocklobster.com	en	__NOTOC__ DICOM-format X-ray of a ten year old male patient's left foot, anterior-posterior view, with postaxial polydactyly of 5th ray. A six-pound infant born in San Francisco, California has six perfectly formed and functional fingers and toes on his hands and feet, so that it isn't considered a disability or deformity, say doctors at Saint Luke's Hospital who were amazed by the oddity. In a medical rarity, super baby Kamani Hubbard was born two weeks ago with 24 working digits. He is healthy and home with his parents in Daly City, California. Polydactyly, a congenital disorder is not uncommon in humans and animals, including cats, but to happen on both hands and feet is a rare hereditary condition. "Nurses and doctors, looked so normal they couldn't tell, they told me he was six pounds in good health, that was all they said," said Miryoki Gross, Hubbard’s mother. Her baby's specialness didn't even show up on prenatal ultrasounds. "I heard nothing before I gave birth so I'm still in shock, kinda," Gross added. Despite the mother's shock, Kamani's father, Kris, was the first to notice the condition. Polydactyly (from Ancient Greek means 'πολύς' (polus) or "many" + 'δάκτυλος' (daktulos) "fingers"), also known as polydactylism, sexdactyly, hexadactyly, or hexadactylism, is a congenital physical disorder consisting of supernumerary fingers or toes. In Kamani's case, however, all of the digits are perfectly formed and function or work normally. "I was in amazement, it took a little time for me to take it all in," said Kris, a postal worker, who has a family history of polydactylism, but none of his relatives can remember it happening on both hands and feet. Mostly, cases of polydactyly are surgically corrected. Kris himself had nubs of sixth digits, which were removed during his early childhood, for having been non-functional. "My son has six fingers then I saw toes, and I thought, this is quite unique. Some family members have had six fingers, not completely developed. But not the toes," Kris noted. "I would be tempted to leave those fingers in place. I realize children would tease each other over the slightest things, and having extra digits on each hand is more than slight. But imagine what sort of a pianist a 12-fingered person would be imagine what sort of a flamenco guitarist, if nothing else think of their typing skills," Dr. Treece remarked. "I just want him to see what greatness will be in store for him," said Kris. Fully developed and functional extra digits on both hands and feet are considered very rare as a genetic trait in medical history, amid some partial development of an extra digit occurs about twice in every 1,000 white male births. Ordinarily, polydactylism appears as an extra piece of non-functional tissue, typically occurring as an extra finger, sometimes with a bone, but no joint. "It's merely an interesting and beautiful variation rather than a worrisome thing," said Dr. Michael Treece, a St. Luke's Hospital pediatrician, and the OBGYN who delivered Kamani. He has postaxial polydactyly, which is 10 times more likely to occur in black children, and also more likely to appear in boys. Goliath, a figure in Old Testament, was depicted as having had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. polydactyly with short fingers in Ellis-van Creveld syndrome patient Blues guitarist Hound Dog Taylor, Get Carter, Little Tich, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and several other figures in history have had polydactyly. Sid Wilson, a turntablist of Slipknot, had been born with an extra finger and toe on his hands and feet which were removed shortly after his birth as doctors considered them to be dead.
en	There are several well-known figures born with polydactyly. Blues guitarist Theodore Roosevelt “Hound Dog” Taylor was born with six fingers on each hand, both of which were left on after his birth. He lost the extra finger on his right hand when he sliced it off with a razor blade while drunk Former Major League pitcher Antonio Alfonseca was born with six fingers and six toes on each limb . His extra fingers were about half the size of his pinky and likely would have been amputated if he were born in the United States; in Alfonseca’s native Dominican Republic, such surgeries are uncommon. Though the sixth finger provided no help in gripping the ball, it did earn him the nickname “Pulpo,” the Spanish word for “octopus.”There are other notable people who were born with polydactyly, but had the extra digits removed at birth. One such case is Bond girl Gemma Arterton, who was born with small, boneless digits on the little finger side of her hand	en	__NOTOC__ DICOM-format X-ray of a ten year old male patient's left foot, anterior-posterior view, with postaxial polydactyly of 5th ray. A six-pound infant born in San Francisco, California has six perfectly formed and functional fingers and toes on his hands and feet, so that it isn't considered a disability or deformity, say doctors at Saint Luke's Hospital who were amazed by the oddity. In a medical rarity, super baby Kamani Hubbard was born two weeks ago with 24 working digits. He is healthy and home with his parents in Daly City, California. Polydactyly, a congenital disorder is not uncommon in humans and animals, including cats, but to happen on both hands and feet is a rare hereditary condition. "Nurses and doctors, looked so normal they couldn't tell, they told me he was six pounds in good health, that was all they said," said Miryoki Gross, Hubbard’s mother. Her baby's specialness didn't even show up on prenatal ultrasounds. "I heard nothing before I gave birth so I'm still in shock, kinda," Gross added. Despite the mother's shock, Kamani's father, Kris, was the first to notice the condition. Polydactyly (from Ancient Greek means 'πολύς' (polus) or "many" + 'δάκτυλος' (daktulos) "fingers"), also known as polydactylism, sexdactyly, hexadactyly, or hexadactylism, is a congenital physical disorder consisting of supernumerary fingers or toes. In Kamani's case, however, all of the digits are perfectly formed and function or work normally. "I was in amazement, it took a little time for me to take it all in," said Kris, a postal worker, who has a family history of polydactylism, but none of his relatives can remember it happening on both hands and feet. Mostly, cases of polydactyly are surgically corrected. Kris himself had nubs of sixth digits, which were removed during his early childhood, for having been non-functional. "My son has six fingers then I saw toes, and I thought, this is quite unique. Some family members have had six fingers, not completely developed. But not the toes," Kris noted. "I would be tempted to leave those fingers in place. I realize children would tease each other over the slightest things, and having extra digits on each hand is more than slight. But imagine what sort of a pianist a 12-fingered person would be imagine what sort of a flamenco guitarist, if nothing else think of their typing skills," Dr. Treece remarked. "I just want him to see what greatness will be in store for him," said Kris. Fully developed and functional extra digits on both hands and feet are considered very rare as a genetic trait in medical history, amid some partial development of an extra digit occurs about twice in every 1,000 white male births. Ordinarily, polydactylism appears as an extra piece of non-functional tissue, typically occurring as an extra finger, sometimes with a bone, but no joint. "It's merely an interesting and beautiful variation rather than a worrisome thing," said Dr. Michael Treece, a St. Luke's Hospital pediatrician, and the OBGYN who delivered Kamani. He has postaxial polydactyly, which is 10 times more likely to occur in black children, and also more likely to appear in boys. Goliath, a figure in Old Testament, was depicted as having had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. polydactyly with short fingers in Ellis-van Creveld syndrome patient Blues guitarist Hound Dog Taylor, Get Carter, Little Tich, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and several other figures in history have had polydactyly. Sid Wilson, a turntablist of Slipknot, had been born with an extra finger and toe on his hands and feet which were removed shortly after his birth as doctors considered them to be dead.
en	Baby born with 12 fingers, 12 toes Doctors say the condition is common but the extra fingers are normally never fuctional, as Kamani's are. A baby boy has been born in a US hospital with six fingers on both hands and six toes on each foot. Kamani Hubbard was born three weeks ago with "polydactyly" a genetic trait that leaves people with extra fingers or toes, FOX News reports. PHOTOS: Medical marvels And while polydactyly is considered common, doctors say Kamani's fully formed and functional extra digits have made his case one-of-a-kind. Kamani's father Kris, who had the stubs of his sixth fingers removed shortly after being born, was the first to spot his son's abnormality. Mr Hubbard said polydactyly ran on his side of the family. “Some family members have had six fingers [that weren't] completely developed," Mr Hubbard said. "But not the toes." Doctors at Saint Luke's Hospital in San Francisco where Kamani was born said there was no reason to operate. “It's merely an interesting and beautiful variation rather than a worrisome thing,” Dr Michael Treece was quoted as saying. “I would be tempted to leave those fingers in place. "Imagine what sort of a pianist a 12-fingered person would be, imagine what sort of a flamenco guitarist, if nothing else think of their typing skills." Kamani's mother Miryoki Gross said she was still trying to absorb the news. “I heard nothing before I gave birth so I'm still in shock, kinda,” Ms Gross said. Prenatal ultrasounds failed to show the extra fingers and toes, she said. "[Kamani] looked so normal they couldn't tell, they told me he was six pounds in good health, that was all they said."	en	__NOTOC__ DICOM-format X-ray of a ten year old male patient's left foot, anterior-posterior view, with postaxial polydactyly of 5th ray. A six-pound infant born in San Francisco, California has six perfectly formed and functional fingers and toes on his hands and feet, so that it isn't considered a disability or deformity, say doctors at Saint Luke's Hospital who were amazed by the oddity. In a medical rarity, super baby Kamani Hubbard was born two weeks ago with 24 working digits. He is healthy and home with his parents in Daly City, California. Polydactyly, a congenital disorder is not uncommon in humans and animals, including cats, but to happen on both hands and feet is a rare hereditary condition. "Nurses and doctors, looked so normal they couldn't tell, they told me he was six pounds in good health, that was all they said," said Miryoki Gross, Hubbard’s mother. Her baby's specialness didn't even show up on prenatal ultrasounds. "I heard nothing before I gave birth so I'm still in shock, kinda," Gross added. Despite the mother's shock, Kamani's father, Kris, was the first to notice the condition. Polydactyly (from Ancient Greek means 'πολύς' (polus) or "many" + 'δάκτυλος' (daktulos) "fingers"), also known as polydactylism, sexdactyly, hexadactyly, or hexadactylism, is a congenital physical disorder consisting of supernumerary fingers or toes. In Kamani's case, however, all of the digits are perfectly formed and function or work normally. "I was in amazement, it took a little time for me to take it all in," said Kris, a postal worker, who has a family history of polydactylism, but none of his relatives can remember it happening on both hands and feet. Mostly, cases of polydactyly are surgically corrected. Kris himself had nubs of sixth digits, which were removed during his early childhood, for having been non-functional. "My son has six fingers then I saw toes, and I thought, this is quite unique. Some family members have had six fingers, not completely developed. But not the toes," Kris noted. "I would be tempted to leave those fingers in place. I realize children would tease each other over the slightest things, and having extra digits on each hand is more than slight. But imagine what sort of a pianist a 12-fingered person would be imagine what sort of a flamenco guitarist, if nothing else think of their typing skills," Dr. Treece remarked. "I just want him to see what greatness will be in store for him," said Kris. Fully developed and functional extra digits on both hands and feet are considered very rare as a genetic trait in medical history, amid some partial development of an extra digit occurs about twice in every 1,000 white male births. Ordinarily, polydactylism appears as an extra piece of non-functional tissue, typically occurring as an extra finger, sometimes with a bone, but no joint. "It's merely an interesting and beautiful variation rather than a worrisome thing," said Dr. Michael Treece, a St. Luke's Hospital pediatrician, and the OBGYN who delivered Kamani. He has postaxial polydactyly, which is 10 times more likely to occur in black children, and also more likely to appear in boys. Goliath, a figure in Old Testament, was depicted as having had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. polydactyly with short fingers in Ellis-van Creveld syndrome patient Blues guitarist Hound Dog Taylor, Get Carter, Little Tich, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and several other figures in history have had polydactyly. Sid Wilson, a turntablist of Slipknot, had been born with an extra finger and toe on his hands and feet which were removed shortly after his birth as doctors considered them to be dead.
en	A baby boy was born in California with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, KTVU-TV in San Francisco reported. Kamani Hubbard, the baby boy born to a couple in Daly City, has a condition called "polydactyly" — a genetic trait that causes the appearance of extra fingers and toes, according to the station. Bay Area doctors say it is not an uncommon condition, but Kamani's is an extremely rare case. The baby appeared to be normal at birth, and no one noticed his extra digits at first. His father was the one who eventually saw the boy's 12 fingers and toes — and said the trait seems to run in the family. “Some family members have had six fingers, not completely developed,” Kris Hubbard, 34, told KTVU. “But not the toes.” Click here for more from KTVU.com.	en	__NOTOC__ DICOM-format X-ray of a ten year old male patient's left foot, anterior-posterior view, with postaxial polydactyly of 5th ray. A six-pound infant born in San Francisco, California has six perfectly formed and functional fingers and toes on his hands and feet, so that it isn't considered a disability or deformity, say doctors at Saint Luke's Hospital who were amazed by the oddity. In a medical rarity, super baby Kamani Hubbard was born two weeks ago with 24 working digits. He is healthy and home with his parents in Daly City, California. Polydactyly, a congenital disorder is not uncommon in humans and animals, including cats, but to happen on both hands and feet is a rare hereditary condition. "Nurses and doctors, looked so normal they couldn't tell, they told me he was six pounds in good health, that was all they said," said Miryoki Gross, Hubbard’s mother. Her baby's specialness didn't even show up on prenatal ultrasounds. "I heard nothing before I gave birth so I'm still in shock, kinda," Gross added. Despite the mother's shock, Kamani's father, Kris, was the first to notice the condition. Polydactyly (from Ancient Greek means 'πολύς' (polus) or "many" + 'δάκτυλος' (daktulos) "fingers"), also known as polydactylism, sexdactyly, hexadactyly, or hexadactylism, is a congenital physical disorder consisting of supernumerary fingers or toes. In Kamani's case, however, all of the digits are perfectly formed and function or work normally. "I was in amazement, it took a little time for me to take it all in," said Kris, a postal worker, who has a family history of polydactylism, but none of his relatives can remember it happening on both hands and feet. Mostly, cases of polydactyly are surgically corrected. Kris himself had nubs of sixth digits, which were removed during his early childhood, for having been non-functional. "My son has six fingers then I saw toes, and I thought, this is quite unique. Some family members have had six fingers, not completely developed. But not the toes," Kris noted. "I would be tempted to leave those fingers in place. I realize children would tease each other over the slightest things, and having extra digits on each hand is more than slight. But imagine what sort of a pianist a 12-fingered person would be imagine what sort of a flamenco guitarist, if nothing else think of their typing skills," Dr. Treece remarked. "I just want him to see what greatness will be in store for him," said Kris. Fully developed and functional extra digits on both hands and feet are considered very rare as a genetic trait in medical history, amid some partial development of an extra digit occurs about twice in every 1,000 white male births. Ordinarily, polydactylism appears as an extra piece of non-functional tissue, typically occurring as an extra finger, sometimes with a bone, but no joint. "It's merely an interesting and beautiful variation rather than a worrisome thing," said Dr. Michael Treece, a St. Luke's Hospital pediatrician, and the OBGYN who delivered Kamani. He has postaxial polydactyly, which is 10 times more likely to occur in black children, and also more likely to appear in boys. Goliath, a figure in Old Testament, was depicted as having had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. polydactyly with short fingers in Ellis-van Creveld syndrome patient Blues guitarist Hound Dog Taylor, Get Carter, Little Tich, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and several other figures in history have had polydactyly. Sid Wilson, a turntablist of Slipknot, had been born with an extra finger and toe on his hands and feet which were removed shortly after his birth as doctors considered them to be dead.
en	Friday, January 30, 2009 A Daly City couple is beaming after becoming the proud parents of a healthy but incredibly rare baby boy this month. Baby Kamani Hubbard has six-fully formed and functional fingers and toes on his hands and feet. It's called “polydactyly” -- extra digits -- not an uncommon genetic trait, but Bay Area doctors say they've never seen a case so remarkable. Born at San Francisco's Saint Luke's Hospital three weeks ago, Hubbarb seemed so perfect at birth no one noticed. “Nurses and doctors, looked so normal they couldn't tell, they told me he was six pounds in good health, that was all they said,” said Miryoki Gross, Hubbard’s mother. But his dad Kris Hubbard noticed this spectacularly rare case of polydactyly: 6-perfect fingers on each hand and 6-perfect toes on each foot, which went well beyond a general trait that runs in his family. “Some family member have had six fingers, not completely developed. But not the toes,” said Kris Hubbard, 34 and a postal worker. In fact Kris Hubbard himself had nubs of sixth fingers removed as a child as these non-functional digits routinely are. But Hubbards case is so vanishingly rare according to doctors, and because the extra digits are functional, it's not a deformity to be discarded. “It's merely an interesting and beautiful variation rather than a worrisome thing,” said Dr. Michael Treece and St. Luke's Hospital Pediatrician. “I would be tempted to leave those fingers in place. I realize children would tease each other over the slightest things, and having extra digits on each hand is more than slight. But imagine what sort of a pianist a 12-fingered person would be imagine what sort of a flamenco guitarist, if nothing else think of their typing skills.” Kamani's mother says she hasn't had time to absorb this; her baby's specialness didn't even show up on prenatal ultrasounds. “ I heard nothing before I gave birth so I'm still in shock, kinda,” said Gross. “I just want him to see what greatness will be in store for him,” said Kris Hubbard. The Florida Marlins’s pitcher Antonio Alfonseca, blues guitarist Hound Dog Taylor and several remarkable figures in history have had polydactyly. Copyright 2009 by KTVU.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. This little guy may, at the very least, help others grasp the importance of embracing difference.	en	__NOTOC__ DICOM-format X-ray of a ten year old male patient's left foot, anterior-posterior view, with postaxial polydactyly of 5th ray. A six-pound infant born in San Francisco, California has six perfectly formed and functional fingers and toes on his hands and feet, so that it isn't considered a disability or deformity, say doctors at Saint Luke's Hospital who were amazed by the oddity. In a medical rarity, super baby Kamani Hubbard was born two weeks ago with 24 working digits. He is healthy and home with his parents in Daly City, California. Polydactyly, a congenital disorder is not uncommon in humans and animals, including cats, but to happen on both hands and feet is a rare hereditary condition. "Nurses and doctors, looked so normal they couldn't tell, they told me he was six pounds in good health, that was all they said," said Miryoki Gross, Hubbard’s mother. Her baby's specialness didn't even show up on prenatal ultrasounds. "I heard nothing before I gave birth so I'm still in shock, kinda," Gross added. Despite the mother's shock, Kamani's father, Kris, was the first to notice the condition. Polydactyly (from Ancient Greek means 'πολύς' (polus) or "many" + 'δάκτυλος' (daktulos) "fingers"), also known as polydactylism, sexdactyly, hexadactyly, or hexadactylism, is a congenital physical disorder consisting of supernumerary fingers or toes. In Kamani's case, however, all of the digits are perfectly formed and function or work normally. "I was in amazement, it took a little time for me to take it all in," said Kris, a postal worker, who has a family history of polydactylism, but none of his relatives can remember it happening on both hands and feet. Mostly, cases of polydactyly are surgically corrected. Kris himself had nubs of sixth digits, which were removed during his early childhood, for having been non-functional. "My son has six fingers then I saw toes, and I thought, this is quite unique. Some family members have had six fingers, not completely developed. But not the toes," Kris noted. "I would be tempted to leave those fingers in place. I realize children would tease each other over the slightest things, and having extra digits on each hand is more than slight. But imagine what sort of a pianist a 12-fingered person would be imagine what sort of a flamenco guitarist, if nothing else think of their typing skills," Dr. Treece remarked. "I just want him to see what greatness will be in store for him," said Kris. Fully developed and functional extra digits on both hands and feet are considered very rare as a genetic trait in medical history, amid some partial development of an extra digit occurs about twice in every 1,000 white male births. Ordinarily, polydactylism appears as an extra piece of non-functional tissue, typically occurring as an extra finger, sometimes with a bone, but no joint. "It's merely an interesting and beautiful variation rather than a worrisome thing," said Dr. Michael Treece, a St. Luke's Hospital pediatrician, and the OBGYN who delivered Kamani. He has postaxial polydactyly, which is 10 times more likely to occur in black children, and also more likely to appear in boys. Goliath, a figure in Old Testament, was depicted as having had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. polydactyly with short fingers in Ellis-van Creveld syndrome patient Blues guitarist Hound Dog Taylor, Get Carter, Little Tich, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and several other figures in history have had polydactyly. Sid Wilson, a turntablist of Slipknot, had been born with an extra finger and toe on his hands and feet which were removed shortly after his birth as doctors considered them to be dead.
en	Introduction Background Polydactyly is the most common congenital digital anomaly of the hand and foot. It may appear in isolation or in association with other birth defects. Isolated polydactyly is often autosomal dominant or occasionally random, while syndromic polydactyly is commonly autosomal recessive.1 Pathophysiology Polydactyly should not be considered as a single mendelian trait but rather multifactorial. Early theories for polydactyly concerned disorders in the programmed cell death cycle of fetal limb development. Current theories focus on mutations in specific genetic locations that cause limb development to go awry. Mammals have been shown to have genetic clusters identified as homeobox or Hox genes corresponding to 5 domains across the limb bud. According to Muragaki et al,2 mutations in the HOXD13 gene are associated with synpolydactyly. As limb growth in utero progresses along a preset time line, elongation of the limb, development of soft tissue, and differentiation of digits progresses. The Medscape Genomic Medicine Research Center may be of interest. Frequency United States The epidemiologic data on postaxial polydactyly is limited because most birth defect registries do not include them, preferring to focus on defects linked to teratogens. Despite being a common malformation, the true incidence of polydactyly is not fully known. One study by Finley et al3 combined data from Jefferson County, Alabama and Uppsala County, Sweden. This study showed incidence of all types of polydactyly to be 2.3 per 1000 in white males, 0.6 per 1000 in white females, 13.5 per 1000 in black males, and 11.1 per 1000 in black females. The Swedish data alone showed polydactyly of all types to have an incidence of 1.0 per 1000, equally distributed between males and females. While the incidence of preaxial and postaxial polydactylies has been investigated, central polydactyly has not been fully studied. International Genetic and ethnic factors greatly influence the nature of polydactyly in the world population. Unfortunately, the knowledge of polydactyly is limited to select studies of certain subpopulations. Preaxial polydactyly is very common in various Asian populations, accounting for 90% of cases in South China, Hong Kong, and Japan. Duplicated thumbs at the metacarpophalangeal level are the usual anomaly.4, 5 Race Postaxial hand polydactyly is a common isolated disorder in African black and African American children, and autosomal dominant transmission is suspected. Postaxial polydactyly is approximately 10 times more frequent in blacks than in whites and is more frequent in male children. In contrast, postaxial polydactyly seen in white children is usually syndromic and associated with an autosomal recessive transmission. Other factors associated with postaxial hand polydactyly include male sex, twinning, low maternal education, parental consanguinity, and recurrence in first-degree relatives. Postaxial polydactyly is associated with Amerindian, parental subfertility, and bleeding in the first trimester. Clinical History Polydactyly is the most common congenital digital anomaly of the hand and foot. It may appear in isolation or in association with other birth defects. Physical Temtamy and McKusick 6 classified polydactyly into preaxial, central, and postaxial types. Preaxial polydactyly, the most common type, refers to the duplication of the first digit or ray. Central polydactyly involves duplication of the second, third, or fourth digit or ray. Postaxial polydactyly involves the fifth digit or ray. The terms radial, central, and ulnar have been proposed more recently as an alternative subclassification to describe polydactyly in the upper extremity. classified polydactyly into preaxial, central, and postaxial types. Similarly, the terms tibial, central, and fibular have been proposed to describe polydactyly in the lower extremity. Initially, polydactyly in the foot was believed to be a variant of the hand. Yet, findings show the association of hand and foot polydactyly to be uncommon. Even more rare is crossed polydactyly, where preaxial involvement of one extremity is coupled with postaxial involvement of the opposite end of the body. Synpolydactyly is the combination of syndactyly and polydactyly.7 Causes See Pathophysiology.	en	__NOTOC__ DICOM-format X-ray of a ten year old male patient's left foot, anterior-posterior view, with postaxial polydactyly of 5th ray. A six-pound infant born in San Francisco, California has six perfectly formed and functional fingers and toes on his hands and feet, so that it isn't considered a disability or deformity, say doctors at Saint Luke's Hospital who were amazed by the oddity. In a medical rarity, super baby Kamani Hubbard was born two weeks ago with 24 working digits. He is healthy and home with his parents in Daly City, California. Polydactyly, a congenital disorder is not uncommon in humans and animals, including cats, but to happen on both hands and feet is a rare hereditary condition. "Nurses and doctors, looked so normal they couldn't tell, they told me he was six pounds in good health, that was all they said," said Miryoki Gross, Hubbard’s mother. Her baby's specialness didn't even show up on prenatal ultrasounds. "I heard nothing before I gave birth so I'm still in shock, kinda," Gross added. Despite the mother's shock, Kamani's father, Kris, was the first to notice the condition. Polydactyly (from Ancient Greek means 'πολύς' (polus) or "many" + 'δάκτυλος' (daktulos) "fingers"), also known as polydactylism, sexdactyly, hexadactyly, or hexadactylism, is a congenital physical disorder consisting of supernumerary fingers or toes. In Kamani's case, however, all of the digits are perfectly formed and function or work normally. "I was in amazement, it took a little time for me to take it all in," said Kris, a postal worker, who has a family history of polydactylism, but none of his relatives can remember it happening on both hands and feet. Mostly, cases of polydactyly are surgically corrected. Kris himself had nubs of sixth digits, which were removed during his early childhood, for having been non-functional. "My son has six fingers then I saw toes, and I thought, this is quite unique. Some family members have had six fingers, not completely developed. But not the toes," Kris noted. "I would be tempted to leave those fingers in place. I realize children would tease each other over the slightest things, and having extra digits on each hand is more than slight. But imagine what sort of a pianist a 12-fingered person would be imagine what sort of a flamenco guitarist, if nothing else think of their typing skills," Dr. Treece remarked. "I just want him to see what greatness will be in store for him," said Kris. Fully developed and functional extra digits on both hands and feet are considered very rare as a genetic trait in medical history, amid some partial development of an extra digit occurs about twice in every 1,000 white male births. Ordinarily, polydactylism appears as an extra piece of non-functional tissue, typically occurring as an extra finger, sometimes with a bone, but no joint. "It's merely an interesting and beautiful variation rather than a worrisome thing," said Dr. Michael Treece, a St. Luke's Hospital pediatrician, and the OBGYN who delivered Kamani. He has postaxial polydactyly, which is 10 times more likely to occur in black children, and also more likely to appear in boys. Goliath, a figure in Old Testament, was depicted as having had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. polydactyly with short fingers in Ellis-van Creveld syndrome patient Blues guitarist Hound Dog Taylor, Get Carter, Little Tich, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and several other figures in history have had polydactyly. Sid Wilson, a turntablist of Slipknot, had been born with an extra finger and toe on his hands and feet which were removed shortly after his birth as doctors considered them to be dead.
en	Polydactylism, or having one or more extra fingers or toes, is probably the most common abnormality of development found at birth. Polydactylism is reported in about 2 per 1000 children. However, many of the simpler cases are taken care of in the nursery by the obstetrician or pediatrician and don't show up in these statistics. An extra finger or toe may be nothing more than a nubbin of soft tissue with no bone involvement, it may be a full digit that forks off one of the five normal long bones of the hand or foot, or it may be a complete extra digit with its own extra long bone in the hand or foot -- or almost any variation between these possibilities. The most common form of polydactyly is a small, soft, extra finger that contains no bone. Many of these can be easily treated at birth by the attending physician who ties a suture tightly around the base. The extra digit falls off, and the normal-appearing hand or foot heals quickly. If there might be bone in the extra digits, X rays should be obtained to give a clear picture of what is going on. In some instances, it is still difficult to decide which digit should be removed, and close observation of the function of the hands and feet as they develop can give the answer. Complex polydactyly is usually not repaired until a child is one year old. Generally, the digit that is best aligned with the long bones is saved. When the other digit is removed, sometimes transferring tendons from the amputated digit will make the one that remains more normal. Sometimes a joint needs to be reconstructed, or a bony prominence shaved. If the case is complex, an orthopedic or plastic surgeon with expertise in hands and feet is preferred. Usually the results are excellent.	en	__NOTOC__ DICOM-format X-ray of a ten year old male patient's left foot, anterior-posterior view, with postaxial polydactyly of 5th ray. A six-pound infant born in San Francisco, California has six perfectly formed and functional fingers and toes on his hands and feet, so that it isn't considered a disability or deformity, say doctors at Saint Luke's Hospital who were amazed by the oddity. In a medical rarity, super baby Kamani Hubbard was born two weeks ago with 24 working digits. He is healthy and home with his parents in Daly City, California. Polydactyly, a congenital disorder is not uncommon in humans and animals, including cats, but to happen on both hands and feet is a rare hereditary condition. "Nurses and doctors, looked so normal they couldn't tell, they told me he was six pounds in good health, that was all they said," said Miryoki Gross, Hubbard’s mother. Her baby's specialness didn't even show up on prenatal ultrasounds. "I heard nothing before I gave birth so I'm still in shock, kinda," Gross added. Despite the mother's shock, Kamani's father, Kris, was the first to notice the condition. Polydactyly (from Ancient Greek means 'πολύς' (polus) or "many" + 'δάκτυλος' (daktulos) "fingers"), also known as polydactylism, sexdactyly, hexadactyly, or hexadactylism, is a congenital physical disorder consisting of supernumerary fingers or toes. In Kamani's case, however, all of the digits are perfectly formed and function or work normally. "I was in amazement, it took a little time for me to take it all in," said Kris, a postal worker, who has a family history of polydactylism, but none of his relatives can remember it happening on both hands and feet. Mostly, cases of polydactyly are surgically corrected. Kris himself had nubs of sixth digits, which were removed during his early childhood, for having been non-functional. "My son has six fingers then I saw toes, and I thought, this is quite unique. Some family members have had six fingers, not completely developed. But not the toes," Kris noted. "I would be tempted to leave those fingers in place. I realize children would tease each other over the slightest things, and having extra digits on each hand is more than slight. But imagine what sort of a pianist a 12-fingered person would be imagine what sort of a flamenco guitarist, if nothing else think of their typing skills," Dr. Treece remarked. "I just want him to see what greatness will be in store for him," said Kris. Fully developed and functional extra digits on both hands and feet are considered very rare as a genetic trait in medical history, amid some partial development of an extra digit occurs about twice in every 1,000 white male births. Ordinarily, polydactylism appears as an extra piece of non-functional tissue, typically occurring as an extra finger, sometimes with a bone, but no joint. "It's merely an interesting and beautiful variation rather than a worrisome thing," said Dr. Michael Treece, a St. Luke's Hospital pediatrician, and the OBGYN who delivered Kamani. He has postaxial polydactyly, which is 10 times more likely to occur in black children, and also more likely to appear in boys. Goliath, a figure in Old Testament, was depicted as having had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. polydactyly with short fingers in Ellis-van Creveld syndrome patient Blues guitarist Hound Dog Taylor, Get Carter, Little Tich, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and several other figures in history have had polydactyly. Sid Wilson, a turntablist of Slipknot, had been born with an extra finger and toe on his hands and feet which were removed shortly after his birth as doctors considered them to be dead.
en	German police released security camera footage on Friday The man, 21, was detained at the main rail station in the city of Kiel. The arrest follows the release of closed circuit TV footage of two male suspects by police on Friday. The devices in abandoned suitcases on two trains failed to go off. Police said the bombers had intended to kill large numbers of people. The student had been studying in the Baltic Sea port city of Kiel, where he was arrested in the early morning. He had been in Germany since 2004. Chief prosecutor Monika Harms said he had apparently been planning to flee the country. Reports say police searched his home in the city on Saturday afternoon. He is believed to be "one of the two suspects that have been sought since yesterday with the help of video footage that was made public," the public prosecutors' office said. In the video, the two suspects - dark-haired young men - are seen wheeling suitcases at Cologne station. Joerg Ziercke, head of Germany's Federal Crime Office, told reporters in the city he was confident that "we caught the right suspected bomb planter here in Kiel today". Second suspect Investigators first thought the bombs were part of a blackmail attempt, but they now believe the incident was the work of a terrorist group based in Germany. Faulty construction may be why the devices failed to go off A note written in Arabic, a telephone number in Lebanon, and packets of starch with labels in Arabic and English were found alongside the devices. The authorities say they are investigating a possible link to Lebanon but they also haven't ruled out a link to Pakistan. The identical suitcase bombs were fitted with timers set to go off 10 minutes before the trains arrived in Dortmund and Koblenz. Police think they failed to detonate because of a construction flaw. While the German authorities said the arrest is a major breakthrough in their investigation they warn that the second suspect is still at large. Security has since been stepped up at German airports, and the rail authorities have announced they are installing more closed circuit TV cameras at stations.	en	Police in Germany have arrested one of two men who they suspect was involved in a failed terrorist attack. Authorities say the pair planted two bombs on trains last month, but they failed to detonate. The Propane gas devices was discovered in baggage on trains at Dortmund and Koblenz stations on 31 July. The man was identified as 21 year-old Jussuf Mohammed. He was arrested at the main train station in Kiel. "The person appears to be one of the two suspects that have been sought since yesterday with the help of video footage that was made public," the public prosecutors' office said.
en	Zimbabwe’s recent history has been marked by much controversy and, unfortunately, massive abuses of power and infringements against human rights. The problems experienced by the people living in Zimbabwe do, however, go back many years, perhaps even to before the colonial era when Cecil John Rhodes and the British South Africa Company (BSAC) were granted concessions to mine in the area. Contemporary day Zimbabwe lies to the north of South Africa, and is bordered by Mozambique, South Africa, Botswana, and Zambia. The country is more or less delimited by the Limpopo River to the South and the Zambezi River to the North, and after the arrival of colonial powers in the 1880s, the area was named Southern Rhodesia. Northern Rhodesia constituted the present day Zambia, Zimbabwe’s northern neighbour. The exact date of Zimbabwe’s independence from British rule is the subject of some dispute as in 1965 the white, minority-rule government of Rhodesia declared independence from Britain. The British government and the rest of the international community did not recognise the minority government as a legitimate administrator of a state, and put pressure on the minority regime to reform and become representative of the general will of the Zimbabwean people. The Unilateral Declaration of Independence also marked the beginning of what would become a full blown civil war: black Zimbabweans challenged the Rhodesian government demanding democracy. Given the demographic distribution of the populous, democracy would naturally lead to a black-led government, and white Zimbabweans (Rhodesians) feared a “tyranny by the majority”. Prejudice against the ethnic minority, however, could be avoided by ensuring that every Zimbabwean citizen was protected under the law by a system of equal rights wherein individuals would neither be privileged nor discriminated against. The liberation movements fighting against white hegemony adopted democracy and equality as two central tenets of their philosophy. These tenets were endorsed by the international community who favoured a non-racial, human rights based constitution for the emerging state. Whereas the constitution agreed upon at Lancaster House in 1980 (the date that most historians regard as Zimbabwe’s true independence from a colonial power) clearly stipulated that discrimination based on ethnicity and political affiliation would be an edifice of the past, post-independence Zimbabwe has been anything but unprejudiced. Indeed in the past decade and a half, Zimbabwe’s constitution can be compared to buying baby room furniture without being pregnant: that is, an empty gesture that has had very little influence in real governmental affairs. Robert Mugabe’s violence against political dissidence began as early as February 1981 (just one year into his administration) when his notorious “Fifth Brigade” used ruthless force to subdue Matabeleland. Massacring up to 20 000 people, the methods used by the Fifth Brigade in the crushing of resistance signified the approach that Mugabe would continue to use throughout his rule. After more than three decades as Zimbabwe’s ruthless dictator (sham elections have not been effective propaganda in convincing the world that Mugabe is a democratically elected, legitimate first citizen), Zimbabwe’s tyrant is still in power at the time of writing this article. After witnessing the collapse of the southern African state’s economy and national infrastructure, as well as the driving of white farmers from the country, the world looks on in disbelief as South Africa, other SADC nations and the African Union remain quiet, acquiescing in (if not endorsing) violent, oppressive rule.	en	The US-funded Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWSNET) has said that Zimbabwe may face famine this year, due to wilting crops caused by poor rains. The organisation added that more than two million Zimbabweans would require food aid between now and March. “Since December, below-average precipitation and above-average temperatures continue to help strengthen seasonal moisture deficits across central Mozambique, southern Malawi, southern Madagascar and southern Zimbabwe,” FEWSNET said. FEWSNET remarked that low amounts and rainfall, coupled with high temperatures, could result in crop failures in regions like Masvingo, Gwanda, Bulawayo and part of Manicaland. It also said that the World Food Programme is intending to increase food aid measures in the country. FEWSNET's estimate for the number of food-insecure people in Zimbabwe is now at 2.2 million, above the 1.7 million estimate for October through December.
en	Page not found It appears that you've lost your way either through an outdated link or a typo on the page you were trying to reach. Please feel free to return to the EWN home page or use the search box below to find the information you were looking for.	en	The US-funded Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWSNET) has said that Zimbabwe may face famine this year, due to wilting crops caused by poor rains. The organisation added that more than two million Zimbabweans would require food aid between now and March. “Since December, below-average precipitation and above-average temperatures continue to help strengthen seasonal moisture deficits across central Mozambique, southern Malawi, southern Madagascar and southern Zimbabwe,” FEWSNET said. FEWSNET remarked that low amounts and rainfall, coupled with high temperatures, could result in crop failures in regions like Masvingo, Gwanda, Bulawayo and part of Manicaland. It also said that the World Food Programme is intending to increase food aid measures in the country. FEWSNET's estimate for the number of food-insecure people in Zimbabwe is now at 2.2 million, above the 1.7 million estimate for October through December.
en	The Nobel Peace Prize 2005 "for their efforts to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes and to ensure that nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is used in the safest possible way" International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Mohamed ElBaradei 1/2 of the prize 1/2 of the prize Vienna, Austria Egypt Founded in 1957 Director General of IAEA b. 1942	de	Flagge der IAEO Der Friedensnobelpreis 2005 geht an die Internationale Atomenergieorganisation (IAEO) und Mohammed el-Baradei. Die Internationale Atomenergieorganisation und ihr Generaldirektor, der Ägypter Mohammed el-Baradei, erhalten je eine Hälfte des mit umgerechnet 1,1 Millionen Euro (zehn Millionen Kronen) ausgezeichneten Preises „für ihre Bemühungen um Verhinderung der militärischen Anwendung von Atomenergie und ihre friedliche Nutzung so sicher, wie möglich zu machen“. „In einer Zeit, in der die Bedrohung durch Atomwaffen wieder einmal wächst, will das norwegische Nobelkomitee die Tatsache unterstreichen, dass dieser Bedrohung durch eine möglichst breite Zusammenarbeit begegnet werden muss“, erklärte das norwegische Nobelkomitee. „Dieses Prinzip findet seinen deutlichsten Ausdruck derzeit in der Arbeit der IAEO und ihres Direktors.“ Zur internationalen Abrüstung erklärte das Komitee: „Dass die Welt bislang so wenig erreicht hat, macht den aktiven Widerstand gegen Nuklearwaffen umso wichtiger“.
en	English Norwegian The Nobel Peace Prize for 2005 The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2005 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and its Director General, Mohamed ElBaradei, for their efforts to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes and to ensure that nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is used in the safest possible way. At a time when the threat of nuclear arms is again increasing, the Norwegian Nobel Committee wishes to underline that this threat must be met through the broadest possible international cooperation. This principle finds its clearest expression today in the work of the IAEA and its Director General. In the nuclear non-proliferation regime, it is the IAEA which controls that nuclear energy is not misused for military purposes, and the Director General has stood out as an unafraid advocate of new measures to strengthen that regime. At a time when disarmament efforts appear deadlocked, when there is a danger that nuclear arms will spread both to states and to terrorist groups, and when nuclear power again appears to be playing an increasingly significant role, IAEA's work is of incalculable importance. In his will, Alfred Nobel wrote that the Peace Prize should, among other criteria, be awarded to whoever had done most for the "abolition or reduction of standing armies". In its application of this criterion in recent decades, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has concentrated on the struggle to diminish the significance of nuclear arms in international politics, with a view to their abolition. That the world has achieved little in this respect makes active opposition to nuclear arms all the more important today. Oslo, 7 October 2005	de	Flagge der IAEO Der Friedensnobelpreis 2005 geht an die Internationale Atomenergieorganisation (IAEO) und Mohammed el-Baradei. Die Internationale Atomenergieorganisation und ihr Generaldirektor, der Ägypter Mohammed el-Baradei, erhalten je eine Hälfte des mit umgerechnet 1,1 Millionen Euro (zehn Millionen Kronen) ausgezeichneten Preises „für ihre Bemühungen um Verhinderung der militärischen Anwendung von Atomenergie und ihre friedliche Nutzung so sicher, wie möglich zu machen“. „In einer Zeit, in der die Bedrohung durch Atomwaffen wieder einmal wächst, will das norwegische Nobelkomitee die Tatsache unterstreichen, dass dieser Bedrohung durch eine möglichst breite Zusammenarbeit begegnet werden muss“, erklärte das norwegische Nobelkomitee. „Dieses Prinzip findet seinen deutlichsten Ausdruck derzeit in der Arbeit der IAEO und ihres Direktors.“ Zur internationalen Abrüstung erklärte das Komitee: „Dass die Welt bislang so wenig erreicht hat, macht den aktiven Widerstand gegen Nuklearwaffen umso wichtiger“.
de	Bitte beachten Sie, dass dieser Beitrag nur noch über EUROPATICKER Umweltruf erreichbar ist. Schreiben Sie uns Ihre Meinung zu dem Beitrag: Ihre Meinung ist uns wichtig!	de	Vertreter der Partei Bündnis 90/Die Grünen haben angekündigt, gegen das vom Gesetzgeber beschlossene, so genannte BKA-Gesetz vor dem Bundesverfassungsgericht in Karlsruhe zu klagen. Es war mit der Mehrheit von nur einer Stimme im Vermittlungsausschuss beschlossen und in einer geänderten Fassung im Bundesrat ratifiziert worden. Die Grünen-Politiker halten das Gesetz, das voraussichtlich am 1. Januar 2009 in Kraft tritt, für verfassungswidrig, da es ihrer Meinung nach nicht den Auflagen des Bundesverfassungsgerichtes entspricht.
de	stattweb.de-News und -Mitteilungen, 20.Dezember 2008 BKA-Gesetz: SPD in Normallage: Auf dem Bauch. Edathy wanzenplatt Struck und die anderen Jawoll-sager konnten niemand überraschen. Sie hatten sofort vor Schäuble salutiert, als ein paar kleine Kläffer aus den unteren Regionen sich dem Parteibefehl widersetzten. Schließlich könnte nach langem Dienern in der nächsten Großen Koalition oder der übernächsten einer von der SPD den Schäuble machen dürfen. Und dann greift doch jeder nach allem, was er kriegen kann. Edathy profilierte sich bei dieser Gelegenheit als Kandidat für diesen Posten. Laut SPIEGEL-online 19.12.08 äußerte er sich folgendermaßen: "Der SPD-Innenpolitiker Sebastian Edathy verteidigte im Sender n-tv das Gesetz. Zugleich kritisierte er eine "Hysterie in der öffentlichen Diskussion". Es könne nicht sein, dass ein Journalist sich weigere, das BKA über Terrorverdächtige zu informieren, die möglicherweise einen Anschlag planten. " Dazu muss man wissen, dass SPD und CDU ganz nebenbei ein Gesetz erlassen haben, wie ULLA JELPKE auf ihrer web-site markiert, nach welchem schon die bloße Absicht, ein Camp zur Ausbildung als Terrorist zu besuchen, unter Umständen strafbar sein soll. Gesetzt den Fall, einer von den zwei Unglückswürmern, die kürzlich als Hilfsterroristen festgenommen wurden und wieder freigelassen werden mussten, hätte gesprächsweise einem Journalisten seine Absichten anvertraut. Wüsste der, ob Jugendspinnerei,Angabe oder Ernst? Befragt, müsste er dem BKA Rede und Antwort stehen. Am besten, kaum wäre die Tür hinter dem Redseligen zugefallen, gleich selber beim Kontaktmann im BKA anrufen. Zur Ausweitung der BKA-Befugnisse auf alles, was verdächtig sein k ö n n t e, gehört passgenau die Strafbarkeit von Absichten. Damit ist ein weiterer Schritt zurückgelegt, zu dem Täterstrafrecht, das Franz Neuman in "BEHEMOTH" in den vierziger Jahren beschrieb. Keineswegs als Erfindung in der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus. Schon im Kaiserreich und in der Weimarer Republik ansatzweise entwickelt. Schon E.Th.A. Hoffmann lässt seinen Justizrat Knarrpanti rufen- eigentlich Kamptz-: Den Täter haben wir. Die Tat werden wir noch finden". Hoffmann, selbst Kammergerichtsrat, bekam ein Disziplinarverfahren, dem er sich durch rechtzeitigen Tod entzog. Das war die weithin als Zeit verjährter Unterdrückung geschmähte Metternichzeit. Mit BKA und Strafbarkeit von Absichtserklärungen wird sie wieder hochmodern werden. Garniert vom dauerkonservierten Freiheitsgesäusel einer SPD, die, um nie mehr zu den Verfolgten zu gehören, sich bedenkenlos den Verfolgern an den Hals wirft. Quelle: SPIEGEL-online; N-tv 19.12.08 AutorIn: fg Forum Sie können dieses Thema im stattweb-Forum diskutieren. Newsletter Lassen Sie sich eine Übersicht unserer aktuellen News-Beiträge wöchentlich bequem in Ihr E-Mail-Postfach schicken - mit unserem Newsletter. [Seitenanfang]	de	Vertreter der Partei Bündnis 90/Die Grünen haben angekündigt, gegen das vom Gesetzgeber beschlossene, so genannte BKA-Gesetz vor dem Bundesverfassungsgericht in Karlsruhe zu klagen. Es war mit der Mehrheit von nur einer Stimme im Vermittlungsausschuss beschlossen und in einer geänderten Fassung im Bundesrat ratifiziert worden. Die Grünen-Politiker halten das Gesetz, das voraussichtlich am 1. Januar 2009 in Kraft tritt, für verfassungswidrig, da es ihrer Meinung nach nicht den Auflagen des Bundesverfassungsgerichtes entspricht.
fr	C’est un petit séisme local qui pourrait avoir de grandes répercussions nationales. Martine Aubry a perdu dans la nuit de jeudi à vendredi le contrôle de la fédération socialiste du Nord. Son candidat, Gilles Pargneaux, a été défait pour l’élection du premier secrétaire par Martine Filleul, conseillère générale et ancienne adjointe à la mairie de Lille. Derrière ce duel lillois se profile une bataille d’une autre envergure. D’un côté, Martine Aubry donc, qui avait accepté de se rallier pour le congrès du PS à la motion majoritaire de Jean-Christophe Cambadélis avec l’accord implicite de François Hollande pour conserver son bastion nordiste. De l’autre, Patrick Kanner, ministre de la ville et ancien président du conseil général du Nord, qui a fait émerger la candidature alternative de Martine Filleul, avec le soutien du député Bernard Roman et du sénateur Michel Delebarre, tous farouches opposants à la maire de Lille. M. Kanner, sous la pression de l’exécutif, a finalement retiré son soutien à Mme Filleul à un jour du vote. « Un double jeu », dénoncent en chœur les soutiens de Mme Aubry qui y voit derrière la main de Manuel Valls, le premier ministre qui n’aurait eu « qu’un coup de fil à passer »pour que tout cela cesse. On annonçait un vote serré entre M. Pargneaux, premier secrétaire fédéral sortant, et Mme Filleul, avec le troisième candidat, Rémi Lefebvre, issu de la motion B des frondeurs, en position d’arbitre. La soirée a d’ailleurs été agitée dans les sections. Le premier secrétaire fédéral sortant a même émis des doutes sur la sincérité du scrutin. « Nous avons des suspicions très fortes dans certaines villes, confiait-il au Monde au cours de la nuit. Pourquoi y a-t-il une quinzaine de votants, tous pour Martine Filleul, dans des sections en sommeil, dans lesquelles il n’y avait pas eu de votes pour les motions ? » Mais le dépouillement des 3 600 bulletins a donné une nette avance dès le premier tour à Mme Filleul. Selon la direction du PS, elle a obtenu 47,31 % des voix contre 41,60 % pour Gilles Pargneaux. « Nous sortons par le haut de cette élection, avec pour la première fois une femme pour piloter cette grande fédération ». La conseillère générale a manifestement bénéficié d’un important report de voix de la motion B, qui avait réalisé environ 22 % lors du vote de mai alors que son candidat Rémi Lefebvre n’a cette fois-ci rassemblé que 10,47 % des scrutins. « Le match retour de l’arrivée de Martine dans le Nord » A quatre heures du matin, Gilles Pargneaux a fini par jeter l’éponge. « C’est une attitude digne, confie un militant. Ça évite de mettre la fédé à feu et à sang. » Un accord a été trouvé entre les partisans de Martine Aubry et Patrick Kanner pour éviter un deuxième tour arbitré par la motion des frondeurs. Martine Filleul prendra la tête de la fédération. Roger Vicot, proche de Martine Aubry, qui en cas de victoire devait succéder à M. Pargneaux en cours de mandat, sera le numéro deux de la fédération, en charge des élections. Le poste est stratégique car la fédération a la main sur les investitures. Selon nos informations, l’accord passé dans la nuit indique que les listes pour les régionales, déjà constituées, ne seront pas remises en cause. D'après l'accord conclu cette nuit entre les proches d'Aubry et de Kanner, les listes régionales ds le Nord ne seront pas modifiées #PS59 — nicolaschapuis (@Nicolas Chapuis) Après des semaines de coups bas, d’insultes, de petites phrases assassines, les ennemis d’hier vont donc diriger collégialement le PS du Nord. Car la campagne a été très violente. « C’est le match retour de l’arrivée de Martine dans le Nord », il y a désormais 20 ans explique un pilier du PS. La candidature de Martine Filleul a en effet fédéré les partisans d’un renouvellement des têtes – après dix ans de mandat de M. Pargneaux – et les anciens barons locaux en quête de revanche sur la maire de Lille. L’arrivée dans le Nord du plus proche conseiller de Martine Aubry, François Lamy, en vue de l’élection municipale de 2020, a également cristallisé les mécontentements. Martine Filleul a joué à plein la carte de la base contre les élites, faisant de sa candidature « un acte témoin d’un mal être des militants », elle qui était pourtant soutenue par un membre du gouvernement. « On voulait du renouvellement, explique Latifa Kechemir, adjointe lilloise. La mayonnaise a pris très vite autour de la candidature de Martine Filleul. Ca témoigne d’une attente des militants d’être davantage dans la concertation et le dialogue ». Martine Aubry a tenté à deux jours du vote d’inverser la tendance en envoyant un courrier aux militants dans lequel elle dénonçait la « campagne d’insulte » du camp adverse et appelait ses camarades « à refuser la crise fédérale ». Ses soutiens avaient prévenu que si la candidature de Mme Filleul l’emportait, cela provoquerait une scission profonde dans la fédération du Nord. Si l’accord passé dans la nuit devrait apaiser les choses, le coup politique est rude pour Martine Aubry. Le vote est avant tout un désaveu pour Gilles Pargneaux, mais la maire de Lille est directement touchée par ce renversement des rapports de force dans sa propre fédération. Car au Parti socialiste, toute figure nationale se doit d’abord de tenir d’une main de fer son appareil local.	fr	À , le camp politique de , qui soutenait le candidat , a perdu le contrôle de la fédération du dans la nuit de jeudi à vendredi 12 juin 2015. C'est Martine Filleul, la conseillère générale et ancienne adjointe à la mairie de Lille, qui l'a défait pour l’élection du premier secrétaire.
fr	Guerre des chefs au sein de la fédération socialiste du Nord. Le premier fédéral Gilles Pargneaux, proche de Martine Aubry, a été battu jeudi par Martine Filleul, proche de Patrick Kanner, ministre de la Ville. Frédéric Sawicki, professeur de science politique à l'Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne et connaisseur de la vie politique du Nord, revient sur les causes de cette défaite et ses conséquences nationales. Comment expliquer cette défaite de Martine Aubry ? - Ce n'est pas seulement une défaite de Martine Aubry mais aussi celle du premier secrétaire sortant de la fédération PS du Nord, en poste depuis 10 ans. Son bilan n'était pas jugé satisfaisant par une partie des militants et des élus. Les élections départementales ont été catastrophiques ; le Nord a basculé à droite. Il y avait une attente de renouveau. La stratégie suivie par la maire de Lille était-elle la bonne ? - Martine Aubry a commis plusieurs erreurs. Une erreur technique, en ne proposant pas de suite un homme nouveau ou une femme nouvelle à la tête de la fédération. Elle a également mal géré l'organisation de sa succession à Lille, en faisant venir des personnes de l'extérieur, comme François Lamy, arrivé en novembre 2014 avec l'intention claire de lui succéder aux prochaines municipales, au détriment d'élus lillois. La dernière erreur a été commise dans la préparation des listes électorales pour les régionales de décembre 2015. Les élus du Nord ont eu l'impression d'être éloignés au profit des élus lillois. La première liste proposée par la fédération a même été rejetée car les militants estimaient qu'elle faisait la part trop belle aux proches de Martine Aubry. De plus, en soutenant la motion de Jean-Christophe Cambadélis lors du congrès du PS, Martine Aubry s'est ôté un moyen de pression, elle est rentrée dans le rang. Peut-on vraiment parler de "séisme" politique ? - C'est un terme qui fait partie de la dramaturgie du discours politique. Ce résultat était relativement inattendu pour certains. Mais ce n'est pas la première fois qu'un maire de Lille est désavoué, c'était également arrivé à Pierre Mauroy. Structurellement, dans le Nord, il y a toujours des tensions fortes entre la fédération et le leadership qu'on pourrait appeler "métropolitain". Pouvait-on s'attendre à ce résultat ? - Il y avait un certain nombre de signes avant-coureurs qui pouvaient laisser penser à une situation compliquée. En se ralliant à la motion majoritaire de Cambadélis, Martine Aubry pensait pouvoir rassembler. Elle espérait également que Patrick Kanner quitterait le gouvernement, mais ce sera sans doute aussi un échec. Martine Filleul était soutenue par Patrick Kanner et Bernard Roman, qui avait été contraint de laisser sa place de dauphin auprès de Pierre Mauroy à Martine Aubry en 1995, lorsqu'elle était devenue première adjointe. Patrick Kanner a plutôt bien joué son coup puisqu'il a soutenu au dernier moment le candidat de Martine Aubry tout en militant en coulisses pour Martine Filleul. Il a sauvé la face. D'où vient cette rivalité entre Martine Aubry et Patrick Kanner ? - Patrick Kanner avait soutenu Martine Aubry à la mairie de Lille par fidélité pour Pierre Mauroy. Mais au moment de préparer sa propre succession, Martine Aubry n'a pas pensé aux élus lillois : elle est allée chercher François Lamy… Le feu au poudres remonte à l'après-municipales de 2014, et les tensions ont été renforcées lorsque Patrick Kanner est entré au gouvernement [en août 2014, NDLR], au moment où tous les proches d'Aubry le quittaient. C'était un moyen pour Manuel Valls d'affaiblir localement Aubry, et on voit maintenant que c'est plutôt réussi. Roger Vicot, proche de Martine Aubry, va être nommé numéro deux de la fédération. Un signe d'apaisement ? - Roger Vicot est un pilier du socialisme lillois, il est équidistant de Martine Aubry et de Martine Filleul. Sa nomination en tant que numéro deux était prévue en cas de victoire de Gilles Pargneaux, mais le fait qu'il soit aussi nommé auprès de Martine Filleul traduit une mesure de conciliation, prise en urgence. Il y aura forcément des conflits mais tout dépendra de l'esprit de responsabilité de chacun. Quelles sont les conséquences politiques de cette défaite pour Martine Aubry ? - Elle est affaiblie dans la perspective de sa succession à la mairie de Lille. Elle aura d'autant moins les coudées franches maintenant qu'elle n'est plus à la tête de la fédération PS du Nord. Il y a là une revanche de François Hollande et Manuel Valls contre les positions critiques d'Aubry vis-à-vis du gouvernement. Mais cela n'explique pas tout : la fédération du Nord a perdu beaucoup d'élus aux départementales et la compétition pour les places restantes est logiquement devenue plus âpre. Désormais, Martine Aubry sera-t-elle plus encline à soutenir totalement le gouvernement ou à le critiquer ? - Martine Aubry estimera sans doute avoir été mal récompensée de son ralliement à la notion majoritaire de Jean-Christophe Cambadélis. S'estimant bernée, elle devrait faire preuve de pugnacité contre ceux qui l'ont lâchée. Il y a plus de chances qu'elle monte au créneau plutôt de la voir rentrer dans le rang. C'est donc tout sauf une victoire pour François Hollande et Manuel Valls ? - Ce n'est sûrement pas une victoire pour eux : on ne gagne pas sur le long terme en humiliant ses rivaux. Martine Aubry, à moins d'obtenir des postes importants au gouvernement pour elle ou ses proches, ou le départ de Patrick Kanner, devrait au contraire multiplier les critiques contre la politique de François Hollande et de Manuel Valls. Propos recueillis par Alexis Orsini	fr	À , le camp politique de , qui soutenait le candidat , a perdu le contrôle de la fédération du dans la nuit de jeudi à vendredi 12 juin 2015. C'est Martine Filleul, la conseillère générale et ancienne adjointe à la mairie de Lille, qui l'a défait pour l’élection du premier secrétaire.
de	Gegner machen aus Warner den Virus-Urheber Feinde sehen in ihm den Verursacher der Pandemie: Woher der Hass auf Bill Gates kommt	de	In Mexiko ist heute eine Boeing 737 der Fluggesellschaft Aeroméxico mit 104 Passagieren entführt worden. Die Maschine mit der Flugnummer 576 war in Bolivien gestartet und in dem Ferienort Cancún zwischengelandet. Drei Männer, vermutlich Bolivianer, drohten damit, das Flugzeug mit einer Bombe zu sprengen. Das Flugzeug landete auf dem Flughafen in Mexiko-Stadt, wo Sicherheitskräfte den Ort um die Maschine abriegelten. Die Entführer forderten, mit dem mexikanischen Staatschef Felipe Calderón sprechen zu dürfen, der daraufhin persönlich zum Flughafen fuhr. Inzwischen berichtet DerStandard, dass viele Passagiere das Flugzeug verlassen hätten und die Entführer festgenommen worden seien. Auf Fernsehbildern sollten acht Festgenommene zu sehen gewesen sein. Nach Behördenangaben ist die Situation an der Maschine unter Kontrolle, und die Entführer sollen keine Bombe bei sich gehabt haben.

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