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social media. And, he added, today's geopolitical threats are far less
perilous than those of the Cold War......................Obama says the world has always been ‘messy.’ (It is just more apparent because of social media)
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Harper meets with Chinese official accused of tearing down churches, crosses ...
ReplyDeletePrime Minister Stephen Harper arrived in China to push trade and investment, but the treatment of Chinese Christians was in the spotlight Friday as he met with an official accused of ordering the destruction of churches and crosses.
Harper met with Xia Baolong, the Communist Party secretary for the Zhejiang province who is said to be responsible for the demolition of hundreds of churches and crosses in the region. In many cases, police showed up to tear down the crosses, saying they violated height restrictions.
A newly built mega church was also demolished despite efforts of hundreds of Chinese Christians who formed a human shield to defend their place of worship..............Read more: http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/harper-meets-with-chinese-official-accused-of-tearing-down-churches-crosses-1.2092351#ixzz3IRvZLIU1
7-8/11/14
Les membres présumés d’un gang ont avoué à la justice mexicaine avoir tué plus de 40 des 43 étudiants d’Iguala disparus en septembre....
ReplyDeleteLe ministre mexicain de la Justice a déclaré vendredi 7 novembre que les membres présumés d'un groupe criminel avaient avoué le meurtre de plus de 40 des 43 étudiants de la petite ville d’Iguala disparus le 26 septembre.
Trois des suspects ont indiqué que les étudiants ont été tués après qu'ils leurs aient été livrés par des policiers liés au groupe criminel des Guerreros Unidos, entre les villes d'Iguala et de Cocula, dans l'Etat de Guerrero, a ajouté le ministre. Des restes carbonisés des cadavres ont été déposés dans des sacs en plastique puis jetés dans une rivière proche, a-t-il précisé.
http://www.france24.com/fr/20141107-mexique-suspects-avouent-avoir-tue-plus-40-etudiants-disparus/
7/11/14
Mexico says detainees confess to mass killing in missing student probe ...
DeleteMembers of a gang arrested in a probe into the disappearance of a group of 43 trainee teachers feared massacred have admitted to killing a large group of people, Mexico's attorney general said on Friday.
Attorney General Jesus Murillo said three new detainees admitted setting fire to the group, some of whom were still alive, in a rubbish dump near Iguala in the state of Guerrero, where the students went missing on Sept 26 after clashing with police. Dozens of police have also been arrested................http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Mexico-says-detainees-confess-to-mass-killing-in-missing-student-probe-381137
8/11/14
U.S. urges Europe, Asia to do more for U.N. peacekeeping ...
ReplyDelete(Reuters) - The United States is urging countries in Europe, Latin America and Asia to commit more to U.N. peacekeeping operations around the world as Washington considers where it might be able to do the same, the U.S. envoy to the United Nations said on Friday.
The United Nations has more than 110,000 soldiers and police in 16 peacekeeping operations around the world in Africa, the Middle East, Asia and in Haiti. While Western countries used to routinely offer peackeepers for blue-helmeted U.N. battalions, the United Nations now relies mainly on developing countries.
According to Ambassador Samantha Power, this is no longer an appropriate model for the 21st century.
"U.N. peacekeeping is increasingly funded by developed countries and manned by developing countries," she said. "This is unsustainable and unfair. It will not produce the peacekeeping forces that today's conflicts and our national security demand..........http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/08/us-un-peacekeepers-usa-idUSKBN0IR2FW20141108?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews
7/11/14
Russia Should Be Sanctioned Further if Ukraine ‘Reinvasion’ Confirmed: US Senator ...
ReplyDeleteThe United States and the European Union should introduce more sanctions against Russia and supply lethal weapons to Kiev, if reports of Russia's alleged incursion into Ukraine are confirmed, US Senator John McCain has said.
"If confirmed, today's reported Russian reinvasion of Ukraine should lead to an immediate escalation of US and EU sanctions. More importantly, we must also provide our Ukrainian partners with the military capabilities," McCain said Friday..................http://en.ria.ru/politics/20141108/195287937/Russia-Should-Be-Sanctioned-Further-if-Ukraine-Reinvasion.html
8/11/14
Russia e USA spingeranno Kiev a rispettare gli impegni di Ginevra...
ReplyDeleteMosca e Washington cercheranno di convincere Kiev ad eseguire gli impegni di Ginevra sulla de-escalation del conflitto nel Donbass.
Lo ha dichiarato il ministro degli Esteri Sergej Lavrov, dopo un faccia a faccia con il segretario di Stato americano John Kerry "ai margini" del vertice APEC di Pechino.
Il capo della diplomazia russa ha inoltre esortato a non assecondare l'idea in auge a Kiev secondo cui con metodi violenti si possa risolvere la crisi in Ucraina. Secondo Lavrov, Mosca cercherà con entrambe le parti di promuovere una soluzione politico-diplomatica della crisi.
Per saperne di più: http://italian.ruvr.ru/news/2014_11_08/Russia-e-USA-spingeranno-Kiev-a-rispettare-gli-impegni-di-Ginevra-0717/
8/11/14
Ukrainian government, separatists should themselves complete disarmament - Lavrov ...
ReplyDeleteThe Ukrainian government and the separatist people’s militia forces in the east of the country should themselves complete the disarmament process, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in Beijing on Saturday ahead of a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.
“The ceasefire agreement was signed between the militias and Ukrainian government. So they should complete the process [of disarmament],” Lavrov said.
Answering the question whether Russian troops are present in Ukraine, the foreign minister said that even U.S. State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki said the department had no evidence of Russian troops’ presence in Ukraine.
http://en.itar-tass.com/russia/758702
8/11/14
Kerry: Iran talks independent of other Middle East issues ...
ReplyDeleteREUTERS - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday that there was no link between talks on Iran's nuclear program and other issues in the Middle East.
The United States has already rejected a proposal floated by Iranian officials in which Tehran would cooperate in the fight against Islamic State forces in exchange for flexibility on its nuclear program.
"No conversation, no agreement, no exchange, nothing, has created any kind of deal or agreement with respect to any of the events that are at stake in the Middle East," Kerry told reporters in Beijing...............http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/1.625296
8/11/14
"Il faut un Etat palestinien", lance à Gaza la chef de la diplomatie européenne ...
ReplyDeleteLa chef de la diplomatie européenne Federica Mogherini a plaidé samedi pour un Etat palestinien indépendant, lors de sa première visite à Gaza, où, a-t-elle prévenu, le monde "ne supportera pas" une nouvelle guerre après celle de cet été.
"Il faut un Etat palestinien, c'est l'objectif, et cette position est partagée par toute l'Union européenne", a-t-elle affirmé lors d'une conférence de presse à Gaza, où "le monde ne supportera pas une quatrième guerre", après trois offensives israéliennes meurtrières ces six dernières années.............http://www.rtbf.be/info/monde/detail_il-faut-un-etat-palestinien-lance-a-gaza-la-chef-de-la-diplomatie-europeenne?id=8397120
8/11/14
EU calls for Palestinian state as tensions soar ...
ReplyDeleteThe top EU diplomat appealed on Saturday (Nov 8) for the establishment of a Palestinian state as the killing of a young Arab-Israeli by police fanned tensions following violent clashes in Jerusalem.
Federica Mogherini, the European Union's new foreign affairs chief, said the world "cannot afford" another war in the Gaza Strip. "We need a Palestinian state - that is the ultimate goal and this is the position of all the European Union," Mogherini said during a trip to Gaza, devastated by its third conflict in six years...................http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/eu-calls-for-palestinian/1461610.html
8/11/14
European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini arrived in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, visiting with Palestinian leaders and stopping at a UN-run school sheltering Palestinians, whose houses were destroyed during the most recent conflict between Israel and Hamas ...
ReplyDeleteMogherini met on Friday with Israeli officials during her first official visit to the region.
http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/New-EU-chief-visits-Gaza-in-first-official-trip-to-region-381162
8/11/14
Ex-USSR leader Gorbachev: World on brink of new Cold War ...
ReplyDeleteThe world is on the brink of a new Cold War, and trust should be restored by dialogue with Russia, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has said.
At an event to mark the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Sunday, Mr Gorbachev said the West had "succumbed to triumphalism".
He expressed alarm about recent Middle Eastern and European conflicts.
Tensions have been raised between the West and Russia over Ukraine, which was part of the Soviet Union...................http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29966852
8/11/14
UN says Iran's uranium stockpile grows before nuc deal deadline ...
ReplyDeleteIran's stockpile of low-enriched uranium gas has grown by 8 percent to nearly 8.4 tonnes in about two months, UN atomic inspectors said, an amount world powers probably will want to see cut under any nuclear deal with Tehran.
The International Atomic Energy Agency issued a confidential report on Iran to IAEA member states on Friday, less than three weeks before a Nov. 24 deadline for Iran and six world powers to resolve their stand-off over Tehran's atomic activities.
Iran's holding of refined uranium gas is one of the factors that could determine how much time it would need for any attempt to assemble nuclear weapons. Iran says it has no such goal but the West wants verifiable action by the Islamic Republic to make sure it cannot produce an atomic bomb any time soon.
Iran and the six states will meet in Vienna from Nov. 18 to try to seal a long-term agreement to end a dispute that over the last decade has often raised fears of a new Middle East war..........http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/174202/un-says-irans-uranium-stockpile-grows-before-nuc-deal-deadline-
8/11/14
While covering a story about an Ex-Navy SEAL, who had gone public earlier this week claiming that he was the one who shot Osama bin Laden, CNN ran a headline that confused President Obama with Osama bin Laden....
ReplyDelete“SEAL WHO CLAIMS HE KILLED OBAMA UNDER ATTACK,” said the CNN headline that ran at least 45-seconds. The mistake was quickly noticed by the viewers and earned widespread mockery..............http://en.ria.ru/society/20141108/195325182/CNN-Receives-Mockery-After-Confusing-Obama-With-Bin-Laden.html
8/11/14
Iraq says foreign military trainers welcome but 'a little late'...
ReplyDeleteIraq said on Saturday (Nov 8) foreign military trainers who will aid its fight against militants are welcome but "late", as a wave of car bombs killed dozens, highlighting enormous security challenges ahead.
US President Barack Obama unveiled plans the day before to send up to 1,500 additional US military personnel to Iraq, which would roughly double the number of American troops in the country.
The move marked a deepening US commitment in the open-ended war against the Islamic State (IS) militant group, which spearheaded a June offensive that overran significant parts of Iraq and also holds territory in neighbouring Syria.
A US-led coalition is carrying out a campaign of air strikes against IS in both Iraq and Syria, and countries including Britain, France and Germany have also deployed advisers and trainers to Iraq, which is struggling to repel the militants.
"This step is a little late, but we welcome it," a statement from Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi's office said. The government had requested that members of the international coalition battling IS help train and arm its forces, the statement said.....................http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/iraq-says-foreign/1462084.html
8-9/11/14
80 Lkw ohne Kennzeichen in die Ostukraine unterwegs ...
ReplyDeleteEine Kolonne von Militär-Lastwagen ist zu den Separatistengebieten in der Ostukraine unterwegs, einige davon mit Artilleriesystemen. Auch ein Transportpanzer soll sich in dem jüngsten Konvoi befinden.
Die Hinweise auf eine erneute Ausweitung der kriegerischen Auseinandersetzungen in der Ostukraine verdichten sich. Reporter der Nachrichtenagentur Associated Press sahen am Samstag mehr als 80 nicht gekennzeichnete Militärlaster auf dem Weg in von den Rebellen kontrollierte Gebiete im Osten des Landes. Die Fahrzeuge fuhren in drei getrennten Kolonnen.
Eine Kolonne befand sich den Angaben zufolge nahe Donzek, der Hochburg der Separatisten. Die beiden anderen waren vor der Stadt Snischne, 80 Kilometer weiter östlich. Bei den Fahrzeugen handelte es sich in erster Linie um Transportlaster. Einige von ihnen hatten klein- und großkalibrige Artilleriesysteme geladen. Auch mindestens ein Transportpanzer befand sich in dem Konvoi.................http://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/article134135792/80-Lkw-ohne-Kennzeichen-in-die-Ostukraine-unterwegs.html
8/11/14
Catalonia holds disputed vote on independence ...
ReplyDeleteThe people of Catalonia in north-eastern Spain are set to take part in an informal poll on independence.
The Spanish judiciary has ruled the vote unconstitutional but Catalan leader Artur Mar warned against any attempt to disrupt it.
Spain's constitutional court suspended earlier plans for a referendum on secession.
Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said the vote would have no effect and urged the region to return to "sanity".
Voters will be asked whether they want a Catalan state and whether that state should be independent...............http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29974635
9/11/14
Ukraine - Intenses combats d'artillerie dans la nuit à Donetsk ...
ReplyDeleteD'intenses combats d'artillerie ont éclaté dans la nuit de samedi à dimanche à Donetsk, fief des séparatistes prorusses dans l'Est de l'Ukraine.
Les tirs très proches du centre ont commencé à s'intensifier vers 02H00 du matin (00h00 heure belge) et se poursuivaient avec la même force et régularité deux heures plus tard. Cette activité militaire sans précédent depuis le cessez-le-feu signé le 5 septembre intervient alors que l'OSCE a indiqué samedi avoir vu arriver à Donetsk d'importants renforts du côté des rebelles, soit plus de 40 chars et une vingtaine de camions portant des canons de 120 mm. Il n'était pas possible dans l'immédiat d'évaluer les conséquences de ces bombardements, en raison du couvre-feu imposé à Donetsk par les autorités séparatistes de 23H00 à 06H00 locales. De violents bombardements s'étaient poursuivis samedi dans la zone de l'aéroport, au nord de Donetsk, épicentre des combats entre rebelles et forces ukrainiennes depuis plusieurs mois. (Belga)
http://www.rtl.be/info/monde/europe/1140161/ukraine-intenses-combats-d-artillerie-dans-la-nuit-a-donetsk
9/11/14
Fighting erupts in Ukraine's rebel bastion ...
DeleteThe shelling close to the town centre started at 2:00am local time (2300 GMT Saturday) and could still be heard at the same intensity two hours later, according to journalists from the AFP news agency in the area.
It was a level of military activity not seen in the region since a barely-observed ceasefire was signed in September.
It was not immediately possible to evaluate the consequences of the artillery bombardment due to an overnight curfew imposed by the rebel authorities in Donetsk.
The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) voiced concern on Saturday after its monitors witnessed columns of tanks, howitizers and troop carriers moving through east Ukraine in territory held by pro-Russia separatists.
The OSCE report came a day after Ukraine's military said it had spotted a large column of tanks and other heavy weapons entering the country from Russia across a section of border that has fallen under control of rebel fighters.......................http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2014/11/fighting-erupts-ukraine-rebel-bastion-20141193212550904.html
9/11/14
Catalonia holds non-binding vote on independence ...
ReplyDeleteThe people of Catalonia in north-eastern Spain are voting in a disputed and non-binding poll on independence.
The Spanish judiciary has ruled the vote unconstitutional but Catalan leader Artur Mas warned against any attempt to disrupt it.
Spain's constitutional court suspended earlier plans for a referendum on secession.
Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said the vote would have no effect and urged the region to return to "sanity".............http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29974635
9/11/14
India test-fires nuke capable missile ...
ReplyDeleteIndia test-fired its nuclear capable missile Agni-II on Sunday from an island of eastern Indian state of Odisha coast, local media reported.
The test was conducted from Wheeler's Island in Bhadrak district, around 200 km from Bhubaneswar, by army personnel as part of routine user-trials, a defense official said.
Prasad, director of the Integrated Test Range, said, "The test was successful.".............http://www.china.org.cn/world/2014-11/09/content_34009311.htm
9/11/14
Europarede des EU-Parlamentspräsidenten Schulz warnt vor neuen Grenzen ...
ReplyDeleteDer Präsident des Europaparlaments, Martin Schulz, hat zum Jahrestag des Mauerfalls vor neuen Grenzen in Europa gewarnt und eine umfassende Reform der Asyl- und Flüchtlingspolitik gefordert. Das Recht, überall in Europa reisen und leben zu dürfen, sei die größte Errungenschaft der europäischen Einigung, sagte Schulz in seiner Europarede in Berlin.
Populisten betrieben Panikmache und warnten vor sogenannten Armutsmigranten aus Bulgarien und Rumänien, die angeblich die Sozialsysteme unterwanderten. "Da werden die Fakten verdreht", sagte der SPD-Politiker. Er forderte eine bessere Harmonisierung bei Asylverfahren und mehr Solidarität zwischen den EU-Ländern. "Es ist nicht fair, wenn nur einige wenige europäische Länder die große Mehrheit der Flüchtlinge aufnehmen."...............http://www.tagesschau.de/inland/schulz-warnt-vor-neuen-grenzen-in-europa-101.html
9/11/14
President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has been discharged from Otamendi hospital where she had been admitted a week ago to be trated for sigmoiditis, an infection of the colon...
ReplyDeleteThe head of state is now resting at Olivos Presidential Palace, where she is to remain for the next 10 days, following medical advice.
Ms. Kirchner was dischardged given "the good evolution" she has shown the past week, according to a press release by the Presidential Medical Unit.
In Olivos, the president will continue to take antibiotics and to follow a special diet.
http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/174277/cfk-discharged-from-hospital
9/11/14
Merkel Calls Fall of Berlin Wall ‘Day of Happiness and Joy’...
ReplyDeleteGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel called the fall of the Berlin Wall “a day of happiness and joy” and congratulated German citizens on the 25th anniversary of this historic event, AFP reported on Sunday.
"It is a message of confidence in our ability to tear down walls today and in future, walls of dictatorship, violence, ideology and hostility," Merkel said during her speech at a memorial on Berlin's Bernauer Strasse. “The fall of the Wall has shown us that dreams can come true," she added...............http://en.ria.ru/world/20141109/195393702/Merkel-Called-Fall-of-Berlin-Wall-Day-of-Happiness-and-Joy.html
9/11/14
Mur de Berlin: "L'Occident n'a pas respecté ses promesses de 1989" ...
DeleteA l'occasion du 25e anniversaire de la chute du mur de Berlin, le dernier dirigeant d'URSS, Mikhaïl Gorbatchev (83 ans) a vivement critiqué l'Occident qui, selon lui, avaient fait de nombreuses promesses après la disparition des régimes communistes en 1989 mais ne les a, au final, pas respectées.
"Le monde est au bord d'une nouvelle Guerre froide, certains disent qu'elle a même déjà commencé", a-t-il déclaré à Berlin, faisant référence au conflit en cours dans l'est de l'Ukraine. Samedi, il a accusé l'Occident, et plus particulièrement les Etats-Unis, de ne pas avoir tenu leurs promesses depuis la fin de la Guerre froide.
Au lieu de s'y plier, l'Occident s'est déclaré vainqueur de cette guerre et a profité de la faiblesse russe, d'après lui. "Les événements des derniers mois sont le résultat de politiques à court terme, (...) ignorant les intérêts des autres partenaires", a-t-il ajouté.
Belga
http://www.rtbf.be/info/monde/detail_mur-de-berlin-l-occident-n-a-pas-respecte-ses-promesses-de-1989?id=8397235
9/11/14
Russian gas supplies to China may be bigger than gas supplies to Europe - Gazprom CEO ...
ReplyDeleteGas supplies from Russia to China mid-term may be bigger than supplies to Europe, Gazprom’s CEO Alexei Miller said on Sunday while commenting on the bilateral documents signed between Russia and China.
Miller said the countries are signing a Memorandum on supplies of natural gas from Russia to China along the western route, and a frame agreement between Gazprom and CNPC on gas supplies along the western route.
“These documents first of all fix that the western route is a priority project of our gas cooperation,” he said.
On Sunday, Russia and China signed 17 more documents, which also refer to cooperation in the gas sector. Those are a memorandum on Russian gas supplies along the western route, a frame agreement on supplies of gas from Russia to China, a memorandum on mutual understanding between Gazprom and the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC Group).................http://en.itar-tass.com/economy/758775
9/11/14
Russia's President Vladimir Putin and China's President Xi Jinping have discussed the possibility of using the yuan in mutual transactions in different fields of cooperation, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Sunday...
ReplyDelete"Much attention has been paid to the topic of mutual payments in diverse fields ... in yuans which will help to strengthen the yuan as the region's reserve currency," Peskov said commenting on the meeting held between Putin and Xi on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Beijing.............Read more: http://indian.ruvr.ru/news/2014_11_09/Putin-Xi-yuan-transactions/
9/11/14
La situation dans le Donbass reste tendue ...
ReplyDeleteLes forces de sécurité ukrainiennes ont violé le régime de cessez-le-feu 16 fois dans la journée. Cela a été rapporté par l’état-major de la République populaire auto-proclamée de Donetsk (RPD).
À la suite des bombardements, six civils et un milicien ont été blessés. Il y a des destructions...........Lire la suite: http://french.ruvr.ru/news/2014_11_09/La-situation-dans-le-Donbass-reste-tendue-7664/
9/11/14
Worst east Ukraine shelling for month as ceasefire looks in doubt ...
ReplyDelete(Reuters) - East Ukraine's rebel stronghold Donetsk was pummeled on Sunday by the heaviest shelling in a month, and the OSCE said it spotted an armored column of troops without insignia in rebel territory that Kiev said proved Moscow had sent reinforcements.
A two-month-old ceasefire to end a war that has killed 4,000 people has appeared shakier than ever in the past few days, with both sides accusing the other of having violated the terms of the peace plan........http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/09/us-ukraine-crisis-idUSKBN0IT0AF20141109?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews
9/11/14
Турчинов: одной из главных задач Рады станет "создание одной из сильнейших армий в Европе" ...
ReplyDeleteОб этом заявил спикер украинского парламента Александр Турчинов в интервью телеканалу "ТСН", сообщает его пресс-служба.
"У нас нет альтернативы европейской и евроатлантической интеграции", - отметил он, подчеркнув, что среди ключевых целей депутатов - создание "одного из самых мощных в Европе оборонительных комплексов, одной из сильнейших в Европе армий".
Одним из первых шагов в этом направлении, по его мнению, должен быть отказ от внеблокового статуса Украины.
http://itar-tass.com/mezhdunarodnaya-panorama/1560993
9/11/14
Israel to apply Israeli laws on West Bank ...
ReplyDeleteIsrael's Ministerial Committee on Legislation on Sunday approved a bill that would allow all laws passed by the Israeli parliament (Knesset) to be applied in the occupied West Bank.
Six ministers voted for the bill while four voted against, the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported.
Under the bill, all laws passed by the Knesset would be applied to the occupied West Bank.
The move is expected to draw international condemnation, especially from the United States and Europe.
The bill would be referred to Knesset for approval...................http://www.aa.com.tr/en/headline/417767--israel-to-apply-israeli-laws-on-west-bank
9/11/14
"Si Occidente quiere ser honesto, entonces ha de reconocer que ha cometido un error", ha afirmado el exsecretario de Estado de EE.UU., Henry Kissinger, que este año ha cumplido 91 años...
ReplyDeleteEn vista de la crisis en Ucrania, el exsecretario de Estado de EE.UU. Henry Kissinger ha advertido de la posibilidad del inicio de una nueva Guerra Fría. "Tal peligro existe, y no podemos no hacerle caso", afirmó en una entrevista publicada por el diario alemán 'Das Spiegel'. Si esta amenaza no se toma en serio, "puede llevar a una tragedia", opinó el político...........Texto completo en: http://actualidad.rt.com/actualidad/view/146465-kissinger-ucrania-occidente-reconocer-error?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=actualidad
9/11/14
Napolitano, Quirinale non conferma né smentisce ipotesi dimissioni ...
ReplyDeleteDopo le anticipazioni e le indiscrezioni insistenti legate alle probabili dimissioni di Giorgio Napolitano a inizio 2015, il Quirinale interviene. Paletti, punti fermi. Che non confermano né smentiscono l'ipotesi di questi giorni. "I giornali - si legge nella nota diramata dal Colle - hanno dato ampio spazio a ipotesi e previsioni relative alle eventuali dimissioni del presidente della Repubblica" e "la presidenza della Repubblica non ha pertanto né da smentire né da confermare nessuna libera trattazione dell'argomento sulla stampa. E restano esclusiva responsabilità del capo dello Stato il bilancio di questa fase di straordinario prolungamento, e di conseguenza le decisioni che riterrà di dover prendere. E delle quali come sempre offrirà ampia motivazione alle istituzioni, all'opinione pubblica, ai cittadini".
La nota del Quirinale prosegue così: "Il presidente della Repubblica, nel dare la sua disponibilità - come da molte parti gli si chiedeva - alla rielezione che il 20 aprile 2013 il Parlamento generosamente gli riservò a larghissima maggioranza, indicò i limiti e le condizioni - anche temporali - entro cui egli accettava il nuovo mandato"............http://www.repubblica.it/politica/2014/11/09/news/quirinale_delrio_dopo_napolitano_ci_deve_essere_una_convergenza_di_tutti-100123282/?rss
9/11/14
The landing module of the manned spacecraft Soyuz TMA-13M with the crew from the International Space Station (ISS) on board landed in Kazakhstan’s steppe at 06:58 a.m. Moscow Time (03:58 a.m. UTC), the Moscow Region-based Mission Control Center said Monday...
ReplyDelete“The capsule landed in the planned landing area, some 82 kilometers from the Kazakh city of Arkalyk,” the center said.
Search and rescue groups are heading to the landing area.
http://en.itar-tass.com/non-political/758812
10/11/14
OSCE Observers Detect Two New Convoys Near Donetsk ...
ReplyDeleteObservers of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) have detected two new convoys near Donetsk, Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (SMM) reported early Monday.
"East of Donetsk city… the SMM observed two convoys of 17 trucks each. They included artillery and multiple-launch rocket systems. The convoys were moving west," the report said.
"This was the second day in a row that the SMM observed convoys in the eastern outskirts and territories of Donetsk city," the report added.
According to SMM, the convoys comprised 17 unmarked green ZiL trucks and 17 unmarked green KamAZ trucks.......................http://en.ria.ru/military_news/20141110/195413020/OSCE-Observers-Detect-Two-New-Convoys-Near-Donetsk.html
10/11/14
US concerned by fighting, military buildup in eastern Ukraine ...
ReplyDeleteThe United States is "very concerned" by intensified fighting and rebels' military buildup in eastern Ukraine, the White House said Sunday.
"Any attempt by separatist forces to seize additional territory in eastern Ukraine would be a blatant violation of the Minsk agreements," Bernadette Meehan, spokesperson for White House's National Security Council, said in a statement.
The Ukrainian government and the rebels inked a ceasefire agreement on Sept. 5 in Minsk, capital of Belarus, at a meeting also attended by envoys from Russia and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
The separatists are moving large convoys of heavy weapons and tanks to the front lines of the conflict in eastern Ukraine, Meehan said, citing reports from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
The United States reiterates the call on Russia to honor all of the commitments it made in Minsk, including ending its military supply to the separatists and the withdrawal of all of its troops and weapons from Ukraine, said Meehan................http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/890985.shtml
10/11/14
Iran, US and EU start 2nd day nuclear talks in Oman ...
ReplyDeleteIran, the United States and the European Union began an unscheduled second day of talks in Oman on Monday on disagreements hindering resolution of a confrontation over Tehran's nuclear program, US and Iranian officials said.
With two weeks to a deadline for an overall agreement, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, US Secretary of State John Kerry and EU envoy Catherine Ashton met in Oman's capital Muscat to tackle a decade-long dispute that has raised the risk of wider conflict in the Middle East.
http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Officials-Iran-US-and-EU-start-2nd-day-nuclear-talks-in-Oman-381313
10/11/14
Turkey, Greece to hold business forum ...
ReplyDeleteAegean neighbors Turkey and Greece will hold a joint business forum bringing together hundreds of participants on Nov. 12 in İzmir, with Turkish Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci and Greek Development Minister Nikos Dendias making speeches.
Turkey’s Foreign Economic Relations Council (DEIK), the Greek Embassy in Ankara and the Union of Hellenic Chambers of Commerce and Industry are organizing the event together.
A total of 243 participants from Turkey and Greece will have bilateral meetings at the event, but with the business-to-business meetings a total of 538 gatherings will be held overall.
The event aims to promote bilateral trade and enhance investment flows between the two countries. It will also explore opportunities for Greek-Turkish trade and investment cooperation in third countries...............http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkey-greece-to-hold-business-forum.aspx?pageID=238&nID=74096&NewsCatID=345
10/11/14
De nouvelles munitions découvertes à la frontière de la Russie avec l'Ukraine ...
ReplyDelete14 munitions ont été découvertes dans la région de Rostov (sud de la Russie) à la frontière avec l'Ukraine.
Un périmètre de sécurité a été établi autour de la zone à déminer.
Le département des situations d'urgence de la région a annoncé que ces deux derniers jours une munition du lance-roquettes Ouragan et cinq munitions BM-27125-D81 ont été désamorcées dans la région.
Lire la suite: http://french.ruvr.ru/news/2014_11_10/De-nouvelles-munitions-decouvertes-a-la-frontiere-de-la-Russie-avec-lUkraine-6531/
10/11/14
Japan’s Prime Minister Suggests Implementing Mechanism to Prevent Conflicts at Sea ...
ReplyDeleteJapan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe suggested to Chinese President Xi Jinping creating a "hotline" to prevent conflicts at sea Monday.
"I asked him that we implement a maritime communication mechanism, and I think we will start working on concrete steps toward it," Abe told reporters on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Beijing, as quoted by Channel News Asia.
The proposal comes after the recent escalation of tensions between Japan and China over Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea since Japan bought some of the disputed islands in 2012................http://en.ria.ru/world/20141110/195419031/Japans-Prime-Minister-Suggests-Implementing-Mechanism-to-Prevent.html
10/11/14
U.S. faces last best chance on Iran nuclear deal ...
ReplyDeleteThe Obama administration is facing its last best chance to curb Iran’s nuclear program - not just to meet an end-of-the-month deadline for a deal, but also to seal one before skeptical Republicans who will control Congress next year are able to scuttle it.
Years of negotiations to limit Tehran’s nuclear production entered the final stretch Sunday as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and European Union senior adviser Catherine Ashton in Oman’s capital.
With no immediate agreement in sight, officials said the discussions were expected to continue into Monday..................http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/11/10/U-S-faces-last-best-chance-on-Iran-nuke-deal.html
10/11/14
Une Israélienne tuée et un soldat blessé par des Palestiniens ...
ReplyDeleteUn soldat israélien a été poignardé à Tel-Aviv par un Palestinien, lundi, tandis qu'en Cisjordanie occupée, une jeune Israélienne a été tuée à coups de couteau par un Palestinien, avant d'être abattu par un garde...........http://www.france24.com/fr/20141110-soldat-israelien-poignarde-tel-aviv-israel-palestinien-jerusalem-est/
10/11/14
La Russie veut lutter contre la "propagande agressive" de l'Occident: elle lance un média international ...
ReplyDeleteLa structure, baptisée Sputnik, comprendra notamment le service en langues étrangères de l'agence de presse publique Ria-Novosti et la radio Voix de Russie, qui ont été réunies en décembre dernier au sein d'une grande agence Rossia Segodnia (Russie d'Aujourd'hui), a déclaré son directeur, Dmitri Kisselev, lors d'une conférence de presse. "Nous sommes contre la propagande agressive qui nourrit le monde et impose un point de vue unipolaire", a lancé M. Kisselev, un présentateur controversé, connu pour ses commentaires tranchés contre l'opposition ou les homosexuels................http://www.rtl.be/info/monde/international/1140588/la-russie-veut-lutter-contre-la-propagande-agressive-de-l-occident-elle-lance-un-media-international
10/11/14
Italy court overturns conviction of scientists over quake warning...
ReplyDelete(Reuters) - An Italian appeals court on Monday overturned a 2012 manslaughter conviction against six scientists and a government official for failing to give adequate warning of an earthquake in L'Aquila five years ago that killed more than 300 people.
Judge Fabrizia Ida Francabandera said there was no case to answer, according to video streaming of her reading the verdict, absolving the defendants of a six-year jail sentence handed down two years ago.
The seven, all members of an official body called the National Commission for the Forecast and Prevention of Major Risks, were accused of negligence and malpractice in their evaluation of the danger of an earthquake in comments made less than a week before the disaster.................http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/10/us-italy-earthquake-trial-idUSKCN0IU20I20141110?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews
10/11/14
Ukraine-Krise und Propaganda: Bestätigten Meldungen zufolge...
ReplyDeleteMehr als einmal haben sich Kiewer Meldungen über den Krieg als unhaltbar erwiesen. Es ist nicht einfach, sie zu prüfen. Für die jüngsten Berichte über russische Militärkolonnen gibt es aber Hinweise aus mehreren Quellen.
Der Krieg um das ukrainische Industrierevier Donbass gleicht seit dem Minsker Waffenstillstand vom 5. September einem Meeresstrand bei böigem Wind. Die Brandung schwillt an und wieder ab, doch sie kommt nie zur Ruhe. Jeder Tag kostet Menschenleben, und erst in der vergangenen Woche sind zwei Teenager in der Regionalmetropole Donezk getötet worden, als eine Granate ihre Schule traf.................http://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/ukraine-krise-und-propaganda-bestaetigten-meldungen-zufolge-13258871.html
10/11/14
Little progress was made in two days of nuclear talks with the United States and European Union (EU) held in Oman, a senior Iranian official said on Monday...
ReplyDelete"After hours of talks we could make little progress," the official told Reuters. "Still differences remain and still we have gaps over issues."
http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Iranian-official-Little-progress-made-in-nuclear-talks-with-US-EU-381375
10/11/14
New unidentified armored columns rumbled toward the pro-Moscow rebel stronghold in eastern Ukraine on Monday as fears grew of a return to all-out fighting in the war-torn region....
ReplyDeleteAn AFP journalist saw a total of 21 trucks, six tanks and 14 howitzer cannons driving through rebel-territory to Donetsk on Monday, after similar hardware arrived on Sunday and after the West sounded a warning over heavy military reinforcements for the Kremlin-backed separatists.
Intensified weekend shelling around the rebel stronghold of Donetsk and more armored columns heading to the city ratcheted up concerns the rebels could be gearing up for an offensive after weeks of isolated skirmishes.
The White House expressed grave concern at reports of Russian military reinforcements in eastern Ukraine......................http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/891126.shtml
10-11/11/14
Ukraine’s President Pyotr Poroshenko and U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden had a telephone conversation on Monday, in which they discussed the situation in much-troubled war-torn Eastern Ukraine, the presidential press service said...
ReplyDeleteThe two men noted “a departure from the implementation of the Minsk accords (reached in September 2014 - TASS),” the report said. They said this led to a further escalation of tensions.
Poroshenko and Biden also discussed the latter man’s forthcoming visit to Ukraine that has been scheduled for November 21.
http://en.itar-tass.com/world/759021
11/11/14
Biden warns Russia of increased costs for breaking truce in eastern Ukraine ...
DeleteUS Vice President Joseph Biden on Monday warned Russia of more costs over what he called Moscow's continuing violation of a ceasefire deal over eastern Ukraine.
Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko, in his phone talks with Biden, informed the veep about "Russia's blatant escalation of the situation in eastern Ukraine, including increased shelling of Ukrainian government positions and the transfer of additional heavy weapons to the separatists," the White House said in a statement.
Biden said that "if Russia continued to wilfully violate the terms of the Minsk agreement, the costs to Russia will increase," the White House said...............http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/891196.shtml
11/11/14
High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini said the EU ministers will discuss the expansion of sanctions against Russia next week...
DeleteMOSCOW, November 11 (Sputnik) – The heads of the European Union’s foreign ministries will discuss the expansion of sanctions against Russia next week, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini said Tuesday.
Mogherini said the EU foreign ministers will discuss “the question of increasing sanctions on Russia and supporting Ukraine next week,” Reuters reported.
http://www.sputniknews.com/politics/20141111/1014603228.html
11/11/14
US says Iran has ceased controversial nuclear practice ...
ReplyDeleteIran has stopped a controversial practice that could allow it to enrich uranium faster, the United States said on Monday, ceasing an activity one expert saw as violating an interim nuclear deal.
The development was disclosed as Tehran and Washington hold talks on an agreement to limit Iran's nuclear program and dispel concerns, that Iran denies, that it is trying to build a nuclear weapon.
The International Atomic Energy Agency issued a confidential report about Iran to its members on Friday saying that since its previous report in September Iran had intermittently fed natural uranium gas into a so-called IR-5 centrifuge..............http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/US-says-Iran-has-ceased-controversial-nuclear-practice/articleshow/45104946.cms
11/11/14
Briten treten aus 98 EU-Regelungen aus ...
ReplyDeleteEs war eine hitzige Debatte, die sich im britischen Parlament in der Nacht zugetragen hat: Dabei kam heraus, dass London aus einem Großteil der EU-weiten Regelungen der Innen- und Justizpolitik austritt. Zum 1. Dezember scheidet Großbritannien gemäß einer im Lissabon-Vertrag von 2007 zugestandenen Austrittsklausel aus 133 EU-weiten Regelungen aus. 35 davon will die Regierung beibehalten und muss sie deshalb einzeln wieder einführen. Der Rest sind die 98 Normen, die David Camerons Regierung alsbald nun nicht mehr mitträgt.
Immerhin: Großbritannien wird sich weiterhin am System des Europäischen Haftbefehls beteiligen. Auch diese Debatte war aber von heftigem Streit gekennzeichnet. Der Europäische Haftbefehl dient der Vereinfachung der EU-weiten Auslieferung von Straftätern.............http://kurier.at/politik/eu/briten-treten-aus-98-eu-regelungen-aus/96.394.042
11/11/14
Ukraine’s authorities have set December 1 as a deadline for state bodies and enterprises on the eastern territories controlled by militias to reregister, Minister of Cabinet of Ministers Ostap Semerak told ICTV channel on Tuesday....
ReplyDeleteAround 137,000 Ukrainians from the regions in the country’s east have already reregistered on the territories controlled by Kiev in order to receive pensions and salaries, the minister said.
Ukrainian Finance Minister Oleksandr Shlapak said Monday Kiev does not count on the enterprises located in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, which earlier accounted for 30% of the country’s revenues.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said Kiev temporarily suspended social payments to the residents of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, which are not controlled by Kiev.............http://en.itar-tass.com/world/759043
11/11/14
Leaders of the APEC member-countries adopted a final declaration on Tuesday....
ReplyDeleteThe declaration summed up key results of the work on three priority topics of the APEC-2014 summit — strengthening regional economic integration; contribution to innovative progress, structural reforms and the economic growth; deepening interrelationship and the improvement of the infrastructure.
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summiteers confirmed the commitment to supporting the multilateral trade system and implementing the Bogor Goals agreed by the APEC leaders in Indonesia in 1994........http://en.itar-tass.com/economy/759073
11/11/14
NATO has seen a 20 percent decline in defense spending since 2005, whereas Russia's is 50 percent up, according to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg....
ReplyDeleteBRUSSELS, November 11 (RIA Novosti) — NATO has decreased its defense spending by 20 percent since 2005, but Russia has increased its defense spending by 50 percent for the same time period, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said.
"We have seen a 20-percent decline in defense spending since 2005, but we have seen a 50-percent increase in Russian defense spending," Stoltenberg said during a joint press conference with Slovenian Prime Minister Miro Cerar in Brussels.
All NATO member countries are to make contributions to the costs of running the US-led organization. In September, then secretary general of the alliance, Anders Fogh Rasmussen stressed that member states should increase rather than reduce their military spending "at times of unstable peace" and demanded that they spend no less than two percent of their GDPs on military requirements, which until now, only the United States, Britain, Estonia and Poland have met.......................http://www.sputniknews.com/military/20141111/1014611720.html
11/11/14
Further economic sanctions on Russia not planned, Merkel says ...
ReplyDelete(Reuters) - Germany's Angela Merkel said on Tuesday there were no plans at present for further economic sanctions on Russia over Ukraine but she was unhappy that a ceasefire agreement was being broken and that pro-Russian rebels had gone ahead with their elections.
"We are not satisfied with the situation of the Minsk agreement because large parts of the Minsk agreement are not being implemented," she said, adding that the ceasefire and respect for Ukraine's borders were both being flouted.
The chancellor said she would speak to Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko and Russia's Vladimir Putin and reiterated her intention to have European Union travel bans extended to newly-elected separatist officials in eastern Ukraine..................http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/11/us-ukraine-crisis-sanctions-merkel-idUSKCN0IV1AE20141111?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews
11/11/14
US says will take tough line with China if norms violated ...
ReplyDeleteThe United States will be "very clear" with China if it veers beyond the bounds of international norms on cybersecurity and other issues, a senior US official said on Tuesday ahead of a summit between the leaders of the two countries.
The comments by Ben Rhodes, a deputy national security adviser, come at a time when Beijing is increasingly assertive in the region and has been pushing to establish institutions that it aims to lead, including a multilateral security forum and an Asian infrastructure investment bank.
Cyber-spying, maritime disputes, and a wide range of other issues will come up when US President Barack Obama holds formal talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday, Rhodes said...................http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/US-says-will-take-tough-line-with-China-if-norms-violated/articleshow/45111627.cms
11/11/14
Employment: Commission proposes €6.4 million from Globalisation Fund for former workers of the Fokas department stores in Greece...
ReplyDeleteThe European Commission has proposed to provide Greece with €6.4 million from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) to help 600 former workers of the Fokas department stores to find new jobs, and to extend its support to 500 young people not in employment, education or training (NEETs). Most of the redundancies happened in the regions of Attica, Central Macedonia and Thessaly. The proposal now goes to the European Parliament and the EU's Council of Ministers for approval.
Marianne Thyssen, EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility, commented: "Many sectors and industries in Europe are going through major structural changes, as a consequence of globalisation. The European Globalisation Fund is a concrete expression of European solidarity. It will continue to help Member States to re-integrate people who have lost their job into the labour market and support them to adapt their skills. Through this fund, we are accompanying workers who experience hardship in the difficult transition to new jobs and I have the intention to maximize its performance during the coming years."
Greece applied for support from the EGF following the dismissal of 600 workers in Odyssefs Fokas S.A. These job losses were the result of the global financial and economic crisis which has deeply affected the Greek economy.
The measures co-financed by the EGF would help the workers and the NEETs find new jobs by providing them with active career guidance, vocational training, specific advice towards entrepreneurship, contributions to business start-up and the relevant allowances.
The total estimated cost of the package is €10.7 million, of which the EGF would provide €6.4 million......................http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-14-1603_en.htm?locale=en
11/11/14
Un avion tirant une banderole noire "Hollande démission" a été forcé mardi d'atterrir par deux hélicoptères militaires français après avoir survolé, dans le nord du pays, un mémorial consacré à la 1ère Guerre mondiale que le président Hollande doit inaugurer, rapportent les médias français....
ReplyDeleteL'avion de tourisme a survolé le mémorial de Notre-Dame-de-Lorette vers midi. Deux hélicoptères de l'armée l'ont pris en chasse après quelques minutes de vol et escorté jusqu'à l'aéroport d'Arras.
Lire la suite: http://french.ruvr.ru/news/2014_11_11/France-un-avion-Hollande-demission-force-datterrir-par-larmee-7386/
11/11/14
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said that import substitution will continue despite possible lifting or easing sanctions, the goal of military-industrial complex is reaching a technological independence...
ReplyDeleteMOSCOW, November 11 (RIA Novosti) — The cancelling or easing of Western sanctions against Russia will not affect plans for import substitution in the country's military-industrial complex, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said Tuesday.
"Irrespective of the possible easing or even lifting of the Western sanctions, there will be no changes to the military-industrial complex import substitution plan," Rogozin said on his Facebook page.
"The goal of reaching a technological independence of the national munition and military equipment production in Russia will not be revised," he added................http://www.sputniknews.com/military/20141111/1014614542.html
11/11/14
OSCE mission in Ukraine reports military convoy in Donetsk ...
ReplyDeleteThe OSCE Special Monitoring Mission said on Tuesday it observed a military convoy in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk.
“At 07:45hrs, on 11 November, three kilometers east of Donetsk city centre, the SMM observed a convoy of 43 unmarked green military trucks, with tarpaulin covers, moving in the direction of the city center,” the Mission said in a report placed on the organization’s website.
“Five of the trucks were each towing 120mm howitzer artillery pieces. Another five were each towing partly-covered multi-launch rocket systems (MLRS),” the report said.
http://en.itar-tass.com/world/759200
11/11/14
Mosca, addio definitivo al comunismo. La sanità diventa privata ...
ReplyDeleteOttimizzare e modernizzare. E' questo il programma delle autorità russe per il futuro del sistema sanitario della Federazione. Un progetto rimasto sotto traccia fino a metà ottobre, ma ora venuto allo scoperto. Con la conseguenza di seminare il panico tra gli addetti del settore ("Ci hanno detto che non serviamo più"), scesi in piazza il 2 novembre per la prima volta nell'era Putin......http://www.affaritaliani.it/esteri/russia-addio-comunismo1111.html?ref=ig
11/11/14
European Court allows Germany not to pay social benefits to EU migrants ...
ReplyDeleteThe Court of Justice of the EU has ruled that Germany can refuse to pay social benefits to unemployed migrants from other EU member states in case they are economically inactive and aren't looking for a job actively.
A Romanian national, Ms Dano, brought proceedings before the Social Court, Leipzig (Germany), against Jobcenter Leipzig, which refused to grant her benefits on behalf of her son. Local authorities decided to suspend payments of social benefits because she wasn't looking for a job actively enough.
http://en.itar-tass.com/world/759215
11/11/14
EU court ruling backs curbs on 'benefit tourism' ...
DeleteThe European Court of Justice has said member states can deny certain payments to unemployed EU citizens who move to that country just to claim benefits.
The court said Germany was right to deny an unemployed Romanian woman a particular allowance because she showed no sign of seeking work.
Correspondents say the ruling sets a precedent for the rest of the EU.
Politicians in several member states have promised to crack down on what they call "benefit tourism".
British Prime Minister David Cameron welcomed the ruling, describing it as "simple common sense".
Meanwhile German MEP Manfred Weber, the leader of the main conservative group in the European Parliament, told the Associated Press news agency that the decision proved EU countries could "avoid social benefits tourism without violating the free movement of citizens".
"It sends a clear signal to the member states and to the British prime minister in particular."
No discrimination
The ruling only relates to non-contributory benefits, where the claimant does not make a contribution through the tax system.
Tuesday's ruling from the Luxembourg-based court relates to a case involving a Romanian woman and her son living in Germany who had been denied access to a non-contributory subsistence allowance from its social security system.
The court said the defendant did not have sufficient financial resources to claim residency in Germany after an initial three months, so she could not claim that the rules excluding her from certain benefits were discriminatory.
The EU court said there was no discrimination involved in denying a citizen from another EU country access to a non-contributory benefit which is available to German citizens....................http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30011512
11/11/14
Goodbye G8, Hello BRICS. Out with the old, in with the new ...
ReplyDeleteThe love affair between the Russian Federation and the G7 lasted for precisely sixteen years, from 1998 to 2014, when the arrogance and disrespect of the other G7 members came to the fore and Russia was excluded for reacting to the anti-Constitutional Putsch in Ukraine in which the elected President was ousted. This was a favor they did to Russia.................http://english.pravda.ru/opinion/columnists/11-11-2014/129003-gseven_brics-0/
11/11/14
Explosion shakes Egypt’s volatile northern Sinai ...
ReplyDeleteA car bomb outside a fast-food restaurant in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula wounded 10 people late on Tuesday when it exploded as security forces were evacuating a heavily populated area, security and medical sources said, according to Reuters news agency.
The explosion shook the town of Arish in northern Sinai, a volatile area where security forces have launched a crackdown on Islamist militants, the sources said.
"We blew up the car remotely. There was a half a tonne of explosives" inside, an interior ministry spokesman, Hani Abdel Latif, told Agence France-Presse...............http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/11/12/Explosion-shakes-Egypt-s-Sinai-Peninsula.html
12/11/14
U.S., China to announce deals to reduce military tensions: report ...
ReplyDeleteThe United States and China are planning to announce military agreements aimed at reducing the possibility of confrontation between the two powers, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, quoting unnamed U.S. officials.
The Journal said one of the agreements to be unveiled on Wednesday by U.S. President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, would provide a mechanism for notifying the two countries of each other's activities, including military exercises.
Washington and Beijing will also set rules of behavior in cases of encounters in the sea and air, the newspaper said, quoting people familiar with the negotiations.
The White House had no immediate comment..........http://www.todayonline.com/world/us-china-announce-deals-reduce-military-tensions-report
12/11/14
Abbott holds tense meetings with Putin over MH17 deaths ...
ReplyDeleteAustralian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has urged Russia to compensate and apologize to families of the victims of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17, a statement from Abbott's office said Wednesday.
Abbott held a tense 15-minute conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the APEC meetings in Beijing, with the Kremlin revealing "the catastrophe of the Malaysian airliner was the main topic of conversation".
The MH17 disaster occurred in eastern Ukraine in July, killing all 298 passengers and crew members on board, including 38 Australians. Both Kiev and the West have since claimed that Russian missiles were responsible for bringing the aircraft to ground.
Abbott had previously accused Russia of supplying equipment, including weapons, to separatists in eastern Ukraine. However, Russia has continued to reiterate that Ukraine must take full responsibility for the attacks.
Last month, Abbott had famously vowed to "shirtfront" Putin when he next met with the Russian leader. Despite not following through on his promise, the Australian prime minister confirmed he held robust conversations with Putin..............http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/891385.shtml
12/11/14
Une mosquée palestinienne incendiée en Cisjordanie ...
ReplyDeleteLes tensions sont de plus en plus vives en Cisjordanie, où des colons israéliens sont accusés d'avoir incendié une mosquée à proximité de Ramallah dans la nuit de mardi à mercredi. Aucun blessé n'a été signalé.
L'escalade se poursuit entre Israéliens et Palestiniens. Une mosquée en Cisjordanie occupée a en effet été la cible d'un incendie criminel imputé à des colons israéliens, dans la nuit du mardi 11 au mercredi 12 novembre, selon des responsables de la sécurité palestiniens.
"Des colons ont incendié tout le premier étage de la mosquée dans le village d'Al-Mougheir situé à proximité de la colonie israélienne de Shilo et d'une route réservée à l'usage des colons", a indiqué l'un d'eux en rappelant qu'en 2012 une autre mosquée de ce village avait déjà été incendiée. De son côté, le maire d’Al-Mougheir, Faraj al-Naasan, a estimé que "seuls des colons juifs pouvaient faire une chose pareille"................http://www.france24.com/fr/20141112-mosquee-palestinienne-incendiee-colons-israeliens-cisjordanie-israel-palestiniens/
12/11/14
Russia sees chance of deal at nuclear talks with Iran ....
ReplyDelete(Reuters) - A deal is vital at talks between world powers and Tehran on Iran's nuclear program and Russia is not considering the possibility of the negotiations failing, a senior Russian envoy said on Wednesday.
A Nov. 24 deadline has been set for Iran and the six powers to clinch a deal that would provide assurances to the West that Tehran's nuclear program will not be used to build nuclear weapons, in exchange for an easing of sanctions on Iran............http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/12/us-russia-iran-nuclear-idUSKCN0IW0NT20141112?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews
12/11/14
Chinese leader tells Obama Hong Kong protests ‘internal matter’ ...
ReplyDeleteThe protests in the special administrative region of Hong Kong are a purely “internal matter,” Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday at a meeting with his US counterpart Barack Obama.
The Chinese leader said the protests, dubbed the Umbrella Revolution, which have paralyzed streets for over six weeks, are “illegal” and insisted that law and order must be restored.
Xi warned foreign countries against meddling into the Hong Kong protests, demanding the right to freely choose their own leader in the landmark election due in 2017.
President Obama said Washington has no role in the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. "I was unequivocal in saying that the US had no involvement in fostering the protests that took place in Hong Kong," Obama was quoted by AFP as saying............http://en.itar-tass.com/world/759268
12/11/14
DPRK slams Seoul's ongoing military exercise ...
ReplyDeleteThe Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Wednesday slammed South Korea's ongoing military exercise, codenamed "Hoguk," saying the drill is in fact a "preliminary war."
"The rehearsal is a nuclear test war for aggression on the DPRK in light of its scale and content," the secretariat of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea said in a statement.
The statement blamed Seoul for staging the largest-scale war exercise targeting the DPRK while seeking dialogue with it at the same time.
It added that the South Korean authorities just used dialogue as a "camouflage" for their intention to escalate confrontation and step up military moves.
The annual drill, which runs on Nov. 10-21 this year and is the largest ever, mobilizes 330,000 troops. Last year, about 80,000 soldiers participated in the exercise.
The drill also involves about 23,000 mobile military equipment, 60 warships and numerous airplanes, according to South Korea's defense ministry.
The Hoguk drill replaced in 1996 the Team Spirit exercise between South Korea and the United States.
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/891392.shtml
12/11/14
UN Security Council to convene on Ukraine crisis ...
ReplyDeleteCouncil is scheduled to hold an emergency meeting Wednesday to discuss the recent military build-up in eastern Ukraine.
12/11/14
Spain to sue Catalan president for 'disobedience and dishonesty'...
ReplyDelete(Reuters) - Spain is to sue Catalan president Artur Mas for "disobedience and dishonesty" after he defied a court injunction not to hold a vote on secession, court sources said on Wednesday, potentially barring him from running in regional elections.
Mas and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy have said they want to start a dialogue in the next days after two years of acrimonious fighting over Catalonia's relationship with Spain. Rajoy holds a news briefing at 1130 GMT /0630 ET on the matter...........http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/12/us-spain-catalonia-idUSKCN0IW17520141112?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews
12/11/14
The United Nations Security Council will have an emergency meeting on the situation in Ukraine on Wednesday, November 12, a spokesperson for the Australian mission to the United Nations told TASS on Tuesday...
ReplyDeleteAccording to the spokesperson, the meeting will be held at 14:30 local time (22:30 Moscow time). It will hear a report on the Ukrainian developments by representatives of the United Nations secretariat. The meeting will be help in an open regime. Along with the 15 members of the United Nations Security Council, it will be attended by Ukraine’s Permanent Representative Yuri Sergeyev.
The meeting is expected to discuss the recent developments in eastern Ukraine, with numerous episodes of violations of the ceasefire regime established under the Minsk agreements.
Read more: http://indian.ruvr.ru/news/2014_11_12/UN-Security-Council-to-meet-over-Ukraine-on-November-12-1424/
12/11/14
Le ministre des Affaires étrangères britannique Philip Hammond est préoccupé par les informations sur des colonnes de matériel militaire russe qui auraient franchi la frontière ukrainienne, et, en même temps, il menace la Russie de nouvelles sanctions...
ReplyDeleteVendredi dernier, le président du Conseil de sécurité nationale et de défense de l'Ukraine Andreï Lyssenko a parlé d’un transfert de la colonne composée de 32 chars depuis le territoire de la Russie dans la région de Lougansk.
Plus tard, le porte-parole du département d'Etat américain Jen Psaki a indiqué que les Etats-Unis n'avaient pas de confirmation de l'information sur le transfert de matériel militaire russe sur le territoire de l'Ukraine.
Mardi, la chancelière allemande Angela Merkel a déclaré que de nouvelles sanctions économiques contre la Russie n’étaient pas prévues.
Lire la suite: http://french.ruvr.ru/news/2014_11_12/Le-chef-du-MAE-britannique-menace-la-Russie-de-nouvelles-sanctions-0544/
12/11/14
German police arrested nine suspects today accused of supporting extremist group Islamic State (IS) that is fighting in Iraq and Syria, in dawn raids involving some 240 officers, authorities said...
ReplyDeleteEight of the suspects, German citizens aged 22 to 35, are accused of a string of burglaries of churches and schools in and around the western city of Cologne to raise cash for the jihadist group, said police in North Rhine-Westphalia state...................http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/europe/German-police-arrest-9-suspected-IS-supporters/articleshow/45124492.cms
12/11/14
The administration of the People's Republic of Donetsk explained the appearance of a column of military hardware in the suburb of Donetsk. This was an act of redeployment of separate units of militia forces....
ReplyDeleteThe chairman of the Supreme Council of the republic, Boris Litvinov, said that the Ukrainian forces continue to shell Donetsk. "Our forces are being redeployed in this regard," he said.
Litvinov also said that after the Ukrainian military escaped from the so-called "traps," the militia obtained a hefty amount of military equipment, all produced during the Soviet era...............http://english.pravda.ru/news/hotspots/12-11-2014/129013-donetsk_militia-0/#.VGOOemfm75M
12/11/14
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told US Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday it was vital to ensure a ceasefire agreement in east Ukraine is upheld....
ReplyDeleteIn a statement issued after Lavrov and Kerry spoke by telephone, the Foreign Ministry said Lavrov had "put special emphasis on ... the inadmissibility of disrupting the implementation of the Minsk (ceasefire) agreements".
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/9/115386/World/International/Russias-Lavrov-tells-Kerry-Ukraine-ceasefire-must-.aspx
12/11/14
A European robot probe has made the first, historic landing on a comet, but its status remains uncertain after harpoons failed to anchor it to the surface...
ReplyDeleteOfficials said the craft may have lifted off the comet after touchdown before returning to the surface.
Mission scientist Stephan Ulamec said: "Maybe we didn't just land once, we landed twice."
He said it would take further analysis to understand what has happened to it..............http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-30026398
12/11/14
Comet probe Philae now stable - scientists ...
DeleteThe robot probe Philae that made a historic comet landing is now stable after initially failing to attach to the surface, and is sending pictures.
European Space Agency scientists say they are now trying to find out where the probe is on the comet.
Engineers say it may have bounced hundreds of metres back off the surface after first touching down..............http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-30034060
13/11/14
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi sacked 26 military commanders Wednesday for corruption and incompetence, in an apparent effort to improve the army's performance against Islamic State militants...
ReplyDelete"The military leadership should have competence, and this is an important thing, as it is not possible for someone who is not efficient to do his work properly," Abadi said in comments to army officers broadcast on state television.
"The second thing is integrity, as efficiency without integrity produces a vacuum. The third is courage, so that the soldier will fight in a proper way when he sees his commander has such qualifications."...............http://www.voanews.com/content/iraqi-prime-minister-fires-army-commanders/2517930.html
12/11/14
A group of Turkish ultra-nationalists attacked three U.S. sailors on a crowded street in Istanbul on Wednesday, shouting "Yankee go home" and trying to pull hoods over their heads in an assault condemned by the United States...
ReplyDeleteVideo footage posted on the website of the ultra-nationalist Turkish Youth Union showed the attackers surrounding the sailors, calling them "murderers" and throwing orange paint at the men.
The attackers' actions were an apparent reference to an incident in Iraq in July 2003, when U.S. forces detained a Turkish special forces unit, leading its members away for interrogation with hoods over their heads.
"Because we define you as murderers, as killers, we want you to get out of our land," one of the attackers said in English, before the group chased the soldiers down a street lining the Bosphorus on the edge of Istanbul's historic peninsula.
The U.S. embassy described the video, apparently filmed by one of the gang, as "appalling" and condemned the attack.................http://www.todayonline.com/world/turkish-nationalists-assault-us-sailors-istanbul
12/11/14
Earthquake M 4.8 - KANSAS - 21 km W of Wellington - local time: 15:40 ...
ReplyDeleteMagnitude Mw 4.8
Region KANSAS
Date time 2014-11-12 21:40:01.2 UTC
Location 37.28 N ; 97.61 W
Depth 10 km
Distances:
504 km N of Dallas, United States / pop: 1,197,816 / local time: 15:40:01.2 2014-11-12
201 km N of Oklahoma City, United States / pop: 579,999 / local time: 15:40:01.2 2014-11-12
21 km W of Wellington, United States / pop: 8,172 / local time: 15:40:01.2 2014-11-12
13 km S of Conway Springs, United States / pop: 1,272 / local time: 15:40:01.2 2014-11-12
Gunmen Attack Egyptian Naval Ship; 5 Sailors Hurt, 8 Missing ...
ReplyDeleteEight Egyptian sailors are missing after gunmen aboard a fishing boat fired on a navy ship Wednesday in the Mediterranean Sea.
Egyptian news agencies said five sailors were wounded in what officials were calling a terrorist attack.
Thirty-two of the gunmen have been captured, with one report saying four had been killed.
The Egyptian ship was on patrol off the coast of Damietta in the northeastern part of the country..................http://www.voanews.com/content/egypt-naval-ship-attack/2518436.html
12/11/14
Washington should take first step to improve Russia-US relations — Medvedev ...
ReplyDeleteRussian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev noted that the United States should take first step to improve Russian-US relations.
“To overcome current problems it is necessary to lift sanctions, shift relations in working field, come back to normal, calm and productive talks, then everything will stabilize,” Medvedev told reporters at the East Asia Summit.
He could not say when this may happen. “This does not depend on us, because we did not impose sanctions,” he added, noting that “sanctions are a double-edged instrument, sanctions lead to nowhere, neither ending with any serious problems, moreover, nor with restructuring of international relations.”................http://en.itar-tass.com/world/759445
13/11/14
President Barack Obama wants his advisers to review the administration's Syria policy after determining it may not be possible to defeat Islamic State militants without removing Syrian President Bashar Assad, CNN reported on Wednesday....
ReplyDeleteCiting senior U.S. officials, the network said Obama's national security team held four meetings in the past week that were driven by how the administration's Syria strategy fit into its campaign against Islamic State, which has seized large parts of Syria and Iraq...................................http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Report-Obama-seeks-review-of-Syria-strategy-sees-Assad-removal-as-necessary-381662
13/11/14
US Permanent Representative to the United Nations Samantha Power claimed that the United States is ready to lift sanctions imposed on Russia if fighting in Ukraine stops...
ReplyDeleteUNITED NATIONS, November 13 (RIA Novosti) – The United States is ready to lift sanctions imposed on Russia over the Ukrainian crisis if the fighting in Ukraine stops, US Permanent Representative to the United Nations Samantha Power said at the UN Security Council meeting.
"We remain prepared to roll back sanctions, if the fighting stops, the border is closed, the foreign forces and equipment are withdrawn and hostages are released," Power said.
She noted that the United States supported the Minsk agreement on ceasefire and called for the full implementation of the peace process.
First Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia in UN Alexander Pankin said that the West's claims concerning the alleged movement of Russian forces on the territory of Ukraine were "propagandistic falsifications" with no proof...............http://www.sputniknews.com/politics/20141113/1014678735.html
13/11/14
Pakistan tests launch of nuke-capable missile ...
ReplyDeletePakistan on Thursday conducted a successful training launch of an intermediate range nuclear-capable ballistic missile, the military said.
The Shaheen-II (Hatf-VI) is "capable of carrying nuclear and conventional warheads to a range of 1,500 kilometers," an army statement said.
"The successful launch was the culminating point of the Field Training Exercise of Army Strategic Forces Command which was aimed at ensuring operational readiness of a Strategic Missile Group, besides re-validating different design and technical parameters of the weapon system," it said.
The president and the prime minister of Pakistan congratulated the scientists and engineers on the successful test launch of the missile and achievement of this Range milestone..............http://www.china.org.cn/world/2014-11/13/content_34041982.htm
13/11/14
Northern European nations to boost military cooperation against Russia ...
ReplyDeleteEight northern European nations agreed on Thursday to step up cooperation to counter an increase in Moscow's military activity that has included a tripling of NATO intercepts of Russian jets this year.
Defense ministers from Nordic and Baltic states and Britain agreed to do more to share intelligence and widen cross-border air force training in the Nordic region after the crisis in Ukraine raised East-West tensions.
British Defense Secretary Michael Fallon said Russia was "regularly flouting the rules of international aviation" and intimidating nations by sending jets as far as Ireland and Portugal.
"NATO has recorded over 100 intercepts so far this year, three times as many as in 2013 and the year is not yet finished," he told a news conference. "We will not allow Russia to continue to invade our air space.".............http://www.todayonline.com/world/northern-european-nations-boost-military-cooperation-against-russia
13/11/14
Eastern Ukraine's Donetsk, Luhansk republics demand urgent meeting of Minsk Group ...
ReplyDeleteOfficials of self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics are ready to go to Minsk shortly and to take part in a meeting of the Contact Group for Ukraine, Denis Pushilin, the envoy of the DPR at the peace settlement talks in Minsk said on Thursday.
“The pause in the activities of the Minsk group has obviously become too long and we don’t understand why Kiev is procrastinating with the dates and agenda of the meeting,” Pushilin said. “There’s a feeling Kiev is striving to bring the Minsk process to a full stalemate, in the conditions of which it would sever direct contacts with our republics.”
“Any attempts to settle the conflict without our republics won’t hold water and will inevitably drive the negotiations into a deadlock,” Pushilin said. He confirmed the republics’ commitment to the Minsk format, which presupposes the participation of Russia, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the DPR, the LPR, and Ukraine..................http://en.itar-tass.com/world/759611
13/11/14
Narychkine exige d’enquêter sur les crimes contre l'humanité en Ukraine ...
ReplyDeleteLors d'une réunion à Moscou avec les membres du Comité des présidents de l'APCE, le président de la Douma d'Etat russe (chambre basse du parlement) Sergueï Narychkine a réitéré la proposition de la Russie visant à créer une équipe internationale pour enquêter sur les crimes contre l'humanité sur le continent européen.
Narychkine a indiqué qu’il s’agissait de la tragédie à Odessa le 2 mai, ainsi que des charniers de civils dans l'Est de l'Ukraine.
Lire la suite: http://french.ruvr.ru/news/2014_11_13/Narychkine-exige-d-enqueter-sur-les-crimes-contre-lhumanite-en-Ukraine-3024/
13/11/14
Brent crude oil prices have fallen below $80, triggering concerns regarding the potential impact on the global economy, and with weak demand forecasted price support looks unlikely...
ReplyDeleteMOSCOW, November 13 (Sputnik), Ekaterina Blinova — Crude oil prices, which have been declining steadily since mid-June 2014, dropped below $80 on Thursday, November 13.
"Brent crude for December, which expires on Thursday, fell $1.03 a barrel to $79.35, its lowest since September 2010, before recovering slightly to around $79.50 by 1200 GMT. US light crude was down 40 cents at $76.78 a barrel," Reuters reported.
Reuters states, citing oil experts, that demand for oil from OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) members will reportedly decrease to 29.2 million barrels per day in 2015.............http://sputniknews.com/business/20141113/1014705953.html
13/11/14
Aus Sicht des Bundespräsidenten zog sich die Annäherung der Ukraine zu lange hin. Fischer warnt die EU außerdem davor, "Weltpolizist" zu spielen...
ReplyDeleteDie EU hat die Ukraine vor Ausbruch der Krise in dem Land nicht rasch genug an sich gebunden - das sagte Bundespräsident Heinz Fischer in einem nun erschienenen Interview mit dem Magazin "The European". "Die EU hat vor allem in der Zeit bis zum Sturz von Viktor Janukowitsch (bis Februar 2014 ukrainischer Präsident, Anm.) Fehler gemacht", sagt er in dem am Donnerstag veröffentlichten Gespräch.
Aus Sicht des Bundespräsidenten zog sich die Annäherung der Ukraine zu lange hin. Die Führung in Kiew "hätte das Assoziationsabkommen viel leichter umsetzen können, wenn es sich nicht so lange hingezogen hätte und man der Ukraine nicht bis in den Oktober 2013 hinein immer neue und zusätzliche Bedingungen gestellt hätte und wenn man nicht einen 'Entweder-oder-Kurs' (mit Russland, Anm.) gesteuert hätte", sagte Fischer nach Angaben des Magazins im Rahmen des Forum Alpbach im August.
In Bezug auf die aktuelle Lage der Weltpolitik warnte der langjährige SPÖ-Politiker die EU davor, der USA in die Rolle als "Weltpolizist" zu folgen..............http://diepresse.com/home/politik/aussenpolitik/4594736/Fischer_EU-hat-vor-UkraineKrise-Fehler-gemacht-?from=rss
13/11/14
EU set to leave decisions on tougher Russia sanctions to leaders ...
ReplyDelete(Reuters) - With European Union governments divided, a decision on whether to tighten economic sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine conflict is likely to be left to EU leaders, who next meet in mid-December, diplomats said on Thursday.
EU foreign ministers will discuss Ukraine at a meeting in Brussels on Monday, the first chaired by the EU's new foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini. But no decisions on ratcheting up economic sanctions on Russia are expected despite the deteriorating security situation in eastern Ukraine...............http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/13/us-ukraine-crisis-eu-idUSKCN0IX2CZ20141113?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews
13/11/14
Russian Defense Ministry denies violation of Estonia's, Lithuania's airspace by its transport plane....
ReplyDelete“On November 12 a Russian military transport plane Ilyushin-76 was making a routine flight from Pskov to the Kaliningrad Region. The flight proceeded along the established route over the neutral water area of the Baltic Sea in strict compliance with the international rules of using air space,” the Russian Defense Ministry said.
The Dutch Defense Ministry says two fighter jets of the national air force intercepted a Russian transport plane in the Baltic countries’ airspace on Wednesday evening.
According to the Defense Ministry’s statement, a Russian four-engine plane IL (presumably Ilyushin-76 - TASS) en route towards Kaliningrad, strayed into the airspace of Estonia and Lithuania without prior notice.
Two Dutch F-16 jets were ordered into the air from the Polish airbase near the town of Malbork “to escort the Ilyushin out of the Baltic countries’ airspace,” the statement ran.
The Dutch Air Force participates in guarding the air space of Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia under NATO liabilities. The decision on their temporary deployment in Poland followed a worsening of relations between Russia and Europe over Ukraine.
http://en.itar-tass.com/russia/759633
13/11/14
Dutch fighters intercept Russian plane over Baltic sea ...
ReplyDeleteTwo Dutch F16 fighter jets, part of a NATO force patrolling the skies above the Baltic states, intercepted a Russian Ilyushin transport aircraft flying near Estonian and Lithuanian air space, the Netherlands said on Thursday.
After the interception, which took place late on Wednesday, the Ilyushin flew off in the direction of the Russian city of Kaliningrad, the Dutch defence ministry said in a statement.
The exclave of Kaliningrad is sandwiched between Poland and Lithuania, both NATO members as are the other two Baltic states Estonia and Latvia...........http://www.todayonline.com/world/dutch-fighters-intercept-russian-plane-over-baltic-states
13/11/14
Iraq will need about 80,000 effective military troops to retake the terrain it lost to Islamic State militants and restore its border with Syria, the top US general said on Thursday...
ReplyDelete"We're going to need about 80,000 competent Iraqi security forces to recapture territory lost, and eventually the city of Mosul, to restore the border," Army General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of staff, told a congressional hearing.
Dempsey said the request for more US forces in Iraq would create centers to help train the additional troops needed.
http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/US-general-Iraq-needs-80000-good-troops-to-retake-lost-territory-381763
13/11/14
L'Occident refuse de fournir les preuves de l'entrée des troupes russes en Ukraine..
ReplyDeleteLes Etats-Unis et les pays de l’Union européenne n’ont pas pu fournir des preuves concrètes du fait que l’équipement militaire russe a traversé la frontière avec l’Ukraine, a indiqué ce jeudi le représentant permanent de la Russie à l’OSCE Andreï Keline, après la réunion du conseil d’administration de l’organisation.
Selon Keline, la partie russe a demandé aux partenaires de l'OSCE lors de la réunion de fournir des preuves, mais l’organisation a refusé sa demande.
À son tour, Keline a ajouté que la Russie possède des preuves du fait que l’Ukraine concentre dans la région de Donbass son équipement militaire lourd, notamment des chars et des moyens d’artillerie.
Lire la suite: http://french.ruvr.ru/news/2014_11_13/LOccident-refuse-de-fournir-les-preuves-de-lentree-des-troupes-russes-en-Ukraine-7563/
13/11/14
Obama plans to shield up to 5 million immigrants from deportation...
ReplyDeletePresident Obama will ignore angry protests from Republicans and announce as soon as next week a broad overhaul of the nation's immigration enforcement system that will protect up to five million undocumented immigrants from the threat of deportation and provide many of them with work permits, according to administration officials who have direct knowledge of the plan..................http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/Obama-plans-to-shield-up-to-5-million-immigrants-from-deportation/articleshow/45140972.cms
14/11/14
Ukraine takes center stage as leaders gather for G20 summit...
ReplyDeleteThe G20 leaders summit in Australia starting on Saturday is setting up as a showdown between Western leaders and Russian President Vladimir Putin, following fresh reports of Russian troops pouring into eastern Ukraine.
Ukraine accused Russia on Thursday of sending soldiers and weapons to help separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine launch a new offensive in a conflict that has killed more than 4,000 people.....................http://www.todayonline.com/world/ukraine-crisis-taking-center-stage-g20-summit
14/11/14
US Secretary of State John Kerry has said that steps were agreed at talks in Amman to lower tensions between the Israelis and Palestinians....
ReplyDeleteGiving few details, Kerry said on Wednesday that firm commitments had been made to maintain the status quo at holy sites in occupied East Jerusalem, after talks with Israeli Prime MInister Benjamin Netanyahu and Jordan's King Abdullah II.
He said Israel and Jordan, which has custodial rights over Al-Aqsa mosque in East Jerusalem, had also agreed to take steps to "de-escalate the situation" in Jerusalem and to "restore confidence."
"We are not going to lay out each practical step, it is more important they be done in a quiet and effective way," Kerry said.
"It is clear to me that they are serious about working on the effort to create de-escalation and to take steps to instill confidence that the status quo will be upheld," he said.
Age restrictions lifted
Shortly after the meeting, Israeli police announced that they will lift all age restrictions at Al-Aqsa Mosque from Friday............http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/11/jerusalem-tensions-2014111321171627507.html
14/11/14
Oil price in New York down to $74.3 ...
ReplyDeleteWTI oil price went down by $2.88 or 3.73% at trading sessions in New York on Thursday.
Futures contracts for this oil delivery in December were concluded at the price of $74.3 per barrel. Brent oil price reduced to $77.83 per barrel on the same day that makes its lowest since September 2010.
Analysts named slower economic growth rate in China as the main reason for dropping prices, as industrial production growth was reported at its lowest level for the last 13 years.
http://en.itar-tass.com/economy/759661
14/11/14
DPRK to send special envoy to Russia ....
ReplyDeleteOn Oct. 28, Russia's Far East Development Minister Alexander Galushka said Russian private investors would invest 25 billion U.S. dollars to upgrade infrastructure and 3,500-km railroads in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in exchange for access to the country's natural resources.
The two countries planned to set up a business council in the near future and also agreed "in principle" to scrap visas for each other's citizens, Galushka said.
Russian Foreign Ministry said in September that Moscow and Pyongyang would make joint efforts to boost bilateral constructive cooperation in all fields............http://www.china.org.cn/world/2014-11/14/content_34048718.htm
14/11/14
NATO kritisiert Russlands Präsidenten; "Putin hat die Waffenruhe gebrochen" ...
ReplyDeleteNATO-Generalsekretär Jens Stoltenberg hat dem russischen Präsidenten Wladimir Putin vorgeworfen, das Aufflammen des Konflikts in der Ukraine befördert zu haben. In der "Bild"-Zeitung sagte Stoltenberg, die NATO habe in den vergangenen Tagen beobachtet, dass Russland erneut Waffen, Ausrüstung, Artillerie, Panzer und Raketen über die Grenze in die Ukraine gebracht habe: "Präsident Putin hat klar die Vereinbarungen zur Waffenruhe gebrochen und erneut die Integrität der Ukraine verletzt." Russland bestreitet, Soldaten in der Ostukraine zu haben.................http://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/ukraine-russland-117.html
14/11/14
Cameron menace la Russie de nouvelles sanctions ...
ReplyDeleteLe premier ministre britannique David Cameron a déclaré que l'UE et les Etats-Unis étaient disposés à durcir les sanctions contre la Russie à cause de la situation dans l'est de l'Ukraine.
Selon lui, les mesures restrictives pourraient être levées si Moscou faisait montre d'attitude positive envers la responsabilité et la liberté de l'Ukraine. S'il continue d'attiser la situation, les sanctions seront durcies.
Washington avait précédemment déclaré qu'il pourrait annuler les sanctions si la situation dans l'est de l'Ukraine était réglée.
Lire la suite: http://french.ruvr.ru/news/2014_11_14/Cameron-menace-la-Russie-de-nouvelles-sanctions-0907/
14/11/14
France is going to face serious legal complications if Paris doesn't fulfill its contract on delivery of Mistral-class helicopter carrier until the end of November...
ReplyDeleteMOSCOW, November 14 (Sputnik) – Russia will give France deadline until the end of November to deliver the first Mistral-class helicopter carrier and will make serious legal claims if Paris does not fulfill its contract, a high ranked source in Moscow said Friday.
“We are preparing for different variations. We’ll wait until the end of the month, and then we’ll make serious claims,” the source told Sputnik.
Russian Deputy Minister Dmitry Rogozin said earlier that Russian arms exporter Rosoboronexport had been invited to France to attend the official handover ceremony of the first Mistral carrier on November 14....................http://sputniknews.com/military/20141114/1014723575.html
14/11/14
Mistral : la Russie impose un délai de livraison de deux semaines à la France ...
ReplyDeleteLa France pourrait avoir à payer des indemnités en cas de non-livraison du navire de guerre, selon une source russe.
La France a jusqu’à fin novembre pour livrer un premier navire de guerre Mistral à la Russie si elle ne veut pas s’exposer à de «sérieuses» demandes de compensation, a déclaré vendredi une source russe «haut placée» citée par l’agence Ria Novosti. «Nous nous préparons à différents scénarios. Nous attendrons jusqu’à la fin du mois (la livraison du 1er Mistral, ndlr), et ensuite nous présenterons nos sérieuses réclamations» financières, a déclaré cette source..................http://www.liberation.fr/monde/2014/11/14/mistral-la-russie-impose-un-delai-de-livraison-de-deux-semaines-a-la-france_1142726?xtor=rss-450
14/11/14
Russia may claim damages if France doesn't deliver Mistral warship: news agency ...
Delete(Reuters) - Russia may demand monetary compensation unless France delivers the first of two Mistral helicopter carriers by the end of November, state news agency RIA quoted an unnamed source as saying on Friday.
RIA said a Russian delegation that had planned to travel to France on Friday to take part in a ceremony to transfer the first ship in the 1.2 billion euro ($1.5 billion) deal had stayed home and no new date for a handover had been set.
France's finance minister said in late October conditions for the sale were not in place after Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, in his Twitter microblog, said Russian officials had been invited to France for the ceremony.............http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/14/us-russia-france-mistral-idUSKCN0IY0XO20141114?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews
14/11/14
Northern European nations pledge military cooperation against Russia ...
ReplyDeleteAs military tensions with Russia continue to run high, northern European nations pledged to boost cooperation against Moscow. Defense ministers from 8 countries met in Oslo for talks.
Eight northern European nations have pledged closer cooperation in an effort to counter a recent increase in Russian military activity in the region.
The defense ministers from the Baltic and Nordic states, as well as Britain are holding military talks in the Norwegian capital of Oslo Thursday and Friday. They agreed to improve intelligence sharing and broaden cross-border air force training in the Nordic territories.
The meeting comes amid fresh NATO accusations of Russia sending troops into embattled eastern Ukraine, a spike in provocative Russian military maneuvers in Europe, and Moscow announcing plans to send bombers patrolling as far as the gulf of Mexico.
Norwegian defense minister Inger Eriksen said all the ministers present at the conference were in agreement that "Russia's actions (in Ukraine) are totally unacceptable and violate fundamental principles of international law."................http://www.dw.de/northern-european-nations-pledge-military-cooperation-against-russia/a-18061797
14/11/14
Iraqi forces retook the strategic northern town of Baiji on Friday after more than two weeks of fighting with the Islamic State jihadist group, officials said...
ReplyDeleteBaiji, which had been out of government control for months, lies on the main highway to Iraq's IS-controlled second city Mosul, and the town's recapture also further isolates militants in the city of Tikrit, to the south.
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/8/115521/World/Region/Iraq-forces-retake-strategic-town-of-Baiji-Officia.aspx
14/11/14
Ukraine's main task is to build army to stop Russia: PM Yatseniuk ...
ReplyDelete(Reuters) - Ukraine's top priority is to build an army strong enough to stop Russian military aggression, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Friday, as the country's military reported more deaths in a separatist conflict.
Ukraine has accused Russia of sending soldiers and weapons to help pro-Russian rebels in eastern regions launch a new offensive in a conflict that has killed more than 4,000 people.
"Building an army, which is capable of stopping aggression from Russia, is the number one task," Yatseniuk said in a televised briefing with journalists in which he gave his recommendations for top positions in a new coalition government..................http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/14/us-ukraine-crisis-military-idUSKCN0IY17F20141114?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews
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Angela Merkel intends to raise question of Ukraine settlement at G20 summit ...
ReplyDeleteGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday she intends to raise the question of Ukraine settlement at the G20 summit in Brisbane, Australia.
“This issue will be discussed on the sidelines of the G20 summit,” Germany’s DPA News agency quoted Merkel as saying.
She did not rule out that during the summit, she would meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “There is a chance that the meeting will be held,” Merkel said.............http://en.itar-tass.com/world/759758
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Vladimir Putin faces an icy reception at the G20 summit with Britain's David Cameron telling the Russian leader to stop bullying smaller states and Australia's Tony Abbott accusing him of trying to relive the "lost glories of tsarism"...
ReplyDeleteThe Russian president arrived in Brisbane late Friday for the weekend summit of world powers at a time of heightened tension with host Australia, which has sent three ships to its northern coast after a flotilla of Russian navy vessels appeared there this week.
Prime Minister Abbott said the appearance of the four Russian vessels, which include a heavily armed cruiser and destroyer, were "part of a regrettable pattern" of growing Russian military bullishness.
Russia in turn on Friday warned France of "serious" consequences unless Paris this month delivers a warship whose handover has been delayed by the Ukraine crisis -- setting the stage for confrontation with French President Francois Hollande.............http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/9/115522/World/International/Australia,-Britain-tell-Putin-to-stop-being-a-bull.aspx
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Un accord a été conclu en vue de l'évacuation des débris du Boeing 777 qui s'est écrasé le 17 juillet dans l'est de l'Ukraine, faisant 298 morts, a annoncé vendredi le ministère néerlandais de la Justice...
ReplyDeleteL'évacuation des débris commencera "le plus tôt possible en collaboration avec les services de secours locaux", a indiqué le ministère néerlandais de la Sécurité et de la Justice alors que des combats entre séparatistes et loyalistes font rage dans la région.
"Demain, une équipe supplémentaire quittera Kharkiv pour Donetsk afin d'apporter un soutien logistique", a ajouté la même source, selon laquelle l'accord avec les services de secours locaux a été conclu sous l'égide de l'OSCE, (Organisation pour la sécurité et la coopération en Europe)...............http://www.rtbf.be/info/monde/detail_ukraine-accord-sur-l-evacuation-des-debris-du-boeing-malaisien?id=8401915
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In rare move, Israel denies Colombian foreign minister entry to Ramallah...
ReplyDeleteMFA said Colombia's top diplomat can only visit the Palestinian Authority if she also visits Jerusalem, out of fear the trip would set a precedent for foreign dignitaries.
Israel denied this week a request by Colombian Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin to visit Ramallah.
According to a statement by the Foreign Ministry in Bogota, Israel would only permit Holguin to visit Ramallah if she agreed to visit Jerusalem on the same visit to the region. A senior official in the Israeli Foreign Ministry confirmed the matter, stating that the directive was ordered by Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman.
It is highly unusual for the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem to give such a directive, and it appears that the move was made in an effort to harden its policy with regards to visits by foreign ministers to the Palestinian Authority, which are normally carried out without any difficulty..................http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.626469
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OSCE introduces best practices of human trafficking prosecution to Ukrainian law enforcers ...
ReplyDeleteMore than 120 police officers, prosecutors and judges from all over Ukraine discussed ways of enhancing the prosecution of human trafficking offences at a two-day international conference, organised by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator on 13-14 November in Kyiv.
Experts from Finland, Moldova, the Netherlands, Israel and the United Kingdom shared their positive experiences in dealing with various aspects of human trafficking, including the investigation of cases, related to labour exploitation and organ removal.
Ukrainian judges from regional appeal courts, prosecutors, investigators and detectives also had a chance to participate in in-depth discussion of positive practices and challenges related to the investigation and prosecution of various forms of this crime. Special attention was paid to the protection of the rights of human trafficking victims...........http://www.osce.org/ukraine/126749?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=oscelatestnews
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