11 people died in bomb attacks in iraq

Baghdad (News and Us)-Three bomb attacks in Iraq on Wednesday, killing 11 people, including four members of the militia opponents of Al Qaeda who was killed in a suicide bombing when they gather to wait for payment of salaries, officials said.

The attacker detonated her explosives at the foot of a police station in Fallujah, West of Baghdad, when militia members That gathered near the Office, said Police Lt. Col. Khaled Yassir al-Jumaili.

The explosion that killed five people, including a senior police officer and four members of That, as well as the wounding of 15 others.

Near Ramadi, like Fallujah, the restive Anbar province, a car bomb explosion killed three policemen, including an officer, said Police Captain Marwan al-Dulaimi and a doctor.

In Baghdad, a car bomb explosion also in the Al-Husseiniyah area killing three people and injuring 10 others, officials said.

The attacks Wednesday came after a wave of violence killed more than 240 people in seven days at the end of April, which raises concerns about the return of sectarian violence that killed tens of thousands of people.

Violence is the last of a wave of bombings and suicide attacks in the middle of a political crisis between Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and his Government partners and protest marches over the past few weeks demanding his resignation.

More than 450 people were killed in violence in April, according to an AFP count based on information from security officials and a medic, while the number of deaths in March reached 271.

Throughout February, 220 people were killed in violence in Iraq, according to an AFP based on information from security sources and medical.

Iraq is engulfed in political chaos and violence that killed thousands of people since u.s. forces completed a withdrawal from the country on 18 December 2011, leaving security responsibilities to Iraq troops.

In addition to having problems with the Kurds, Iraq's Government is also at odds with Sunni groups.

Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (Shiite) since 2010 seeking the arrest of Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi on charges of terrorism and attempting to dismiss Deputy Prime Minister Saleh al-absolute. Both are Sunni leaders.

Iraq officials issued an arrest warrant for Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi on December 19, 2011 after they gain recognition that link with terrorist activities.

Dozens of guards of Hashemi, a Sunni Arab leader, was arrested a few weeks after the announcement, but it was not clear how many people were now on hold.

Hashemi, who denied the allegations, was hiding in the Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq, and Kurdish leaders refused to pass them to Baghdad.

The Kurdish government even allowed the regional visit to Hashemi did Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey. (M014)

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Afghanistanian are killed in bomb attack

Kandahar, Afghanistan (News and Us)-a roadside bomb Blast that was installed the Taliban killed a senior member of the Peace Council, Afghanistan, Wednesday, officials said.

Shah Wali Khan, Chairman of the Peace Council (HPC) in the province of Helmand, the southern region, was killed along with two police bodyguards when the explosion hit the vehicle, reports AFP.

HPC is a government agency formed in 2010 to open negotiations with the Taliban, but the guerrilla group refused to negotiate with the envoys of President Hamid Karzai'S U.S.-backed.

Helmand provincial government said in a statement, Khan was traveling in the Gereshk area as part of the handover of security responsibility from the NATO-led troops to Afghanistan security forces.

The Taliban "to take advantage of opportunities to benefit our official envoys had done it" and detonated a bomb assembled under the vehicle, the statement said.

In the past the Taliban attacked the leaders of the HPC. In 2011, a suicide bomb attack killed the Council Chairman, Burhanuddin Rabbani.

Upcoming peace talks faced many obstacles, including chaos about who will represent the Taliban and Karzai's demands that his envoy should be a core part of the negotiations.

Search for a political solution is the priority when violence flared up in the South and East and combat international troops prepare withdraw from Afghanistan.

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai and his Western nations have agreed that all foreign combat forces will return to their country by the end of 2014, but the West pledged to support continued after this time in the form of funds and training for Afghanistan's security forces.

NATO aims to train soldiers and police by the end of Afghanistan by the end of 2014 to ensure stability in the country, but challenges still ahead of us in the process of transition.

Desertion, poor assignments and low morale among major problems that complicate the commanders of NATO and Afghanistan.

In October 2011, the Taliban promised to fight until all foreign forces leave Afghanistan.

The Taliban, who ruled Afghanistan from 1996, waged a rebellion since ousted from power in the country by U.S.-led invasion in 2001 because of the Al Qaida leader refused to hand over Osama bin Laden, who is accused of responsibility for the attack in the United States which killed around 3,000 people on September 11, 2001.

About 130,000 members of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) led by NATO that come from dozens of countries sent to Afghanistan to help the Kabul Government battle the insurgency of the Taliban and its allies.

Taliban guerrillas rely heavily on the use of roadside bombs and suicide attacks against Afghanistan's Government and foreign troops stationed in the country.

Bomb assemblies known as IED (improvised explosives) resulted in 70-80 percent of the casualties to foreign troops in Afghanistan, according to the military. (M014)

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PBB: 70.000 warga Suriah telah tewas

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Kepala Hak Asasi Manusia PBB Navi Pillay. (RETUERS/Denis Balibouse)

PBB (ANTARA News) - Jumlah korban tewas dalam perang saudara di Suriah kini mendekati 70.000, kata Kepala Hak Asasi Manusia Perserikatan Bangsa Bangsa Navi Pillay Selasa saat dia mengecam lagi kegagalan Dewan Keamanan PBB untuk menyetujui tindakan pada konflik.

Pillay mengumumkan bulan lalu bahwa korban telah mencapai 60.000. "Angka itu sekarang mungkin mendekati 70.000," kata Pillay saat bertemu dengan Dewan Keamanan mengenai perlindungan penduduk sipil dalam konflik.

"Kurangnya konsensus tentang Suriah dan kelambanan yang dihasilkan telah menjadi bencana dan warga sipil di semua sisi telah membayar harganya," kata Pillay, yang mengecam perbedaan pendapat di Dewan Keamanan atas konflik selama 23-bulan.

"Kami akan dinilai terhadap tragedi yang telah berlangsung di depan mata kita. Dewan ini, serta orang-orang dari kita dalam posisi penting di dalam PBB, akan ditanya apa yang kita lakukan," katanya.

Rusia, sekutu terakhir Presiden Suriah Bashar al-Assad, dan China telah menggunakan kekuatan mereka sebagai anggota tetap Dewan Keamanan tiga kali memblokir resolusi yang akan hanya mengancam sanksi atas konflik.

Pillay membuat imbauan baru untuk agar perang sipil itu akan dirujuk ke Pengadilan Pidana Internasional.

"Ini akan mengirim pesan yang jelas kepada pemerintah dan oposisi bahwa akan ada konsekuensi atas tindakan mereka, dan bisa sangat efektif untuk pencegahan yang signifikan," kata komisioner HAM PBB yang vokal itu. (AK)

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Tiga WNI tewas di Canary Islands

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Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Tiga warga negara Indonesia tewas dalam kecelakaan latihan penanganan keadaan darurat di suatu kapal pesiar di Canary Island, Minggu.

Seluruh korban yaitu 3 WNI, seorang Filipina, dan seorang Ghana adalah awak kapal pesiar tersebut.

Kantor berita Reuters mengutip  kepolisian dan awak lainnya yang menyebut tali-tali lepas dari  sekoci penyelamat sehingga perahu itu jatuh dari ketinggian 20 meter ke laut dalam keadaan terbalik.

Peristiwa itu terjadi saat latihan penyelamatan di atas kapal pesiar Thomson Majesty. Kapal tersebut dioperasikan TUI Travel plc, perusahaan travel Inggris.

Saat kejadian, Thomson Majesty sedang sandar di pelabuhan Santa cruz, ibu kota pulau La Palma.

Kapal berusia 20 tahun itu sedang membawa 1.498 penumpang.Tidak ada penumpang yang cedera dalam kecelakaan tersebut. Thomson Majesty terdaftar di Malta dan dimiliki oleh Louis Cruises yang bermarkas di Siprus.

"Kami bekerjasama dengan pemilik kapal dan manajer, Louis Cruises, untuk mengetahui penyebab pasti dan menyediakan diri bagi mereka yang kena dampak kecelakaan," tulis pernyataan Thomson Cruises.

Reuters menyebut kecelakaan itu menelan korban jiwa tiga WNI, seorang warga Filipina dan seorang warga Ghana.Terdapat juga tiga lainnya yang luka-luka.

Situs Thomson menyebutkan Thomson Majesty yang dilengkapi lima restoran dan dua kolam renang sedang dalam perjalanan ke Canary Islands, Mediterrania dan Laut Merah.

(A038)

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Sembilan tewas tersapu badai salju Amerika Serikat

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Salju menutupi daratan sepanjang Highway 12 menuju Rochester, Washington, Kamis (19/1). Badai Pasifik menyelimuti Seattle dan menyebabkan lapisan salju setebal 4 inci, Rabu kemarin, memaksa sekolah untuk tutup dan pembatalan penerbangan serta membuat ruwet lalulintas di kota yang lebih terbiasa dengan cuaca hujan daripada salju. (REUTERS/Cliff DesPeaux)

... kecepatan angin mencapai 134 km perjam di Cuttyhunk, New York... "

Boston/New York (ANTARA News) - Badai salju melanda Amerika Serikat bagian timurlaut pada Sabtu, memutuskan aliran listrik bagi 700.000 rumah dan perusahaan menghentikan perjalanan serta menyebabkan setidak-tidaknya sembilan orang tewas.

Badai kuat melanda dari Great Lakes hingga Atlantik itu meninggalkan salju setebal 90 cm di seluruh daerah Northeast, kata Badan Cuaca Nasional (NWS).

Badai salju melanda pantai dan peringatan banjir diberlakukan, tetapi Massachussetts dan Connecticut mencabut larangan berpergian dengan kendaraan sementara badai secara perlahan bergerak ke arah timur Sabtu petang.

Di Stratford, Connecticut, Wali Kota John Harkins, mengatakan ia tidak pernah melihat salju yang setebal 15 cm seperti itu. Badai salju itu menghantam Connecticut, Rhode Island, dan Massachusetts, dengan ketebalan salju paling tinggi 102 cm di Hamden, Connecticut.

"Sekitar 2.200 penerbangan dibatalkan Sabtu, dengan jumlah seluruhnya lebih dari 5.000 penerbangan dalam dua hari," kata FlightAware, yang memantau penundaan penerbangan. Beberapa ratus pembatalan mungkin terjadi pada Ahad, katanya.

Bandara Internasional Logan, Boston dan Bandara Internasional Bradley di Windsor Locks, Connecticut ditutup. Logan yang dihantam sajlu setebal 56 cm, diperkirakan akan dibuka kembali setidaknya sebagian pada Sabtu.

Badai nenimbulkan saju 74 cm di Portland, Maine mematahkan rekor 1979 kata badan cuaca itu. Catatan kecepatan angin mencapai 134 km perjam di Cuttyhunk, New York, menyebabkan pohon-pohon tumbang di seluruh daerah itu.

"Badai salju itu menyebabkan paling tidak lima orang tewas di Connecticut," kata Gubernur Connecticut, Danel Malloy.

Seorang wanita berusia 80 tahun tewas akibat sopir yang membawa kendaraan ugal-ugalan, dan seorang pria berusia 40 tahun ambruk ketika berusaha membuang salju dengan menggunakan sekop. Seorang pria berusia 73 tahun tergelincir dari rumahnya dan ditemukan tewas Sabtu, kata Malloy.

Seorang pria berusia 53 tahun ditemukan tewas dalam salju Sabtu pagi di luar rumahnya, dan seorang pria berusia 49 tahun meninggal ketika membuang salju dengan menggunakan sekop di Shelton, kata polisi.

Dua orang tewas akibat keracunan karbon monoksida dalam kejadian terpisah di Boston. Seorang korban anak laki-laki berusia 11 tahun di dalam mobilnya. "Seorang korban lain adalah pria berusia 20 tahunan yang ditemukan tidak bergerak di mobilnya," kata polisi.

Di Poughkeeppsie, New York, seorang pria berusia 70-tahunan tewas di jalan raya yang bersalju , kata media lokal. Seorang pria 23 tahun tewas di Germantown, New York, ketika traktor yang ia gunakan tergelincir memasuki satu tanggul, kata media lokal.

Seorang pengendara berusia 30 tahun di New Hampshire tewas ketika mobilnya ke luar dari jalan, kata pihak berwenang negara bagian itu. Polisi di daerah Suffolk,  New York, menggunakan mobil-mobi salju menyelamatkan ratusan pengguna kendaraan bermotor.

Salju, di beberaoa daerah, menjadi badai salju diperkirakan akan melanda daerah-daerah Colorado, Nebraska, North Dakota, Minnesota, South Dakota, dan Wyoming, kata Badan Cuaca Nasional.

Perusahaan publik melaporkan sekitar 700.000 pelanggannya tidak menerima aliran listik di seluruh sembian negara bagian akibat badai saju menumbangkan pohon-pohon dan tiang-tiang listrik.

Di Boston, satu pertandingan Liga Hoki Nasional menurut rencana diselenggaraan Sabtu antara klub Tampa Bay Lightning dan Boston Bruins dibatalkan akibat badai salju itu.

Massachusetts, Rhode Island,Connecticut, New York, dan Maine, mengumumkan keadaan darurat sebelum badai salju itu. Badan Pos AS menghentikan pengiriman surat di daerah-daerah dari lima negara bagian itu plus New Hampshire dan Vermont.

(H-RN/B002)

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