Farmer jailed in Hong Kong for burning flag

A man has been jailed in Hong Kong for burning the national flag, in the first sentence of its kind.

S Korea suspends savings banks citing weak finances

South Korea has suspended seven local savings banks citing the weak state of their finances.

Japan urges mass evacuation ahead of Typhoon Roke

More than a million people in central and western Japan have been urged to leave their homes as a powerful typhoon approaches.

Burma begins swap scheme for cars over 40 years old

Owners of some of Burma's most antiquated cars have been queuing in Rangoon to exchange their old vehicles for permits to import newer models.

Polio strain spreads to China from Pakistan

Polio has spread to China for the first time since 1999 after being imported from Pakistan, the World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed.

Monday, March 25, 2013

DR Congo rebel commander was transferred to the ICC the Hague

Washington (Reuters)-experts from the International Criminal Court (ICC) has arrived in Kigali to help transfer the warlord Bonco Ntaganda Democratic Republic of Congo to the Netherlands for trial, said an official of the United States.

Ntaganda, who gave himself up at the US Embassy in Rwanda on Monday, is expected to be transferred for trial in the Hague which became the ICC bases in the coming days, reports AFP.

"A team from the International Criminal Court arrived in Kigali yesterday to make arrangements of logistics delivery of Bosco Ntaganda to the Hague," said a Foreign Ministry official told AFP Thursday.

"We are looking for ways to facilitate the request sends him to the ICC as soon as possible."

But he did not give a timetable as to when Ntaganda was flown out of Rwanda will be heading to the Hague where he will face charges of using child soldiers, making the women as sex slaves and participated in the killing of at least 800 people in the Congo between 2002 and 2003.

ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said Wednesday that he expected to be transferred within a "few days."

Rwandan President Paul Kagame said Thursday that all support will be given to ensure quick extradition Ntaganda. (AK)



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Government: the death toll of the Damascus mosque blast so 42 people

Beirut (Reuters)-An explosion at a mosque in the capital of Syria, Damascus, Thursday killed at least 42 people, including a senior pro-Government cleric, and wounded 84 others, Syria Ministry of Health said.

State television and the anti-Government activists previously reported 15 dead, reports Reuters.

The television said one suicide blast struck a Mosque in Faith terrorist Center of Damascus, and Mohammed al-Buti, the priest of ancient Ummayyad Mosque, is one of who died.

Buti, a cleric who is reviled by the Government-appointed opposition movement, delivering the prayer sermon Syria Friday every week on television the Government. (AK)



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Patrol helicopter collision in Berlin, one killed

Berlin (Reuters)-A helicopter pilot was killed and four police personnel were injured after two helicopters patrol bertabrakkan in the air and crashed during a Blizzard crashing on Thursday (9/3) in Berlin, Germany.

The accident occurred during a training maneuver around federal police Olimpic Stadium in West Berlin, local radio said, as RBB dilaporan Xinhua, Friday morning.

The helicopter is seen scattering shards around the site of an accident.

As many as 400 police personnel were reported to have participated in training for the mission faced a "hooligan" of football.

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The bodies were flown from Singapore President of Bangladesh

Singapore (Reuters)-the bodies of Bangladesh President Zillur Rahman on Thursday were flown to Dhaka after his death in a Singapore hospital, said the national airline Biman.

Rahman, 84 years old, a veteran politician of the ruling Awami League Party and appointed to occupy the largely ceremonial post in 2009, died on Wednesday at a private hospital in Singapore.

A special flight carrying the corpse of the leaders left Singapore shortly before 10 am local time, said Mohammad Arif Ullah, Biman's country manager in Singapore.

Rahman's family members and his aides also were in the Boeing 737-800, which was expected to land at about 11.50 pm local time in Dhaka, he told AFP.

Rahman, who suffers from kidney and respiratory problems, was flown to Singapore Mount Elizabeth Hospital by air ambulance on March 10 after his health deteriorated.

Bangladesh declared three days of mourning after her death and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called it a "loss that cannot be replaced for the country and the people of that country".

Rahman earlier profession as a lawyer and a member of Parliament who served the longest in the country.

He first joined Parliament in 1973 after identifies the name as an activist who encouraged Bangladesh to break free from the power of Pakistan, AFP reported.

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Salafi groups Gaza rocket attacks into Israel:

about what they call the dome of iron (Iron Dome), we affirmed that military engineering they all won't be able to stop torturing them Providence. "
Dubai (Reuters)-a small group of Palestinian fighters in the Gaza Strip claimed responsibility for firing rockets into Israel border town Thursday during the visit of U.s. President Barack Obama to the region.

Salafi group called Mujahiddin Magles al-Shoura said in a statement on the Internet, they fired a rocket air defence to show that Israel could not stop an attack on the Jewish State during the visit, reported Reuters.

Police said no casualties but the attack raises a number of damage in Sderot near the Gaza border.

"Responding to a hoax ' Roman dog and war criminals ' about what they call the dome of iron (Iron Dome), we affirmed that military engineering they all won't be able to stop torturing them Providence," said the statement, posted on the news website Ansar al-Mujahideen fighters used by the hardliners.

That statement refers to the US President, who is visiting Israel and the West Bank and calling it in a statement upon arrival in Israel the day before.

Iron Dome is anti-missile defense system Israel intended to ambush the rockets and missiles fired from Gaza.

Magles al-Shoura Mujahiddin previously claimed responsibility for deadly attacks in June 2012 in Israel from Sinai.

The Hamas movement that controls Gaza has tried to regulate against the Salafi armed groups, who support the hard-line and often fired rockets into Israel attempted in defiance of the de facto Palestinian Truce.

Israel and Hamas fighters who took control of the Gaza Strip involved in the eight-day battle in November which killed 175 Palestinians, including more than 100 civilians, as well as six people Israel--four civilians and two soldiers.

The violence that erupted on November 14, with the assassination of Hamas military Commander Ahmed Jaabari by Israel.

During the eight-day operation, Israel's military said it had struck more than 1,500 target, while Gaza fighters firing rockets into Israel, 1,254 421 were ambushed by anti-missile system, Iron Dome.

The agreement of Hamas-Israel truce reached on Wednesday (9/11), a day after shuttling diplomacy conducted by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon--who tercoreng by cross-border violence that is increasingly turning out between Israel and the fighters in Gaza.

Egypt's Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamel Amr, who spoke at a news conference with Hillary, said in Cairo, the cessation of hostilities the Hamas-Israel went into effect on Wednesday at 19: 00 GMT (Thursday at 02.00 GMT).

The Hamas group took control of Gaza Strip in June 2007 after defeating Fatah forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas in deadly combat for several days.

Since then the impoverished coastal territory dibloklade by Israel. The Palestinians also became two separate Union territory--the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip and the West Bank that is under the rule of Abbas. Now that the two camps have been doing reconciliation.

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Sunday, March 24, 2013

Australia formally apologized over the forced adoption

Australia's Prime Minister, Julia Gillard (Between)

To you, the mothers who was betrayed by a system that does not give you a choice and confronts you at manipulation, improper treatment and malpractice, we apologize. "
Sydney (Reuters)-Australia on Wednesday officially apologized for the forced adoption of tens of thousands of babies who are mostly born of mothers who do not marry between the 1950s to the 1970s.Adoption, which is mostly driven by religious groups in the period paskaperang, "creating a lifetime of pain and suffering", said the national apology delivered by Prime Minister Julia Gillard, reported AFP. "To you, the mothers who was betrayed by a system that does not give you a choice and confronts you at manipulation, improper treatment and malpractice, we apologize, "he said."We apologize to all of you, the mothers who are denied the right to know of you, which means you can't give consent with full understanding. "You guys are given their determination is incorrect. You guys are forced to endure the coercion and the practice's unethical, dishonest and illegal in many ways. "The decision to deliver a formal apology comes after the Senate investigation of the forced adoption found as many as 225,000 babies are taken.Many mother and child are gave evidence at the inquiry which is considered forced displacement babies between 1951 and 1975 in Australia, which at that time was a Christian country powerful and conservative.Taking into account the social stigma attached to women who are not married at the time, young women who become pregnant are often found to be brought to live with relatives or in the home church-run groups or other religious organization.Babies are often given up for adoption before they are born. The investigation found that the women were forced to agree, signature is often obtained fraudulently, and adoption of proposed as inevitable.The women then fought for a reunion with their children. In many cases the adopted babies birth certificate issued on behalf of parents who adopted, arguing that "break up altogether" is the best for all parties. (*)Translator: B Kunto Wibisono

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Lebanon observed the bombing Syria in border town

The military will take action that is necessary to monitor the border with neighboring countries.
Beirut (Reuters)-Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Miqati, on Wednesday (20/3), appointing Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour to follow developments in the bombing of the small town of Lebanon by Syria's border.

After a cabinet meeting, Lebanese Minister of information Walid Daouk told reporters the Lebanese security services have confirmed Syria's army has been waging air strikes against Lebanese territory, according to the Xinhua report, Thursday.

Miqati said in that meeting, "the military will take action that is necessary to monitor the border with neighboring countries."

On Tuesday, President Michel Suleiman instructed Mansour to send a letter of protest to Syria, hoping to prevent "the Syria reiterated that such operations".

But Damascus, in his first comments about the attack, denied involvement in the incident.

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Nicolas Sarkozy is examined in the case of party funds

Bordeaux, France (Reuters)-the former President of France Nicolas Sarkozy officially inspected on Thursday, because "harassing people weak" in a case involving party funds 2007 L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt women, who are already elderly, prosecutors said.

Under the laws of France, official examination is the final step before a suspect facing criminal charges.

Sarkozy, who in March hinted at the possible return to politics, has repeatedly denied receiving campaign funds from Bettencourt.

"Nicalas Sarkozy, who have benefited from the presumption of innocence, has been told that he had been subject to official examination due to take advantage of vulnerable people in February 2007 and during 2007 due to the detriment of Liliane Bettencourt," said public prosecutor after a review process.

Bettencourt, who is 90 years old, was the richest woman in France.

Sarkozy, who was defeated in the general election last year from Francois Hollande, the find annggota in the process of examination of Bettencourt's staff on Thursday morning, Reuters said.

He was questioned by the judges in November, but they chose not to open the big checks against Sarkozy, who lost in the world of politics but still be a candidate that might appear from the conservative strongholds in the coming presidential election in 2017.

Early suspicions about funds stuck out three years ago, when a woman who works as an accountant for Bettencourt, who is mentally fragile, suspect a lot of money taken for Sarkozy's presidential election campaign.

Bettencourt is revealed to be the condition dementia in 2006 and placed under the supervision of his family in 2011.

The TV station France, BFM, citing lawyer Sarkozy, reported the decision was "chaotic and unfair" and he will appeal, according to Reuters.


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Palestinians who are on a hunger strike were expelled to the Gaza Strip

Gaza City (AFP)-A Palestinian prisoners ' hunger strike in which Israel had expelled to the Gaza Strip.

Ayman Sharawneh (37), who was arrested for firing up Palestinian protest, has signed a deal to stay in Gaza for 10 years, said Qadura Fares, a leader of the Palestinian resistance groups.

As reported in Reuters, Sharawneh is a citizen of Al-Khalil (Hebron) in the occupied territories of the West Bank of Jordan River.

Sharawneh was released from jail Israel as part of Israel's exchange of a soldier detained for more than five years in the Gaza Strip in 2011.

Sharawneh, who was hospitalized during the hunger strike, Israel was taken by using an ambulance to the Gaza Strip through The Erez Crossing.

He was taken to the main hospital in Gaza City, where he received a warm welcome as a hero. Dozens of supporters greeted him with a HAMAS flag.

Association of pro-HAMAS detainee stated Sharawneh treated in the intensive care room.

Ismail Haneyah, Prime Minister of the HAMAS Government, praised Sharawneh as a "hero of the resistance".

He has been imprisoned in 2002, during the intifada (armed resistance) Palestinians in 2002. After being arrested, he was among four prisoners on a hunger strike as Israel does not pull out in protest. comment on the expulsion.

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Clash occurred outside the headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt

Cairo (Reuters)-Clashes occur between demonstrasn and the security forces outside the headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood in Mouqatam, around the central part of the capital city of Egypt, Cairo, according to the official daily reports Al-Ahram in an online edition.

Dozens of protesters threw stones toward the security forces guarding the headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood. Apparatus countered with tear gas

The report, as quoted Xinhua News Agency, also called the security forces have extended their personnel in that area in order to prevent the protesters barged into the building.

On Saturday, the TV footage showed a blood-soaked opposition activists and several journalists and cameramen were attacked. The Act was allegedly carried out by members of the Muslim Brotherhood, the stronghold of Egypt Mohammed Moursi's new President.

Egypt on Sunday Journalist Association organized a sit-in in protest and submitted a report to the State Attorney's Office.

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Hostage Drama ends without Greece prison victim

Athens (Reuters)-the Drama standoff which erupted on Saturday night in a prison complex in Central Greece, ended on Sunday night with no casualties, the police said Greece.

A prisoner who has a reputation of Albania Alket Rizaj negative and two friends fled after holding five people, including guards and other prisoners, for almost 24 hours.

They began the standoff drama after failing in an attempt to escape from the prison of Malandrino.

The prisoners demanded the car and extra cash to escape, as well as threatened to use explosives assembled, Xinhua reports.

Rizaj was serving a life sentence for murder since 2003 and twice escaped from jail has maximum safeguards and other with the use of helicopters in 2006 and 2009.

Other prisoners have a bad reputation trying to escape from the prison complex in southern Greece by helicopter in February this year.

But he was stopped by guards who opened fire and injured him and some friends.

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Saturday, March 23, 2013

Slide the United Kingdom, the largest weapons exporters in China

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Beijing (Reuters)-China has become the fifth largest weapons exporters in the world, according to a leading think tank the Institute of Sweden, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), as quoted in Reuters. This Ranking is the highest since the cold war, while Pakistan became the largest recipient of weapons supply to China.The export Volume of China's weapon on the 2008-2012 period increased by 162 percent compared to five years earlier, and this also contributed to the rise in sales volumes of weapons from world 2 percent to 5 percent.China shifts on five of the largest United Kingdom ekportir weapons between 2008 and 2012, while the United States and Russia dominate with their respective 30 percent and 26 percent, according to SIPRI.China has turned out to be a great arms supplier to a number of recipient countries (weapons) is important, "said Paul Holtom, Director of SIPRI Arms Transfers Program as reported Reuters. SIPRI tracks the circulation of weapons the world already since the 1950s and compiling data in the five yearly base."Pakistan receives 55 percent of China's arms exports seem to be the biggest recipient of weapons remain to be China in the coming years, "said SIPRI.Myanmar received 8 percent of China's arms exports, Bangladesh 7 percent, while Algeria, Venezuela and Morocco had purchased a number of frigates, aircraft and other vehicles of war from China in recent years.Germany and France are in order in the third and fourth weapons exporters.  Editor: Jafar M Prints

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Six rapists Switzerland Tourist Police diringkus India

Bhopal (Reuters)-India's police arrested six men accused of raping a tourist Switzerland who camped with her husband in a forest in the State of Madhya Pradesh, central India.

All the suspects will be exposed to the judge on Monday, said Dilip Arya, Deputy Inspector General of police, told Reuters. Police also found the valuables belonging to Switzerland's partner.

Rape on Friday night against Switzerland women aged 39 years it took place three months after a medical student was raped and beaten at a rollicking bus that runs and thrown the victim died after being hospitalized in Singapore.

One woman is raped every 20 minutes in India, according to the national crime Records Bureau. However, police estimate, only four out of 10 rapes are reported.

Switzerland woman and her husband were visiting in the State with a bike ride and stay in tents in the forest.

Arya told Reuters, Wednesday, seven men attacked the couple and four of them raped the woman.

However, the police investigation found then that only six people involved in the crime, he said.

Those arrested are aged between 20 and 25 years of age and members of the local tribe known as Kanjar, Arya said. They also carry firearms.

Switzerland's woman and her husband had left the State and is now in the Embassy of Switzerland in New Delhi.

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Nigeria has declared eight foreign hostages attempted to save

Abuja (Reuters)-the federal Government of Nigeria has declared he was doing whatever he could to ensure the eight foreigners taken hostage by guerrilla groups in the northern part of the country was freed without injury.

Minister of Foreign Affairs reveals that on Olugbenga Ashiru Saturday (4/3), when he met with the Abkhaz from France Laurent Fabius at the Nnamdi Azikiwe international airport, Abuja.

The Nigerian Minister said that effort will include the payment of a ransom because that is left-back with government policy.

Ashiru told his guest of Nigeria will be the main target of regional terror suspects if there is no intervention of France and ECOWAS troops in crisis in Mali, according to the Xinhua report--monitored Between in Jakarta, on Sunday night.

"We will do whatever possible to ensure we are able to liberate the hostages as part of our own policy, we will not pay ransom to the perpetrators of terror but we will do whatever possible to ensure that terror suspects freed their hostages without doing actions that harm them," she added.

Ashiru told reporters his meeting with Minister of France who was visiting that aims to examine the relationship between them.

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Women leaders of HAMAS died of his illness in the Gaza Strip

Gaza City (AFP)-a woman lawmaker from the Islamic resistance movement (HAMAS), known as the "mother of battles", died of illness in the Gaza Strip, Sunday morning, said the HAMAS bloc in Parliament.

Mariam Farhat (64) died 24 hours after he returned from Egypt, where he has been undergoing treatment due to hepatitis.

Mariam became a star in the Gaza Strip with the nickname "mother of struggle" or "mother of martyrs", after three of her son--all of them HAMAS militants--were killed by Israel gunfire in separate incidents, said Xinhua--which monitored Between in Jakarta, on Sunday night.

In 2002, he appeared in one video amateur to say goodbye to his son (17) which will be launched an attack against Israel targets.

Her son managed to infiltrate into Israel settlements in the southern Gaza Strip and killed five students before he was shot dead.
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Activists of the United Kingdom's nuclear program said Israel continues to pledge

Activists of the United Kingdom denounced the Zionist regime because it is operating outside the framework of the IAEA or NPT. (www.npsglobal.org)

Berlin (Reuters)-the peace movement will increase the United Kingdom attempts to uncover the truth about Israel's secret nuclear program, said the activists of the United Kingdom's leading news agency IRNA was quoted as saying.

Kate Hudson of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) continues to pledge labour "with very strong to dismantle the secret surrounding the nuclear program Israel" when speaking in the discussion in Berlin on the anniversary of the outbreak of war in 10 Iraq.

He condemned the Zionist regime because it operates "entirely outside the framework of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)" and refused to permit the inspection or surveillance internationally.

Hudson convey anger over the fact that Israel cannot even agree to enter the process of dialogue on its nuclear program.

The Zionist regime is reported to have been turned into a giant nuclear.

Israel is thought to have hundreds of nuclear weapons, the deposits put it in fifth position among the countries that have nuclear power as well as downgrades India program, Pakistan and North Korea.

Countries of the Non-Aligned and Moslem have repeatedly denounced the West with hypocrisy tolerate Israel's Atomic production and at the same time condemning Iran's nuclear activities because of legitimate civilian purposes as well as fully under control of the UN's nuclear watchdog.

Meanwhile, peace activists denounced the u.s. and United Kingdom United Kingdom for not pressuring the Jewish State to open its illegal nuclear program.

Hudson highlighted the fact that the West impose "absolute double standard when dealing with Iran's nuclear program.

"The group we strive to end the double standard when it comes to how our Government deals with Iran," said women's activist.


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Lebanon asked for help to handle refugees Syria

Illustration. Syria refugees waiting to register their names at the refugee camp of Al Zaatri in Mafraq, Jordan, one of the towns in bordering Syria. (REUTERS/Mohammed Hamed)

Beirut (Reuters)-Lebanese Social Affairs Minister Wael Abou Faour issued an appeal to the UN Security Council and Arab countries to provide assistance for refugees in Lebanon, Syria.

In an interview with Voice of Lebanon radio, Abou Faour, Sunday delivered a deep concern about the prospects of Syria refugees whose number has reached the figure of half a million.

However Faour firmly said that the Lebanese Government's ability to act has gone beyond limits, Xinhua said.

Currently, more than 357.000 refugees reside in Lebanon, Syria, and most recently UNITED NATIONS statistical data.

In December 2012, Lebanon has asked donor countries to provide international financial package amounting to 370 million u.s. dollars in order to help him to give assistance to refugees that Syria ditampungnya.

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Friday, March 22, 2013

Ash-Shabaab guerrillas but by cities in southern Somalia

The Somali resistance groups, Al-Shabaab while doing exercises. (REUTERS)

Mogadishu (Reuters)-Somalia's militant Group, Al-Shabaab seizes Hudur, a small town in southern Somalia, following the withdrawal of Ethiopian forces and Somalia stationed in the area, said local residents.

Some reports from the area indicate petempur Ash-Shabaab arrived at Hundur just hours after Somali Government and Ethiopian troops leave and there was no fighting in the capture of important small town.

Hudur, the provincial capital of Bakool Region, has been under the control of Somali and Ethiopian Government troops over the past two years later, after Ethiopian troops crossed the Somali border to hunt down guerrillas in the town of petempur.

"Petempur Hudur in the hands of Al-Shabaab. Government and Ethiopian troops went last night (Saturday) and Ash-Shabaab came early in the morning, "said a resident of Hudur, which nobody wants to mention illegally, to Xinhua.

According to reports from Somalia's Bakool, and Ethiopian Government troops regrouped on the outskirts of the small town of Hudur and it remains calm despite the tense atmosphere. Residents have begun to flee their homes fearing fighting will take place between the parties.

It was the first important little town which is controlled by Al-Shabaab since they terdepak of most cities and towns in Central and southern Somalia, including the country's capital, Mogadishu, and the strategic port town Kismayo.

Ethiopian troops crossed the border and entered Somalia in 2011 to give support to the Somali Government forces and African Union peacekeeping in the country of the Horn of Africa.

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Russia put a permanent naval forces in the Mediterranean Sea

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As many as five or six warships in the Mediterranean Sea should be on the basis of permanent, "
Moscow (Reuters)-Russia Navy will put a permanent task force in the Mediterranean Sea, said Admiral Viktor Chirkov in Moscow, Sunday.

"As much as five or six warships in the Mediterranean Sea should be on the basis of permanent," said Chirkov in one interview with the TV station which is operated by the Ministry of Defense.

Additionaly, it will consist of skadron aboard the frigate, Cruiser and supporters.

The task force will be under the command of the Black Sea Fleet Russia, Chirkov said as quoted by Xinhua--which monitored Between in Jakarta, on Sunday night.

Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has said the Navy has the ability to shape the skadron can operate in the region.

However, he could not give a timetable for the deployment, which will need to secure logistics and maintenance of warships in the Mediterranean Sea.

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China's commitment to tackle pollution and food safety

China's Prime Minister Li Keqiang (REUTERS/Jason Lee)

We will enhance the economic development and also creates a clean air quality, drinking water and food are safe, "
Beijing (Reuters)-China's Prime Minister Li Keqiang said China's commitment to tackling the problems of pollution and food safety firmly.

"We will boost economic development by also creating a clean air quality, drinking water and food are safe," he said, when reporters in Beijing, the inventiveness of the week.

Speaking after the close of the 12th Congress of the people of China Li Keqiang National pleads with pollution haze was very indignant that blanketed Beijing and Eastern China.

He stressed, "to solve the problem required firmness, resolution proper, clear and measurable. We will set the deadline, ".

A similar case also will be made to deal with the pollution of water and soil, which have also been contaminated industrial waste, he said, Li added.

Food security-related, Prime Minister Li said it has also become a major concern due to the Governments concerned the health and quality of life of the community.

He said the Government will firmly crack down on food safety offenders and would have to pay dearly for it.

Li Keqiang said the Government will encourage the development of science, food safety and environmentally related in a way that is more transparent.

Food security conditions in some parts of China are of concern. Some reported security breaches.

Like cooking oil recycled from the sewer, carcinogens found in milk and eggs.

In 2008, melamine-contaminated milk killed six children and making 300 thousand others sick.

Not only that some time ago, Shanghai food safety authorities found levels of antiobiotik and steroids that exceeds the standard, in fried chicken Yum Brands Inc.--sort of like KFC--.

Authorities also found the level of antiviral drugs that are suspicious at any one of the eight samples tested.
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Three women were killed in a fire in Russia

Moscow (Reuters)-Three women were killed and a boy was a child injured in a fire that occurred in a house in the village of Bykov Otrog, Balakovo, Saratov region, southern Russia, Sunday.

"As a result of smoke inhalation concentrations, three girls Filipina born in 2003, 2009 and 2012 were killed. Boy male births in 2000 was taken to hospital, "said the city's Emergencies Center, without giving any information about the parents of the poor children.

Neglect, smoked with sloppy and reluctance to comply with fire safety regulations has become the most frequent cause of residential building fires across Russia.

The number of home fires has increased dramatically in the country following the collapse of the Soviet Union, such as reported to RIA Novosti.

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Bombs assembled lukai Asians in Bahrain

Manama (Reuters)-A bomb exploded on Sunday morning Assembly in the village of Diar, which churns in Bahrain, and injured one person in Asia, said officials at the Ministry of the Interior.

The bomb exploded near a primary school Son Ad-From near bike workshop, an hour before the pupils come to the school, said Director General of police Gubernuran Muharraq in the Interior Ministry in a statement.

He added that Asians suffered cuts on his hands, reports Xinhua--which monitored Between in Jakarta, on Sunday night.

A bomb disposal unit and the examiner team immediately deployed to a location thing.

On 5 November last year, two Asians were killed and another five injured in a blast aimed to Bahrain's capital, Manama.
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India muluskan BILL perberat penalty for rapist

PRIME MINISTER Of India Manmohan Singh (Between/REUTERS)

Bill antiperkosaan has been approved and the rest of the recommendations of the Ministerial Group has been accepted. "
New Delhi (Reuters)-India's Cabinet on Thursday gave the green light to a Bill which amplifies the punishment of the rapists, according to the report, following the occurrence of rape in a group in New Delhi that it would spark anger and demands for punishment of the rapists diperberat.

The cabinet led by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to smooth the Bill Crimes (Amendment) one day after a group of Cabinet Ministers gave their consent to the Bill proposal, the AFP report.

The BILL will be discussed by political groups on Monday, said the upcoming report of the NDTV television station.

"The Bill has been approved and the entire antiperkosaan the recommendations of the Ministerial Group has been accepted," said the TV station quoted the Minister of Justice IBNLive Ashwini Kumar.

The Bill gives the minimum 20-year prison sentence for rapists.

Penalties could be diperberat a lifetime prison sentence, Press Trust of India report.

The Press Trust of India also reported that the BILL would also allow the rapists are executed if rape victims died or lost consciousness permanently.

Under the legislation in force at the moment, rapists face the threat of imprisonment for seven to 10 years.

The Bill also proposed lowering the age limit for the perpetrators of rape to be charged, i.e. from 18 years to 16 years.

According to NDTV reports, the Bill recommends the granting of uga heavy penalties against those who are stalking and spying.

The BILL will become law if approved at the level of Parliament.

Last month, President Pranab Mukherjee agreed to a number of temporary measures in carrying out the Government's pledge to improve security for women in India.

A panel formed by the Government in January and then recommend legislation that firmer after a 23-year-old Sorority savagely raped by six men who were drunk on a bus on 16 December.

The Sorority was killed almost two weeks later after suffering injuries in a very awful.

Five of the six suspects have been dragged into court of rape on charges of kidnapping, rape and murder in a group.

The suspect key principals, Ram Singh, was found dead in a prison cell on March 11, occupied room recently. Police estimate that Singh was killed due to hung herself.

The sixth indicted suspect light and undergo a trial in court.  (T008/M014)



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Thursday, March 21, 2013

Coordinated explosions kills 25 people in Baghdad

We heard shooting and a few minutes later, three attackers wearing military uniforms came to the second floor and started to shoot blindly. "
Baghdad (Reuters)-coordinated blasts killed at least 25 people in central Baghdad, Wednesday, near the green zone with rigorous care which is the location of a number of Western embassies, said police and medical officials.

Yet there are those who claim responsibility for the bombing, but the Sunni guerrillas redouble their effort to undermine Iraq's Shiite government and enlarge the conflict between communities this year, Reuters reports.

Police said two car bombs exploded in the District of Alawi, one of them near the building of the Ministry of Justice, before the suicide attacker detonated his car bomb near the offices of the Interior Ministry.

A suicide attacker entered the offices of the Ministry of Justice, then a number of militants attacked the building and clashed with security forces who later managed to overwhelm Iraq again situation.

"I went to the second floor to do something when I heard the explosion, then an explosion," said Ammar Ghanim, a policeman who was in the building of the Ministry of it at the moment.

"We heard shooting and a few minutes later, three attackers wearing military uniforms came to the second floor and started to shoot blindly," police said. "I hit a shot in the foot and I am proud to kill one of them (attackers)."

Among those killed were at least seven police officers and 15 civilians, police and medical officials said. Three militants also were killed. At least 50 people injured.

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.

Throughout February, 220 people were killed in violence in Iraq, according to the data, based on AFP 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 December 2011 sought 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 connect him with terrorist activity.

Dozens of guards of Hashemi, a Sunni Arab leader, was arrested in a few weeks after the announcement, but it is 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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Minister of Foreign Affairs visited the U.S. to Asia in April

U.S. Secretary Of State John Kerry (REUTERS/Jacquelyn Martin/Pool)

... confirms the Government's commitment to continue to expand and improve the economy, security and u.s. strategic interests in the Asia-Pasirik. "
Washington (Reuters)-United States Secretary of State John Kerry will do in his first visit to Asia in mid-April, an official announced Thursday.

North Korea is expected to be the main agenda during the visit.

Kerry will visit South Korea, Japan and China after attending the ministerial meeting of the G8 Foreign Ministers in London on 10 and 11 April, said a spokesman for the U.s. State Department, Victoria Nuland, the AFP report.

Minister of Foreign Affairs AS it will "discuss in full the issues of bilateral, multilateral and regional economic cooperation as well as the environment," said Nuland.

North Korea nuclear test last month that increases tension on the Korea Peninsula is expected to dominate the agenda of the talks, as well as the issue concerns a matter of hacking the Internet originating from China.

Climate change, with China as one of the biggest greenhouse gas emitters in the world, will also be discussed in the meetings.

"The Foreign Minister will continue to assert the Government's commitment to continue to expand and improve the economy, security and u.s. strategic interests in the Asia-Pasirik," said Nuland.

Kerry "can't wait for a return visit to Asia," he added.

John Kerry, the former US senator who took over the post of Foreign Minister from Hillary Clinton on Feb. 1, has done his first foreign visit to U.S. ally countries in Europe and the Gulf.

Nuland also announced that Kerry will take part in a meeting of ASEAN Foreign Ministers in Brunei in June and at the same time will make a visit to the Southeast Asian countries. (T008/M014)



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