Archive for October, 2009

In Brussels, EU summit opens

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in Brussels on Thursday, October 29, opened a two-day summit of the European Union. On the agenda – the fight against climate change and the fate of the Lisbon Treaty on reform of the European Union, transmits radio Freedom .

Fredrik Reinfeldt, Prime Minister of Sweden – the current chairman of the European Union, said that the EU could provide developing countries to 15 billion euros to the fight against climate change.

EU leaders will also discuss the possibility of ratifying the Lisbon Treaty Czech Republic. read more »

In Brussels, called disastrous EU summit

Posted in Main News on October 30th, 2009 by admin – Be the first to comment

Meeting of Heads of 27 States had become a historic – it was planned to sign the instruments of acceptance of the Lisbon Treaty. However, the Czech Republic demarche would not do.

How Ekho Moskvy , the summit has failed – before it started. No documents will be signed, and the summit participants will not be able to elect the leaders of the EU – the President and Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Everyone was waiting, that the Czech leader Vaclav Klaus come to its senses, and finally sign the contract. The adoption of the document lacked only one signature. But Klaus said that he would do it only after the decision of the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic. read more »

Ban Ki-moon condemned the attack on UN staff in Kabul

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Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) Ban Ki-moon deeply shocked and outraged by attack on a hotel in the center of Kabul, which killed five members of the United Nations. Many of the UN by injuries.

As the UN News Center, in a statement, Ban Ki-moon, in particular, notes: I strongly condemn this cowardly and brutal murder, for which assumed the Taliban, trying to avoid a second round of presidential elections .

In that UN Secretary-General expressed his condolences to the families and friends of the victims. According to him, the UN will continue its activities in Afghanistan, aimed at ensuring a better future for the people of this country. read more »

In Moscow, an outbreak of SARS and influenza

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During the period from 19 to 25 October 2009 in Moscow, SARS and flu are ill 105 665 people, 68 550 of them children. Compared with the previous week, the incidence increased by 40,7%. 2 216 people hospitalized, including 1 514 children. Proportion of influenza on clinical diagnosis, was 1,1%.

According to the Moscow Administration Rospotrebnadzor, the incidence of Moscow residents above the current epidemic levels of 21%. Among children in the age groups 3-6 and 7-14 years registered exceeded the threshold incidence of 28,1% and 2,5 times, respectively.

In other age groups registered lower incidence epidemic thresholds, namely: children under 2 years – on 13,8% of the adult population – by 0,3% from laboratory studies the incidence of currently circulating influenza viruses is determined by the A (H1N1), 2009, Parainfluenza 1 and 3 type rinosintitsialnoy and adenoviral infections. read more »

Former French minister to prison for trafficking arms to Angola

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The trial of 42 defendants began in late October, after seven years of research at international level in a case sensitive and powerful Frenchman who was called in the Angolagate. The were tougher sentences for two men accused of being the masterminds of the trafficking of Soviet-made weapons to Angola during the civil war of the 1990s: Israeli billionaire Arkady Gaydamak and French magnate Pierre Falcone, who were sentenced to six years imprisonment. Falcone was arrested immediately after the Paris court hand over their cell phones to your lawyer. Gaydamak is a fugitive. It was a blow to Pasqua in particular, his influence in conservative French circles for years and it has been a mentor to senior politicians.

Pasqua was sentenced to three years imprisonment, of which two were suspended. read more »

MTV complain against abuse of residents by Fortuno

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The complaint, submitted by the president of Youth Statesman, Felix Plaud, indicates that Resident RenePerez whose real name is, used as host of an indecent language against Fortuno. Singer explained that his words defensade used in the more than 17,000 government officials from Puerto Rico that Hansen fired to cut the deficit in the Caribbean country. In the same way, blatantly insulted her Lamadrid same time to this and equally mujereslatinoamericanas indirectly to all the world, the complaint said. The protest also indicates that the words of Resident sonconsideradas contrary to law and public order and that lasmismas try to focus or manage a large amount deodio extreme to the figure of the leader and start a fight against illegal oaccion. (The words ) were expressed with malice decrease to treat a hostile environment of insecurity and politicapublica ridicule the government of Puerto Rico, the text laquerella. Plaud demanded that the FCC penalize extraordinarily fine and everyone else involved, including producers, concualquier other remedy at law, including the station detelevision California and start allowing the transmission of losMTV Latinos. read more »

Successful impact of a projectile from NASA in a crater on the Moon

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NASA-TV image showed no bright flash caused by the impact of the projectile Centaur 2.3 tons at 11H31 GMT. Four minutes after the Centaur, the LCROSS spacecraft ( Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite), a mass of 890 kilos, crashed down into the crater Cabeus, NASA also confirmed. But before their instruments were able to determine the composition the projected area of the impacting Centaur looking especially traces of water. In principle, the LCROSS probe also had time to transmit to Earth all collected data. The LCROSS Science Team is conducting its preliminary assessment of the approximately four minutes of data collected by the LCROSS spacecraft, the website of the mission after the impact. We do not anticipate anything about the presence or absence of water immediately. It will take some time, said Anthony Colaprete, chief scientist of the mission, explaining that it will take several days evaluating data to several weeks to determine if they met compounds with hydrogen. NASA chief, Charles Bolden, congratulated the team in charge of the mission. I am particularly grateful to the team NASA led by Daniel Andrew did a fantastic job with an inexpensive spacecraft that carried a remarkable job, he said. read more »

Venezuela and South Africa energy deal sealed in ASA Summit

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We announced an agreement between PDVSA (Petroleos de Venezuela SA) and PetroSA (South Africa Corporation Oil and Gas) deexploracion oil and development in the hydrocarbon sector, Chavez said in one of his speeches at the Summit ASA queconcluyo this afternoon on the Venezuelan island of Margarita. This is a working arrangement rather broad in materiapetrolera, as quoted by the Venezuelan president, who along with his colegasudafricano, Jacob Zuma, and 26 other leaders regionesparticiparon both at the summit meeting. revealed that the Venezuelan leader also signed acuerdosenergeticos with Niger, Mauritania and Sudan, without giving masespecificaciones.

Chavez expressed his hope that these new acuerdosenergeticos be the first step toward the formation of unapetrolera encompassing the nations of both regions, whose name forward, could be Petrosur. read more »

Non-Roman domain names must appear from the middle of 2010

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The American organization Icann, regulating the system of naming sites, say that from mid-2010 the owners of Internet resources may be able to write web addresses not only in Latin.

As the BBC BBC , originally plans to assign addresses from websites using the letters of other languages, not only from the Latin alphabet, was approved in 2008. The final decision can be made on October 30, in which case the receipt of applications will begin on November 16,.

Representatives Icann believe that the introduction of a new system of Internet addresses will be the most significant change in the global network since its inception.

Since 2008 was setting up a system of recognition site names and their identification with the corresponding IP-address of the Internet resource. Before the developers had a task to teach the system to recognize letters of the alphabets of other languages. The head of the board of directors Icann Peter Dengeyta-Trashi, this work is successfully completed. read more »

In Kyrgyzstan, the changing structure of government

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In Kyrgyzstan, a number of agencies abolished, while others converted to the new government bodies. Also established the institution of the President of the country. A decree signed by the President Kurmanbek Bakiyev .

As transmits radio Freedom , recently Kyrgyz leader told about a radical reorganization of state power of the country. In particular, transformed prezidentstkaya administration, state which reduced by half. Changed the structure of government.

also identified officials, members of the Institute of the President – is a state adviser on defense, security and order, as well as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs. read more »