The House of Commons yesterday supported by a large majority (524 votes in favor and 43 against) the air British intervention in Iraq. The six hours of debate that preceded the vote were presided over by the ghost of the invasion of Iraq in 2003, which broke the British public and the political class. “We’re […]
Sep 29 2014 | Posted in
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Political prisoners in Uzbekistan suffer ” torture ” and living in ” appalling ” conditions, according to a report by Human Rights Watch (HRW). Reported abuses are simulations of suffocation with plastic bags and gas masks; sexual assault and use of electroshock. The NGO requires the Government “the immediate and unconditional release” of prisoners. The […]
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At least 74 protesters were arrested today in Hong Kong, after the conclusion of this morning one week student strike to demand more democracy in the coming local elections that caused clashes between police and youths occupied the square in front of the headquarters of Local Government. Joshua Wong, 17 and one of the strike […]
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The Palestinian Fatah and Hamas factions, which respectively control the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, agreed Thursday that the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) rule in Gaza ” immediately”. As stated at various agencies negotiators of both groups in Cairo, the Islamist Hamas support the PA President and Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas, which aims to […]
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India has successfully placed Wednesday the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), known as Mangalyaan in Mars orbit, as reported by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). India thus became the first Asian nation to get successfully to the red planet failed -Japan in 1998 and China in 2011 and the fourth space power to do so, […]
Life imprisonment and confiscation of all his property. This is the statement that a Chinese court has imposed for “encouraging separatism ” Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti, 44 years and a very moderate line defender of the rights of their ethnicity. With this conviction, harder than in years China has imposed an activist against the central […]
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United States and several allies have launched the first air strikes against Syrian positions on jihadist group Islamic State, specifically on Raqa province, a stronghold of the jihadists facto, on the border with Iraq, the Pentagon has confirmed. ” Forces of the United States and allied nations have begun attacks on EI in Syria using […]
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Prime Minister of UK, David Cameron, Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg and Labour leader Ed Miliband, have pledged to devolve powers to Scotland, if finally imposed the ‘no’ in the referendum on the independence of this territory to be held next Thursday. The leaders of the different parties have put aside their differences to promise […]
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One day before they have completed 13 years since Al Qaeda attacked Twin towers, Barack Obama will address the nation to unveil what his plans to combat the renowned Islamic state in the Middle East. On Wednesday, the president of the United States after a summer of criticism for his supposed paralysis -motivadas partly hers […]
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Ten workers have died in the construction of a skyscraper in Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey, after the elevator which would fall into the void from the 32nd floor of the building. It is a block of luxury apartments of 42 floors in the district of Sisli, on the European side of Istanbul, where […]
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Six months after the disappearance of flight MH370 Malaysia Airlines, search is still continuing. The plane departed from Kuala Lumpur early on March 8 with 239 people on board and was scheduled to arrive in Beijing six hours later. Just 40 minutes after takeoff, however, ceased to show signs of his career and, despite more […]
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The British government on Sunday gave more powers to Scotland if not triumphs in the independence referendum. The offer was raised although, significantly, generically, without any detail- by the Minister of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, hours after a poll rocked Westminster to put the lead for the first time (51% […]