THAILAND: Two Iranians convicted of explosions in Bangkok in February 2012
The case heightened diplomatic tensions between Iran and Israel. Two Iranians suspected of being linked to a plot against Israeli diplomats, discovered the Last year in Bangkok during accidental explosions in February 2012, were sentenced Thursday, August 22 to life in prison for one and 15 years of de attention to the other. Saeid … Continue reading
German athletes also doped in the West and the East in the 70s
The extensive program of doping athletes in East Germany has been known since the fall of the Berlin Wall and the opening of the archives of the GDR. Today is the turn of West Germany to be in the crosshairs of researchers. Confidential academic report, dated 2012, but whose conclusions were made public Saturday, August … Continue reading
UNITED STATES: Missing Cleveland Castro accepts years in prison in 1000 to escape the death penalty
He did not join the death row. Ariel Castro, accused of having kidnapped and raped for a decade or three young women at his home in Cleveland, Ohio, in the northern United States, agreed to plead guilty after an agreement with the prosecution imposing a sentence of life imprisonment without possibility of early release … Continue reading
RAILWAY DISASTER: Crash Brétigny: "This is not a human problem"
An Intercity train to Limoges (Haute-Vienne) with 370 people on board derailed Friday, July 12 to 17 hours in Brétigny-sur-Orge in Essonne, killing six people and many wounded. To honor the victims, a minute of silence will be observed, Saturday, July 13 at noon at all stations and all trains France . According to … Continue reading
FRANCE: Ulcerated, Mélenchon, the FN and the Greens demand political asylum for Snowden
After recent revelations of the "Spiegel" and "Guardian" on the electronics of the European Union spying by the National Security Agency U.S. (NSA), calls to grant political asylum to Edward Snowden in France are increasing among French politicians of all stripes. Mélenchon and Le Pen on the same front It is co-chairman of the … Continue reading
Lebanon: Protests against the postponement of the parliamentary
A hundred people gathered, Thursday, June 20, in downtown Beirut to protest the postponement of legislative, decided amid tension in the country because of the war in neighboring Syria, found an AFP photographer. The four-year term ended on Thursday but Parliament decided on May 31 to extend the laws, scheduled for the spring, due … Continue reading
IRAQ: After fighting, armed men take a city north of Baghdad
After several days of violence in the country where nearly 125 people were killed between Tuesday and Wednesday, gunmen took control Wednesday night of Suleiman Bek, a town 160 km north of Baghdad. After bloody fighting, security forces have withdrawn completely from the area, now under the control of fighters, told AFP Shalal Abdul … Continue reading
TENNIS: Tournament Monte-Carlo: Nadal Djokovic outclasses
Serbian Novak Djokovic won his first title Sunday in Monte Carlo ending the incredible unbeaten Rafael Nadal, winner of the last eight editions of the Rock, with a 6-2 victory 7-6 (7/1) in the final. One of the greatest series in the history of sport, and ends with the victory of World No.1 who … Continue reading
Tunisia: Tunis gets $ 28 million diverted by the Ben Ali clan
Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki was awarded Thursday a check for 28.818 million dollars (22 million euros) of assets diverted to Lebanon by the family of the head of state de chu Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, ousted in January 2011 by the first of the Arab revolutions. These funds were provided by the Attorney … Continue reading
The trial of "skinning of Montreal" opens in Canada
The Luka Rocco Magnotta trial of a former porn actor accused of killing last May's Chinese boyfriend and cut his body into pieces while filming the scene opens Monday Montreal, with its certainties but also several shadows. During the preliminary hearing, Judge Lori-Renee Weitzman must evaluate the evidence to decide whether to continue. Certainly, … Continue reading
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