Tuesday, April 5, 2011

YEMEN - The military account for the revolution

I want to talk about these kids that everyone already seems to have forgotten when they are the ones who risked everything to start the protest movement in Yemen two months ago. It was they who were the first, called the fall of the regime. They chanted "Ali Saleh, go away!", "No to the partisan, non-parties!", "For a modern state, not to the tribes, not the military!", Besides "The people want the fall of diet! " [Chanting the slogan in all Arab revolt].

Libyan rebels made their first shipments of oil this week

LONDON (Reuters) .- The Libyan rebels on board this week its first shipment of crude oil from a ship that started the revolt against the regime of Muammar Qaddafi, which have caused a complete suspension of the country's oil exports, according to Monday news agency Platts. The oil tanker 'Equator', Liberian flag, docked on Monday in the port of Tobruk, a city east of the country in rebel hands, to ship a cargo of oil from the mixture Serir / Meslan, said Wahid Bougaighis, president of the newly created oil company.

Two sons of Qaddafi proposed a democratic transition without a father

At least two sons of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi proposed a period of transition to a constitutional democracy that provides for the withdrawal of power from his father, according to The New York Times. Citing a diplomat and a Libyan official, whose name has not been provided, the American Journal indicates that the transition would be controlled by one of the sons of Colonel Qaddafi Saif al Islam.

ECONOMY - For a Vibrant Africa

While the countries of North'Afrique are prey to the convulsions of the rebellion, repression and war, the time seems ripe to question the future of the continent. It is precisely the objective of the first CEO Summit organized by the African Times, held on 22 March and London in which occur between the other president of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, President of Gabon, Ali Bongo and British Foreign Minister, William Hague.

58% of Americans believe that their nuclear plants are safe

New York .- The 58% of Americans believe that nuclear plants are safe in their territory, against 36% who do not believe, according to a Gallup poll published Monday. This support has increased over 2009 figures, which indicated that 56% felt safe plants. However, the survey reflects that, before the nuclear crisis erupted in the central damaged Fukushima-1 by the earthquake and tsunamidel past day 11, seven out of ten Americans are more concerned about a possible nuclear disaster in their country.

Kazakh elections did not meet democratic standards

The mission of observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) said Monday that the presidential elections in Kazakhstan on Sunday did not correspond to democratic standards. "These elections show that, unfortunately, democratic institutions in Kazakhstan are not developed to the same extent that economic," said the head of the OSCE mission, Holland's Daan Everts, in a press conference in Astana, according to said the Kazakh capital from the Russian agency Interfax.

Monday, April 4, 2011

FRANCE - Paris accused of wanting to carve Libya

Dissonant voices that are heard emphatically in the coalition led military strikes on Libya, demanding that the formal command of the operations is entrusted to NATO, when the Americans who assume since the start of those will decide to hand. These dissonances are indicative of the hostility that marked the European members of the coalition to the French claim to lead the operations.

Hostility is not warranted by the only argument the better coordination that NATO could print their direction. In fact, these states do not want a French leadership, as it claims to Nicolas Sarkozy in the principle that his country is the one who initiated the most important contribution to military operations by the coalition.