RECIPE # 3 - you eliminate pollution

In the coming decades, advances in pollution control does not suffice perhaps to offset the air pollution and water related to the explosion of population and energy consumption. Pollution is particularly problematic in developing countries like China, which according to the World Bank, already has 20 of the 30 most polluted cities in the world.

For example, groundwater is already contaminated a third of Chinese cities. The buildings also contribute to the problem. According to the nonprofit organization Architecture 2030, the residential building sector is responsible for about one fifth of global greenhouse gas emissions. Also, the giant Dutch electronics company Philips has created the Sustainable Habitat 2020, a residential complex designed to maintain a healthy lifestyle, even in the most polluted urban environments.

Obama and Cameron put the focus on Afghanistan and Libya

London .- The conflicts in Afghanistan and Libya and tensions in the Middle East and North Africa will figure prominently in the talks held in London on Wednesday U.S. President, Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron. On the second day of his state visit to the United Kingdom, Obama also made a foreign policy speech before members of both Houses of Parliament in Westminster Hall call, an honor usually reserved for British monarchs.

Strauss-Kahn, the waitress: Do not you know who I am?

More and more details emerge about what happened in the hotel suite where he stayed Dominique Strauss-Kahn in New York. According to the statement by the waitress who accused him of sexual assault and attempted rape, attempted to dissuade him telling him to be fired. "Baby, do not worry. Do not you know who I am?".

According to what was known so far, the woman came to clean the room thinking it was empty when the politician emerged from the bathroom stark naked. According to FoxNews. com, the woman who is deeply religious, told investigators he immediately covered his eyes from seeing the host in the buff.

CONSTRUCTION - The best architects? Termites

At the heart of the African savannah stands a city that is a model of sustainable development. Its towers are built entirely from natural biodegradable materials. Its inhabitants live and work in air-conditioned spaces and moistened, without consuming a single watt of electricity. The water comes from deep wells and the residents support themselves by growing food gardens within the city.

This metropolis is not only environmentally friendly, with its curved walls and elegant arches, it also has a certain beauty. This is not a human city, of course. It is a termite mound. Unlike termites and other insects that build nests, we humans are concerned about some designing buildings in harmony with our environment.

Four policemen killed in suicide attack in Pakistan

Islamabad .- At least four policemen were killed and 26 others injured today in a suicide bombing attack in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, said a police source told Efe. The attack occurred in front of the police Criminal Investigation Department in Peshawar, the capital of the restive province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, connected to Afghanistan through the Khyber Pass.

The four dead were police officers, the source said he did not specify how many of the wounded are civilians or what type of attack was suicide. Pakistani television channels reported that a suicide bomber rammed his car into the police station. The injured have been transferred to major hospitals of Peshawar.

Amnesty International accuses Gbagbo and Ouattara of war crimes and crimes against humanity

The NGO Amnesty International on Wednesday accused both sides of the post-election crisis in Ivory Coast, the former President Laurent Gbagbo and the current leader, Alassane Ouattara, to commit war crimes and crimes against humanity. "We continue to commit human rights violations against supporters and suspected supporters of Gbagbo in Abidjan and the west of the country," said Gaetan Mootoo, West Africa researcher for us.

TUNISIA - The radical Islamists on the frontline

The imams, like all professions that of Tunisia, were under the control of despotic power of Ben Ali. Especially since, in the 1970s, the mosque was the site of a protest and political mobilization. Admittedly there was the body of imams, as elsewhere, admirers of unscrupulous and amoral. There are even those who in their sermons Friday, January 14, two or three hours of the flight of Ben Ali, Tunisia has called the revolution of fitna (discord) and asserted that the religious duty involved a total obedience to the President and Sakher El-Materi [businessman, son of the deposed president, a strong presence in politics] is a benefactor of the country.