Seven killed in a shootout at a shopping mall in Holland

At least seven people have died in a shooting at a mall in the Dutch town of Alphen ann den Rijn, 46 km south of Amsterdam. The death toll in the incident is still tentative, since there are now three people hospitalized "in critical condition" and seven others wounded in varying degrees, local authorities said in a statement.

The shooting took place after noon on Saturday at the main entrance of the shopping center known as "Ridderhof", about 20 kilometers from Amsterdam, an area that was very crowded at that hour. The gunman has been identified as Tristan van der Vlis, a boy of 24 years who opened fire with a machine gun and then shot himself in the head.

The resurrection of Umarov

The leader of the separatist guerrilla Russian north Caucasus, Doku Umarov, is alive. So says the daily Kommersant, which denies that the Chechen terrorists died in late March shot by Russian security forces. The newspaper quoted Svoboda radio station, which this week received a call from the separatist leader himself.

Umarov said that, contrary to what the media had reported, was alive and in good health. He also promised a new wave of attacks against Russia. Radio that the newspaper said he spoke with the leader himself was Caucasian and not someone else imitating his voice: "I got off the phone with him on other occasions.

MYANMAR - An addition damn salt

Markets of Rangoon, the price of salt has soared in recent days due to heavy rain - unusual for this time of year - that fell on the salt marshes, reported the Mizzima News website dissenting. By last weekend, a screwed or a bag of 1.6 kg is dropped from 250 to 600 kyat (20 to 48 cents depending on the unofficial exchange rate which appears on the homepage of the journal The Irrawaddy).

An outbreak would have been compounded by an unprecedented demand for iodized salt from China, where it was rumored that he had to eat to protect against the radioactive cloud that could come from Japan.

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Gbagbo's forces regaining ground in the streets of Abidjan

Abidjan. .- The forces for the outgoing president of the Ivory Coast, Laurent Gbagbo, has done it again with the control of neighborhoods in Le Plateau and Cocody, the economic capital, Abidjan, Efe reported area residents . This advance of troops loyal to Gbagbo has undermined the spirit of a portion of the population abiyanesa, who saw the speech last Wednesday of the president-elect, Alassane Ouattara, and control of its troops from these two key areas an indication the city return to normal.

Cameron, Save or populism?

David Cameron's visit to Grenada has not gone unnoticed in the British media. But do not think that that was the intention of the conservative premier, whose environment leaked to a handful of writers related the details of the trip and perhaps the photos waiting with his wife when boarding the flight of Ryanair.

Many Spanish have been positively surprised that a prime minister traveling in a low cost airline. Especially in light of the storm around the MEPs' decision to continue flying in first class. In the UK, however, the reaction was much more nuanced. In part by the skepticism of citizens to their political and partly because the British know the path and know that Cameron is a politician prone to dramatic effects and showmanship of his personal life.

Debate - The Leviathan exists, it is in Brussels

European institutions are a hydra of paper that devours people, says in his latest book the German essayist Hans Magnus Enzensberger, who urged Europeans to stand up to him.

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Gaddafi comes back before the public with a visit to a school in Tripoli

Rabat. .- The Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi on Saturday visited a school in Tripoli by Libyan state television reported, whose pictures you can see the autocrat wearing a brown robe and sunglasses, surrounded by students chanting anti-Western slogans. This is the first public appearance since Qadhafi came out last Monday outside his home in Bab al Aziziya, south of Tripoli, to greet supporters gathered at the complex.