Wednesday, May 18, 2011

BOLIVIA - A "Museum of the Revolution" in the hometown of President

The head of state Evo Morales announced April 21 the construction Orinoca, his native village, a "museum of the Revolution" dedicated to decolonization, the "liberation" of the Andean peoples and work his government. Orinoca is located 450 km from La Paz in the department of Oruro, on the plateau of the Altiplano.

According to the Bolivian newspaper Los Tiempos, the cost of this museum will be three million. "It will be a museum of cultural and democratic revolution, where students [...] may conduct research, studies, access to documents on the process of national liberation," said Morales at a meeting held in Orinoca with local authorities and groups of students.

Strauss-Kahn, guarded in prison for fear of committing suicide

New York. .- Managing Director International Monetary Fund (IMF), Dominique Strauss-Kahn, is under special surveillance in New York prison where he is boarding while awaiting trial before the fear of attempting suicide. "The prisoners' medical records are confidential, but the New York Department of Corrections is always the same safety and security protocols to any detainee who is found the risk of harm to self or others," he told Efe that New York institution spokesman Stephen Morello.

Authorities monitor Strauss-Kahn for fear of committing suicide

Managing Director International Monetary Fund (IMF), Dominique Strauss-Kahn, is under special surveillance in New York prison where he is boarding while awaiting trial before the fear of attempting suicide. "The prisoners' medical records are confidential, but the New York Department of Corrections is always the same safety and security protocols to any detainee who is found the risk of harm to self or others," he told Efe that New York institution spokesman Stephen Morello.

TEPCO said it could be a new leak of radioactive water into the sea in Fukushima 1

Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO), the company that operates the nuclear power plant in Fukushima 1, the most affected by the earthquake and subsequent tsunami which met two months now, has indicated Wednesday it may have found a new water filtration radiation into the ocean from the plant, this time from the reactor 3.

TEPCO had previously reported similar leak in the reactor number 2, got sealed with various substances, including liquid crystal. A company spokesman told reporters that an employee has found water from a pool of reactor number 3 near the ocean. The spokesman said he still can not confirm if it really is producing a water leak into the sea and are conducting trials to investigate.

THAILAND - struck and killed in the Thai-Cambodian border

Armed clashes between Thai and Cambodian erupted on April 22, despite the cease-fire, reports the site daily. He said the fighting had killed four people on the Thai side. After this last incident, governments were immediately blamed. "I think Cambodia is to take control of temples at the border," said Thai Minister of Defence.

Analysts said the border dispute in the area are used on both sides to exalt nationalist sentiments.

IMF denies having "maintained contact" with Strauss-Kahn after arrest

Washington. .- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) today denied having "had contact" with its managing director, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, "since his arrest" on Saturday in New York accused of sexually assaulting a waitress at the hotel where he was staying. However, the IMF spokesman William Murray, acknowledged in a statement today that "obviously, it is important to contact him in due time." He indicated that the Fund is aware of the widespread speculation on the situation of the Managing Director, "but has" no comment to add more to the IMF Executive Board was informed informally of the events after his arrest.

LIBYA - The U.S. more involved in the conflict

The Minister of Defense Robert Gates announced April 21 that two armed drones would be permanently committed over Libya alongside the international coalition forces. Columnist David Ignatius regrets this decision which he calls a mistake. These drones are "a weapon that, for many Muslims, became the symbol of the arrogance of American power," writes David Ignatius.

The United States ended their bombing missions to Libya in early April.