Posts Tagged ‘International’

Heinz Fischer, the new President of Austria

March 18th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
Social Democrat Heinz Fischer took office in Vienna on Thursday as the new President of Austria, succeeding Thomas Klestil, died Tuesday as a result of cardiac arrest.
In taking the oath before the upper and lower houses of parliament met in Congress on Thursday in Vienna, Mr. Fischer has vowed to take his post its best, [...]

L’ancien PDG d’Enron inculpé

March 18th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
Kenneth Lay, former CEO of Enron, was indicted for his role in the bankruptcy of U.S. energy company, has reported local media Wednesday.
The charges against the founder of Enron will be made public Thursday, when Mr. Lay should go to federal authorities.He has always insisted on his innocence.
Enron, which was one of the largest U.S. [...]

The ICTR seeks 15 Rwandan genocide fugitive

March 18th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Thursday urged African countries and countries in other regions to continue 15 Rwandan genocide suspects who remain at large.
The ICTR Prosecutor Hassan Jallow made the appeal during a press briefing held in Addis Ababa on the sidelines of the 3rd Summit of the African Union (AU).
Mr. Jallow, Gambia [...]

Adoption of a protocol knew the fight against terrorism in Africa

March 18th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
Heads of State and Government of African countries participating in the 3rd Summit of the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa have adopted on Thursday a protocol on the fight against terrorism in Africa.
This is an additional protocol to the Convention on the prevention and fight against terrorism, adopted in 1999 in Algiers on the [...]

Israel ignores calls from around the world to end the occupation

March 18th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
The chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said Wednesday that the world calls for ending the Israeli occupation of Gaza and the West Bank and Jerusalem according to plan peace “roadmap”.
“We should look seriously at ways to completely end the Israeli occupation, and all forum participants declared their support for the Palestinian cause and leurlutte legitimate,” [...]

Great Britain: arrest of a suspect in connection with the attacks of September 11

March 18th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
A suspected terrorist of Moroccan nationality was arrested in Britain and is accused of being linked with the attacks of September 11 the United States as well as those in Madrid this year, British police confirmed mercredila.
Farid Hilali, 35, was arraigned before a London court Wednesday and detained after a European arrest warrant issued at [...]

WMD will “can not be found” in Iraq, says Blair

March 18th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
Prime Minister Tony Blair said Tuesday that he “must accept” that weapons of mass destruction (WMD) “will perhaps not be found” in Iraq.
“I must accept that we did not find that we do find can not be,” he said during testimony before a committee of the House of Commons.
far, Tony Blair declared himself convinced that [...]

EU: new guidelines for rescuing firms in difficulty

March 18th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
The European Commission on Wednesday issued new guidelines for rescuing firms in difficulty, while the 1999 guidelines expire in October.
The new guidelines are based on the central principle that in any restructuring operation, the aid beneficiary should be obliged to finance a substantial part of its restructuring, said the EU executive.
The 1999 guidelines do not [...]

EU-ACP negotiations with the launch of the South African

March 18th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
The European Union (EU) and seven countries in southern Africa have decided to join forces and promote trade and development by negotiating an Economic Partnership Agreement between regions (EPA) announced Wednesday European Commission.
The seven countries are Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Swazilan, and Tanzania, which form the SADC (South African Development Community). South Africa will [...]

The United States transferred nuclear material out of Iraq (IAEA)

March 18th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
The United States transferred nuclear material out of Iraq last month, reported Wednesday the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
In a letter to the Security Council of the United Nations, the Director General of the Agency UN nuclear chief Mohamed ElBaradei, reported that the U.S. government had warned the planned transfer June 19, [...]